Marion County vs Washington County

A side-by-side comparison of Marion County and Washington County: population, income, housing, and more.

Marion County and Washington County are counties in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Washington County has the higher population (600,266 vs 346,532 in Marion County). Washington County has the higher median household income ($104,434 vs $74,624 in Marion County). Washington County has the higher median home value ($558,500 vs $383,300 in Marion County).

Population, income & housing

	Marion County	Washington County
Population	346,532	600,266
Median age	37.2 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,624	$104,434
Median home value	$383,300	$558,500
Median gross rent	$1,333	$1,773
Housing units	130,600	240,409
Homeownership rate	62.2%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	46.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marion County	Washington County
Population	339,641 → 346,532 (+2.0%)	589,481 → 600,266 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$59,625 → $74,624 (+25.2%)	$82,215 → $104,434 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$247,100 → $383,300 (+55.1%)	$386,600 → $558,500 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$985 → $1,333 (+35.3%)	$1,359 → $1,773 (+30.5%)

Marion County

Population

339,641346,532

Median household income

$59,625$74,624

Median home value

$247,100$383,300

Median gross rent

$985$1,333

Washington County

Population

589,481600,266

Median household income

$82,215$104,434

Median home value

$386,600$558,500

Median gross rent

$1,359$1,773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marion County	Washington County
Under 5	6.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	15.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.7%
75 and over	6.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marion County	Washington County
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	61.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	2.1%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.6%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	28.3%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marion County	Washington County
No high school diploma	14.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	25.1%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marion County	Washington County
Drove alone	71.4%	63.4%
Carpooled	11.3%	7.4%
Public transit	1.3%	3.6%
Walked	2.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.7%	21.7%
Other means	1.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marion County	Washington County
1-unit, detached	62.8%	57.9%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	13.3%
20 or more units	6.4%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Marion County	Washington County
Poverty rate	13.1%	8.0%
Average household size	2.68	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1979	1990