Ferry County vs Lincoln County

A side-by-side comparison of Ferry County and Lincoln County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lincoln County has the higher population (11,271 vs 7,326 in Ferry County). Lincoln County has the higher median household income ($71,227 vs $54,650 in Ferry County). Ferry County has the higher median home value ($274,500 vs $272,300 in Lincoln County).

Population, income & housing

	Ferry County	Lincoln County
Population	7,326	11,271
Median age	52.8 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,650	$71,227
Median home value	$274,500	$272,300
Median gross rent	$703	$872
Housing units	4,105	5,840
Homeownership rate	75.6%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferry County	Lincoln County
Population	7,578 → 7,326 (-3.3%)	10,574 → 11,271 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$41,939 → $54,650 (+30.3%)	$54,631 → $71,227 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$169,600 → $274,500 (+61.9%)	$162,800 → $272,300 (+67.3%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $703 (+4.6%)	$788 → $872 (+10.7%)

Ferry County

Population

7,5787,326

Median household income

$41,939$54,650

Median home value

$169,600$274,500

Median gross rent

$672$703

Lincoln County

Population

10,57411,271

Median household income

$54,631$71,227

Median home value

$162,800$272,300

Median gross rent

$788$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferry County	Lincoln County
Under 5	4.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.8%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	7.4%	8.4%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	17.5%	15.3%
65 to 74	20.0%	15.6%
75 and over	10.2%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferry County	Lincoln County
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	13.0%	1.7%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.8%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferry County	Lincoln County
No high school diploma	7.9%	7.6%
High school graduate	30.1%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	43.7%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferry County	Lincoln County
Drove alone	67.4%	71.8%
Carpooled	9.8%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	12.7%
Other means	1.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferry County	Lincoln County
1-unit, detached	73.7%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Ferry County	Lincoln County
Poverty rate	15.6%	10.4%
Average household size	2.28	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1986	1972