Ferry County vs Pend Oreille County

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

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

Pend Oreille County has the higher population (13,811 vs 7,326 in Ferry County). Pend Oreille County has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $54,650 in Ferry County). Pend Oreille County has the higher median home value ($307,800 vs $274,500 in Ferry County).

Population, income & housing

	Ferry County	Pend Oreille County
Population	7,326	13,811
Median age	52.8 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,650	$63,750
Median home value	$274,500	$307,800
Median gross rent	$703	$786
Housing units	4,105	8,036
Homeownership rate	75.6%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferry County	Pend Oreille County
Population	7,578 → 7,326 (-3.3%)	13,377 → 13,811 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$41,939 → $54,650 (+30.3%)	$50,591 → $63,750 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$169,600 → $274,500 (+61.9%)	$216,700 → $307,800 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $703 (+4.6%)	$757 → $786 (+3.8%)

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

Pend Oreille County

Population

13,37713,811

Median household income

$50,591$63,750

Median home value

$216,700$307,800

Median gross rent

$757$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferry County	Pend Oreille County
Under 5	4.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	7.4%	8.9%
35 to 44	10.5%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	17.5%	16.8%
65 to 74	20.0%	17.5%
75 and over	10.2%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferry County	Pend Oreille County
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	13.0%	1.9%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.8%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	8.5%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferry County	Pend Oreille County
No high school diploma	7.9%	5.7%
High school graduate	30.1%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	43.7%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferry County	Pend Oreille County
Drove alone	67.4%	74.4%
Carpooled	9.8%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	11.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferry County	Pend Oreille County
1-unit, detached	73.7%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.1%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Ferry County	Pend Oreille County
Poverty rate	15.6%	13.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1986	1984