Ferry County vs Skamania County

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

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

Skamania County has the higher population (12,276 vs 7,326 in Ferry County). Skamania County has the higher median household income ($90,085 vs $54,650 in Ferry County). Skamania County has the higher median home value ($472,600 vs $274,500 in Ferry County).

Population, income & housing

	Ferry County	Skamania County
Population	7,326	12,276
Median age	52.8 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,650	$90,085
Median home value	$274,500	$472,600
Median gross rent	$703	$1,024
Housing units	4,105	5,899
Homeownership rate	75.6%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferry County	Skamania County
Population	7,578 → 7,326 (-3.3%)	11,753 → 12,276 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$41,939 → $54,650 (+30.3%)	$65,181 → $90,085 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$169,600 → $274,500 (+61.9%)	$296,700 → $472,600 (+59.3%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $703 (+4.6%)	$850 → $1,024 (+20.5%)

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

Skamania County

Population

11,75312,276

Median household income

$65,181$90,085

Median home value

$296,700$472,600

Median gross rent

$850$1,024

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferry County	Skamania County
Under 5	4.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	12.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	7.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.0%
55 to 64	17.5%	17.6%
65 to 74	20.0%	14.9%
75 and over	10.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferry County	Skamania County
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	13.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.8%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	1.1%
Two or more races	8.5%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferry County	Skamania County
No high school diploma	7.9%	6.8%
High school graduate	30.1%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	43.7%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferry County	Skamania County
Drove alone	67.4%	69.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	6.7%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	14.5%	17.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferry County	Skamania County
1-unit, detached	73.7%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Ferry County	Skamania County
Poverty rate	15.6%	8.3%
Average household size	2.28	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1986	1984