Ferry County vs Wahkiakum County

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

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

Ferry County has the higher population (7,326 vs 4,573 in Wahkiakum County). Wahkiakum County has the higher median household income ($57,091 vs $54,650 in Ferry County). Wahkiakum County has the higher median home value ($344,500 vs $274,500 in Ferry County).

Population, income & housing

	Ferry County	Wahkiakum County
Population	7,326	4,573
Median age	52.8 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,650	$57,091
Median home value	$274,500	$344,500
Median gross rent	$703	$1,086
Housing units	4,105	2,207
Homeownership rate	75.6%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferry County	Wahkiakum County
Population	7,578 → 7,326 (-3.3%)	4,268 → 4,573 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$41,939 → $54,650 (+30.3%)	$53,227 → $57,091 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$169,600 → $274,500 (+61.9%)	$218,800 → $344,500 (+57.4%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $703 (+4.6%)	$760 → $1,086 (+42.9%)

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

Wahkiakum County

Population

4,2684,573

Median household income

$53,227$57,091

Median home value

$218,800$344,500

Median gross rent

$760$1,086

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferry County	Wahkiakum County
Under 5	4.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.8%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	5.1%
25 to 34	7.4%	7.4%
35 to 44	10.5%	9.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.9%
55 to 64	17.5%	17.3%
65 to 74	20.0%	19.3%
75 and over	10.2%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferry County	Wahkiakum County
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	13.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferry County	Wahkiakum County
No high school diploma	7.9%	7.2%
High school graduate	30.1%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	43.7%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferry County	Wahkiakum County
Drove alone	67.4%	67.2%
Carpooled	9.8%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	6.7%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	14.5%	11.7%
Other means	1.3%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferry County	Wahkiakum County
1-unit, detached	73.7%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Ferry County	Wahkiakum County
Poverty rate	15.6%	15.7%
Average household size	2.28	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	23	42
Median year structure built	1986	1979