Jefferson County, Washington (WA)

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• • 27,82184.4%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,9996.1%Two or more races
  • 1,4304.3%Hispanic or Latino
  • 5451.7%Some other race alone
  • 5051.5%Asian alone
  • 4941.5%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1290.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 450.1%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $615,312

Here:	$615,312
State:	$734,307

Townhouses or other attached units: $575,060

Here:	$575,060
State:	$657,697

In 2-unit structures: $731,132

Here:	$731,132
State:	$534,634

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $215,019

Here:	$215,019
State:	$510,239

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $376,073

Here:	$376,073
State:	$503,183

Mobile homes: $236,484

Here:	$236,484
State:	$218,362

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $134,887

Here:	$134,887
State:	$159,523

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 6
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 26
• Burglaries: 53
• Thefts: 86
• Auto thefts: 23

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 18
• Burglaries: 169
• Thefts: 107
• Auto thefts: 8

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $3,305 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $3,729 (0.7%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Jefferson County is $579 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $708 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1029 a month.

Cities in this county include: Discovery Bay, Oak Bay, Port Townsend, Port Hadlock-Irondale, Quilcene Bay, Port Ludlow, Marrowstone, Brinnon, West End, Quilcene.

2023 air pollution in Jefferson County:

Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 4.1 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Below U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Benson County, North Dakota , Beltrami County, Minnesota , King County , Lincoln County , Whatcom County .

Current college students: 678
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 97.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 43.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,555 (61.7% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 3142010 or later
• 2692000 to 2009
• 2451990 to 1999
• 1421980 to 1989
• 871970 to 1979
• 574Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 99.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 14,889
• One, attached: 482
• Two: 296
• 3 or 4: 300
• 5 to 9: 324
• 10 to 19: 284
• 20 to 49: 271
• 50 or more: 89
• Mobile homes: 2,264
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 294

Housing units in Jefferson County with a mortgage: 6,100 (369 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 323 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 228

Religion statistics for Jefferson County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Jefferson County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Washington Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4481-WA: March 22, 2020, FEMA Id: 4481, Natural disaster type: Other
• Washington Severe Winter Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, Mudslides, Tornado, Incident Period: December 10, 2018 - December 24, 2018, FEMA Id: 4418, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Tornado, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood, Wind
• Washington Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, Mudslides, and a Tornado, Incident Period: December 01, 2015 to December 14, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4253: February 02, 2016, FEMA Id: 4253, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Tornado, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood, Wind
• Washington Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: November 12, 2015 to November 21, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4249: January 15, 2016, FEMA Id: 4249, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood, Wind
• Washington Severe Windstorm, Incident Period: August 29, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4242: October 15, 2015, FEMA Id: 4242, Natural disaster type: Storm, Wind
• Washington Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding, Incident Period: January 06, 2009 to January 16, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1817: January 30, 2009, FEMA Id: 1817, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Washington Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow, Incident Period: December 12, 2008 to January 05, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1825: March 02, 2009, FEMA Id: 1825, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Snow
• Washington Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: December 01, 2007 to December 17, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1734: December 08, 2007, FEMA Id: 1734, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Washington Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: November 02, 2006 to November 11, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1671: December 12, 2006, FEMA Id: 1671, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Washington Severe Storms, Flooding, Tidal Surge, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: January 27, 2006 to February 04, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1641: May 17, 2006, FEMA Id: 1641, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• 11 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

9.21% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($88,428 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.07% relocated from other counties in Washington ($49,076 average AGI)
4.15% relocated from other states ($39,352 average AGI)

Jefferson County:	4.15%
Washington average:	3.85%

from King County, WA	1.65% ($129,898 average AGI)
from Kitsap County, WA	1.10% ($69,231)
from Clallam County, WA	0.51% ($54,038)
from Pierce County, WA	0.38% ($72,603)
from Snohomish County, WA	0.34% ($100,077)
from Multnomah County, OR	0.21% ($80,438)
from Thurston County, WA	0.19% ($49,138)

6.72% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($68,085 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.75% relocated to other counties in Washington ($39,273 average AGI)
2.97% relocated to other states ($28,812 average AGI)

Jefferson County:	2.97%
Washington average:	3.73%

to Kitsap County, WA	0.83% ($66,468 average AGI)
to Clallam County, WA	0.73% ($48,807)
to King County, WA	0.58% ($135,241)
to Pierce County, WA	0.25% ($79,447)
to Snohomish County, WA	0.24% ($72,389)
to Whatcom County, WA	0.16% ($31,750)
to Multnomah County, OR	0.13% ($51,600)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 7.5

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 11.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.7

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Jefferson County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 7,935 (2,399 living alone), Female householders: 8,474 (3,596 living alone)

• 7,930 spouses (7,766 opposite-sex spouses), 1,078 unmarried partners, (1,031 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 5,028 children (4,623 natural, 117 adopted, 288 stepchildren), 275 grandchildren, 374 brothers or sisters, 199 parents, 15 foster children, 359 other relatives, 1,251 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 700

Size of family households: 6,270 2-persons, 1,556 3-persons, 1,028 4-persons, 357 5-persons, 40 6-persons, 66 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 5,997 1-person, 993 2-persons, 79 3-persons, 72 4-persons, 24 5-persons.

2,250 married couples with children.
1,109 single-parent households (103 men, 1,006 women).

94.8% of residents of Jefferson speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 1% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $210,761,000 ($7,498 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $24,638,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $117,257,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $35,229,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $310,000
Federal grants: $40,052,000
Federal procurement contracts: $9,989,000 ($8,309,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $7,924,000 ($2,827,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,125,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $9,347,000
Federal Government insurance: $26,156,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.64 millions of gallons per day (52% from ground, 48% from surface)

• Year house built in Jefferson County, Washington
• 1302020 or later
• 1,9842010 to 2019
• 3,3272000 to 2009
• 3,5331990 to 1999
• 3,3341980 to 1989
• 3,0111970 to 1979
• 1,0191960 to 1969
• 7281950 to 1959
• 4121940 to 1949
• 1,8691939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Jefferson County, Washington

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Jefferson County, Washington
• 2041 room
• 3452 rooms
• 8393 rooms
• 1,5214 rooms
• 2,9415 rooms
• 3,3426 rooms
• 1,3097 rooms
• 1,3518 rooms
• 1,4809+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jefferson County, Washington
• 1491 room
• 3682 rooms
• 5933 rooms
• 7474 rooms
• 6785 rooms
• 2616 rooms
• 2117 rooms
• 798 rooms
• 489+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Jefferson County, Washington

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Jefferson County, Washington
• 235no bedroom
• 1,0871 bedroom
• 4,7332 bedrooms
• 5,9393 bedrooms
• 1,0884 bedrooms
• 1995+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jefferson County, Washington
• 223no bedroom
• 8731 bedroom
• 1,0212 bedrooms
• 9253 bedrooms
• 1024 bedrooms
• 145+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Jefferson County, Washington in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Jefferson County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 320no vehicle
• 3,9311 vehicle
• 5,0652 vehicles
• 2,7363 vehicles
• 9194 vehicles
• 3555+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Jefferson County in renter-occupied apartments
• 441no vehicle
• 1,3661 vehicle
• 9602 vehicles
• 2283 vehicles
• 1604 vehicles
• 255+ vehicles

90.3% of Jefferson County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Washington.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 13,254
• Other state: 17,816
• Northeast: 3,311
• Midwest: 4,453
• South: 2,529
• West: 7,566

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 469
• Number of aged recipients: 26
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 443
• Number of recipients under 18: 49
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 357
• Number of recipients older than 64: 63
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 150
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 232