Jefferson County, Washington (WA)

Races in Jefferson County, Washington:

Mean price in 2016:

Detached houses: $412,501

Here:	$412,501
State:	$404,096

Townhouses or other attached units: $578,592

Here:	$578,592
State:	$385,704

In 2-unit structures: $444,026

Here:	$444,026
State:	$303,123

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $87,652

Here:	$87,652
State:	$347,873

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $378,147

Here:	$378,147
State:	$370,648

Mobile homes: $118,259

Here:	$118,259
State:	$116,190

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $132,579

Here:	$132,579
State:	$133,868

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 15
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 40
• Burglaries: 255
• Thefts: 332
• Auto thefts: 32

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 10
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 25
• Burglaries: 212
• Thefts: 292
• Auto thefts: 27

1996 2000 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $2,490 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $2,510 (0.8%)

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.

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: 94.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 40.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,583 (59.7% naturalized citizens)

Note: State values scaled to Jefferson County population

• 2152010 or later
• 1882000 to 2009
• 1861990 to 1999
• 1421980 to 1989
• 871970 to 1979
• 574Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 26.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 80.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 14,014
• One, attached: 362
• Two: 193
• 3 or 4: 197
• 5 to 9: 294
• 10 to 19: 263
• 20 to 49: 296
• 50 or more: 146
• Mobile homes: 2,164
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 264

Housing units in Jefferson County with a mortgage: 5,428 (117 second mortgage, 589 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,905

Religion statistics for Jefferson County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Jefferson County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• 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
• Washington Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3227: September 07, 2005, FEMA Id: 3227, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Washington Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: October 15, 2003 to October 23, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1499: November 07, 2003, FEMA Id: 1499, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 9 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.86% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($50,084 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.47% relocated from other counties in Washington ($23,653 average AGI)
3.39% relocated from other states ($26,431 average AGI)

Jefferson County:	3.39%
Washington average:	3.33%

from Kitsap County, WA	0.88% ($47,057 average AGI)
from King County, WA	0.85% ($65,382)
from Clallam County, WA	0.37% ($38,182)
from Snohomish County, WA	0.22% ($48,692)
from Thurston County, WA	0.22% ($30,769)
from Pierce County, WA	0.18% ($30,909)
from Whatcom County, WA	0.14% ($41,882)

6.26% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($36,004 average adjusted gross income)

0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($324 average AGI)

Jefferson County:	0.08%
Washington average:	0.14%

3.68% relocated to other counties in Washington ($22,837 average AGI)
2.50% relocated to other states ($12,842 average AGI)

Jefferson County:	2.50%
Washington average:	2.98%

to King County, WA	0.91% ($41,679 average AGI)
to Kitsap County, WA	0.72% ($44,360)
to Clallam County, WA	0.61% ($32,411)
to Pierce County, WA	0.26% ($46,226)
to Snohomish County, WA	0.26% ($39,839)
to Whatcom County, WA	0.18% ($29,333)
to Thurston County, WA	0.13% ($22,875)

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 2006: 10.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 11.1

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:

• In family households: 23,642 (4,821 male householders, 3,757 female householders)

  7,391 spouses, 5,761 children (5,106 natural, 194 adopted, 441 stepchildren), 409 grandchildren, 177 brothers or sisters, 307 parents, 314 other relatives, 701 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 6,799 (2,134 male householders (1,641 living alone)), 3,192 female householders (2,578 living alone)), 1,450 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 819

Size of family households: 6,028 2-persons, 1,270 3-persons, 861 4-persons, 207 5-persons, 153 6-persons, 97 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,219 1-person, 950 2-persons, 86 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 23 5-persons.

2,868 married couples with children.
778 single-parent households (233 men, 545 women).

96.2% of residents of Jefferson speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very 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)

Note: State values scaled to Jefferson County population

• 3802014 or later
• 4452010 to 2013
• 3,1442000 to 2009
• 4,3881990 to 1999
• 2,6911980 to 1989
• 3,2321970 to 1979
• 1,1761960 to 1969
• 8141950 to 1959
• 4781940 to 1949
• 1,4501939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Jefferson County, Washington

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Jefferson County population

• 1111 room
• 2632 rooms
• 5133 rooms
• 1,5004 rooms
• 2,0905 rooms
• 2,3166 rooms
• 1,3487 rooms
• 8858 rooms
• 1,2759+ rooms

Note: State values scaled to Jefferson County population

• 881 room
• 3332 rooms
• 5813 rooms
• 9044 rooms
• 7695 rooms
• 4356 rooms
• 2327 rooms
• 1678 rooms
• 669+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Jefferson County, Washington

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Jefferson County population

• 142no bedroom
• 7171 bedroom
• 3,5142 bedrooms
• 4,9613 bedrooms
• 8354 bedrooms
• 495+ bedrooms

Note: State values scaled to Jefferson County population

• 92no bedroom
• 7801 bedroom
• 1,4252 bedrooms
• 1,0333 bedrooms
• 2354 bedrooms
• 85+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Jefferson County population

• 252no vehicle
• 2,6781 vehicle
• 4,3982 vehicles
• 1,8163 vehicles
• 6784 vehicles
• 4695+ vehicles

Note: State values scaled to Jefferson County population

• 392no vehicle
• 1,5761 vehicle
• 9602 vehicles
• 5613 vehicles
• 1314 vehicles
• 215+ vehicles

82.3% of Jefferson County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Washington.

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

• This state: 12,890
• Other state: 16,372
• Northeast: 2,765
• Midwest: 3,922
• South: 2,158
• West: 7,534

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