Mason County, Washington (WA)

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• • 50,850102.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 6,07212.3%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2,8465.8%Two or more races
  • 1,4382.9%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1,0202.1%Asian alone
  • 6091.2%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1640.3%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 290.06%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2017:

Detached houses: $344,957

Here:	$344,957
State:	$447,152

Townhouses or other attached units: $866,415

Here:	$866,415
State:	$391,417

In 2-unit structures: $277,401

Here:	$277,401
State:	$295,878

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $491,950

Here:	$491,950
State:	$382,353

Mobile homes: $165,579

Here:	$165,579
State:	$131,988

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $51,173

Here:	$51,173
State:	$87,922

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

• Murders: 5
• Rapes: 26
• Robberies: 9
• Assaults: 62
• Burglaries: 892
• Thefts: 1184
• Auto thefts: 255

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

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 44
• Robberies: 8
• Assaults: 80
• Burglaries: 644
• Thefts: 958
• Auto thefts: 207

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 2017: $2,138 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2017: $2,243 (0.9%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Mason County is $540 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $647 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $884 a month.

Cities in this county include: Shelton, Belfair, Olympic, Tahuya, Kamilche, Allyn-Grapeview, Allyn, Grapeview, Skokomish Reservation, Union.

2018 air pollution in Mason County:

Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 6.9 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Bayfield County, Wisconsin , Fallon County, Montana , Island County , Idaho County, Idaho , Missoula County, Montana , Whatcom County , Shoshone County, Idaho , Rosebud County, Montana , Norman County, Minnesota .

Current college students: 1,522
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 87.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 3,826 (33.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 7272010 or later
• 1,2902000 to 2009
• 7801990 to 1999
• 4151980 to 1989
• 2031970 to 1979
• 723Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 30.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 56.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 25,395
• One, attached: 572
• Two: 460
• 3 or 4: 234
• 5 to 9: 212
• 10 to 19: 92
• 20 to 49: 199
• 50 or more: 236
• Mobile homes: 5,790
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 323

Housing units in Mason County with a mortgage: 11,519 (352 second mortgage, 1,074 home equity loan, 53 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6,864

Religion statistics for Mason County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Mason 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 Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: January 14, 2012 to January 23, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4056: March 05, 2012, FEMA Id: 4056, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• 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 Winter Storm, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: December 14, 2006 to December 15, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1682: February 14, 2007, FEMA Id: 1682, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Mudslide, Landslide
• 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
• 12 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

9.34% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($52,137 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
6.34% relocated from other counties in Washington ($34,948 average AGI)
3.00% relocated from other states ($17,189 average AGI)

Mason County:	3.00%
Washington average:	3.93%

from Kitsap County, WA	1.69% ($46,021 average AGI)
from Thurston County, WA	1.31% ($42,391)
from King County, WA	0.91% ($75,376)
from Pierce County, WA	0.90% ($59,685)
from Grays Harbor County, WA	0.42% ($39,011)
from Snohomish County, WA	0.23% ($48,620)
from San Diego County, CA	0.12% ($39,577)

7.40% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($46,278 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.44% relocated to other counties in Washington ($33,824 average AGI)
1.96% relocated to other states ($12,454 average AGI)

Mason County:	1.96%
Washington average:	2.89%

to Thurston County, WA	1.53% ($50,301 average AGI)
to Kitsap County, WA	1.30% ($46,352)
to Pierce County, WA	0.70% ($41,993)
to King County, WA	0.58% ($46,872)
to Grays Harbor County, WA	0.37% ($40,450)
to Lewis County, WA	0.17% ($38,216)
to Snohomish County, WA	0.17% ($39,649)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.9

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 10.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.7

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Mason 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: 12%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 51,921 (8,644 male householders, 6,986 female householders)

  11,893 spouses, 16,558 children (15,166 natural, 507 adopted, 892 stepchildren), 1,998 grandchildren, 585 brothers or sisters, 1,155 parents, 1,443 other relatives, 2,790 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 10,514 (4,306 male householders (3,272 living alone)), 3,806 female householders (3,017 living alone)), 2,396 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 1,145

Size of family households: 8,004 2-persons, 2,879 3-persons, 2,790 4-persons, 1,008 5-persons, 526 6-persons, 421 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,282 1-person, 1,644 2-persons, 155 3-persons, 12 4-persons.

6,421 married couples with children.
3,744 single-parent households (1,578 men, 2,166 women).

91.5% of residents of Mason speak English at home.
6.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (72% speak English very well, 1% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $314,262,000 ($5,859 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $19,499,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $197,172,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $60,444,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $6,028,000
Federal grants: $42,204,000
Federal procurement contracts: $3,200,000 ($1,001,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,214,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,945,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $36,297,000
Federal Government insurance: $45,700,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.80 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Mason County, Washington
• 9092014 or later
• 5092010 to 2013
• 5,5162000 to 2009
• 8,0051990 to 1999
• 4,7271980 to 1989
• 5,9481970 to 1979
• 3,0121960 to 1969
• 1,8711950 to 1959
• 1,4651940 to 1949
• 1,7791939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Mason County, Washington

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Mason County, Washington
• 2051 room
• 2862 rooms
• 7013 rooms
• 2,9344 rooms
• 4,1525 rooms
• 4,0286 rooms
• 2,5637 rooms
• 1,7118 rooms
• 1,8559+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mason County, Washington
• 2161 room
• 3192 rooms
• 8893 rooms
• 1,1724 rooms
• 1,2275 rooms
• 8356 rooms
• 2597 rooms
• 2308 rooms
• 1669+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Mason County, Washington

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Mason County, Washington
• 226no bedroom
• 1,0951 bedroom
• 4,7092 bedrooms
• 9,3803 bedrooms
• 2,3854 bedrooms
• 4445+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mason County, Washington
• 234no bedroom
• 1,0811 bedroom
• 1,8622 bedrooms
• 1,7843 bedrooms
• 2534 bedrooms
• 1015+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Mason County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 299no vehicle
• 3,7131 vehicle
• 7,3952 vehicles
• 4,2073 vehicles
• 1,6634 vehicles
• 1,1585+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Mason County in renter-occupied apartments
• 491no vehicle
• 2,0371 vehicle
• 1,7872 vehicles
• 8533 vehicles
• 1694 vehicles
• 855+ vehicles

82.0% of Mason County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Washington.

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

• This state: 35,269
• Other state: 23,663
• Northeast: 2,688
• Midwest: 5,282
• South: 3,744
• West: 11,925

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,264
• Number of aged recipients: 58
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,206
• Number of recipients under 18: 155
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 971
• Number of recipients older than 64: 138
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 399
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 687