Mason County, Washington

• White (non-Hispanic) 50,945 74.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,685 12.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 690 1.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 650 1.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 5,213 7.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 971 1.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 111 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 717 1.1%

• Under 18 13,273 19.5%
• 18–24 4,517 6.6%
• 25–44 16,376 24.1%
• 45–64 17,348 25.5%
• 65 and over 16,468 24.2%

Median household income

$84,112

90% interval $77,000–$91,224

−$15,197 vs WA · 14th of 39

Below poverty line

12.2%

90% interval 10.2%–14.2%

+2.2 pp vs WA · 18th of 39

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.5%

+0.48 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.5B

0.29% of state

Avg. annual pay

$61,477

Establishments

1,271

• Education & health services 3,656 24.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,961 19.6%
• Public administration 2,260 15.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,621 10.7%
• Manufacturing 1,125 7.5%
• Professional & business services 709 4.7%
• Construction 637 4.2%
• Other services 502 3.3%
• Natural resources & mining 471 3.1%
• Financial activities 354 2.3%
• Information 94 0.6%

The sectors listed cover 95.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

82.3%

+18.5 pp vs WA · 2nd of 39

Median gross rent

$1,285

−$475 vs WA · 15th of 39

Owner-occupied

21,426

Renter-occupied

4,603

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $86,344/yr) pays 2.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $33,182/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 18,127 49.7%
• Democratic 17,215 47.2%
• Other / third-party 1,160 3.2%

• Spanish 5,068 7.9%
• German or other West Germanic 201 0.3%
• Vietnamese 166 0.3%
• Tagalog 136 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 77 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 74 0.1%
• Chinese 60 0.1%
• Korean 54 0.1%

Households

26,029

Family households

17,688

68.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,762

21.3% of families

Single-mother families

917

5.2% of families

Veterans

7,457

13.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 7,072 10.8%
• Catholic 5,833 8.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,052 4.6%
• Mainline Protestant 1,478 2.2%

Health insured

93.3%

±1 pp

Uninsured

6.7%

±1 pp

14th of 39

With a disability

19.4%

±1.1 pp

13th of 39

Bachelor's or higher

21.9%

±1.5 pp

−17.7 pp vs WA · 28th of 39

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.3%

90% interval 8.4%–10.2% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

15th Superior Court District

Judges

2 (Superior Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal + family + juvenile + probate jurisdiction); vintage 2026 courts.wa.gov; cross-checked against RCW § 2.08.064. District Court judges (limited jurisdiction: misdemeanors, traffic, small civil up to $100K) are separately allocated and not counted here. Municipal Court judges (city-level traffic + misdemeanor) also separate.)

Court seats

Shelton

Traffic fatalities

15

27.42 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

14