HockinsonWA
Public schools that outperform most of Washington. A town of 6,150, settled in 1884.
Is Hockinson a good place to live?
Plenty to like here, at a price. Its best grade is for schools: its schools rank ahead of 91% of Washington towns. Add incomes to its strengths (A) — the median household earns $113K. The trade-off is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $722K, 7.4 years of the Portland metro’s $97K median household income. Put together, the subjects come to a B+ overall, ranking 41st of 285 in Washington. That leaves it better than 74% of U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Hockinson Meadows Park, 239 acres with 3.8 miles of trail. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or older here, against 16% in Washington’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · OpenStreetMap.
What makes Hockinson stand out
Where Hockinson beats most towns.
Hockinson has grown 28% from 2010 to 2020
4,771 counted in 2010 and 6,105 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Hockinson grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Hockinson is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Mount St. Helens and 161 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hockinson. Close and well known come first.
Big draw35 mi MountainMount St. Helens
21 mi WaterfallMultnomah Falls
16 mi Stadium & arenaModa Center
18 mi Stadium & arenaProvidence Park
33 mi Canyon & gorgeColumbia River Gorge
27 mi DamBonneville DamPhoto credits
Mount St. Helens: U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region, Public domain · Multnomah Falls: John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Moda Center: Lugnuts, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Providence Park: Pdx.rollingthunder, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Columbia River Gorge: Hux, Public domain · Bonneville Dam: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain
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Moving to Hockinson: who provides what
Hockinson is unincorporated, so Clark County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Hockinson.
Hockinson carries less natural-hazard risk than most of Washington (mostly inland flooding) and has better schools than Battle Ground or any other neighbor, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Washington.
Hockinson earns an A for schools
That grade is the best School Grade on its borders; Battle Ground (B−) is next. It comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $722K.
Public schools: the Hockinson School District. The largest public high school is Hockinson High School, with 669 students. Two of the 3 schools are below, and why each made the list.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hockinson Heights Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 912 | – |
| Hockinson High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 669 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
Hockinson is healthier than 78% of U.S. towns
Against the 6,701 U.S. towns with household incomes like Hockinson’s, it is healthier than 58%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Among adults 18 to 64 in Hockinson, 5.7% have no health insurance. This Washington town does better than the Washington average on 10 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 3. 71% of adults locally had a checkup this year; 27% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Hockinson | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 33% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 71% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 25% |
| What stands out | Hockinson | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.7% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.5% | 10.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With only 0.3 jobs per working resident, most people in Hockinson work out of town
Jobs based here grew from 552 in 2013 to 929.
The median commute is under 12 miles. Jobs based in Hockinson grew to 929 in 2023, 377 more than in 2013. Just 2% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. The share of residents in Hockinson who live below the poverty line: 3.2%.
| Hockinson | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.2% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $113,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 5% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Young adults are less common in Hockinson than in Washington
Hockinson: just over a quarter of residents are under 18. Adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (24% statewide); people 65 and older are 24% of residents (17% statewide). The median age locally is 45 years. 40% of adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor’s degree, against 40% across Washington.
| Hockinson | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 16% | 18% |
| Median age | 45 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 26% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 40% | 30% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 35% and 59% women
The Census survey reached too few of Hockinson’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±11.9 points. Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women.
| Hockinson | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.7% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.5% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.9% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.3% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.6% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.5% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.5% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 18.5% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.5% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.8% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.7% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.2% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.9% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.7% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.8% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Mild winters and pleasant summers: that is Hockinson’s year
Expect July afternoons of 80° and January nights of 35°, with about 1 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Hockinson has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 88% of Washington towns, with expected losses of about $304 per resident a year; that rating is what its B for hazard risk is built on.
Paid flood insurance claims in Hockinson since 1995: 5. The town’s risk rating from FEMA comes in at 36 of 100. Expected losses in Hockinson break down as 61% from inland flooding and 15% from earthquakes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2.7% of the land in Hockinson is protected from building
4.4 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. In Hockinson, the density of trails is 0.3 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves locally: 3, covering 244 acres.
| Hockinson | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.7% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hockinson Meadows Park | 3.8 mi | 239 |
| 2. Sunny Hills Neighborhood Park | — | 4 |
| 3. Salmon-Morgan Creeks Natural Area | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Hockinson sell for about $730K
At 7.4 years of the Portland metro’s $97K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 79% of Washington towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living.
Hockinson’s typical rent stands at $1,797 a month. For households in the town, the share who own their home is 90%.
| Hockinson | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 70% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,797 a month | $1,737 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Hockinson
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Hockinson
About 1 of every 100 Hockinson residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
98% of working residents leave Hockinson for work
Where Hockinson’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Hockinson
Census-designated place in Washington, United States
Hockinson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 6,105 at the 2020 census. Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Hockinson ranks 86th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.
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- Area
- 14 sq mi
- Elevation
- 308 ft
- Area code
- 360
Hockinson’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Hockinson.
It grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Battle Ground (B) comes closest.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hockinson | #41 | B+ | D | — | A | A− |
| Battle Ground | #99 | B | C− | B | B− | B |
| Venersborg | #192 | C | C− | — | B− | A− |
| Orchards | #167 | C+ | C− | — | C+ | B |
| Brush Prairie | #106 | B | C− | — | B− | B+ |
Hockinson, Venersborg, Orchards and Brush Prairie report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Hockinson with a neighbor →
Questions about Hockinson
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hockinson, WA a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Hockinson grades B+ overall, better than 74% of U.S. towns and #41 of 285 in Washington. It grades A− for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Hockinson, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $722,000, 23% above the Washington typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.