MarrowstoneWA
A town of 1,164.
Is Marrowstone a good place to live?
Marrowstone’s best subject grade is an A for the outdoors; its weakest is a D for walkability. Marrowstone’s midpoint age is 62.5 years, against 38.5 years in Washington’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Only 17 of Washington’s 396 towns score lower on walkability. The typical home is worth about $756K, 10.2 years of the Port Townsend area’s $74K median household income. 22% of the land in Marrowstone is conserved, where Washington’s towns sit at 4% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Marrowstone has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Fort Flagler and Johnson House. Marrowstone has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,164 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Marrowstone grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Marrowstone is from typical.
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Moving to Marrowstone: who provides what
Marrowstone is unincorporated, so Jefferson 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 Marrowstone.
43% of residents are 65 or older
Among adults 25 and older, 45% have a four-year degree or more, against 40% across Washington.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 34% and 67% women
The Census survey reached too few of Marrowstone’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±16.4 points. Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women.
| Marrowstone | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.7% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 3.2% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.2% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 2.7% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.2% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 22.3% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 32.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.7% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.9% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 18.4% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.4% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.8% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.1% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18.4% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,200, single groups can be off by several points
With only 0.1 jobs per working resident, most people in Marrowstone work out of town
The top destinations are Port Townsend (25%), Port Hadlock-Irondale (10%) and Seattle (6%). Just 1% of Marrowstone’s working residents have a job in town. The town’s average trip to work stands at 31 minutes. For half of commuters, work is under 8 miles away.
| Marrowstone | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $110,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 4.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.1% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Conserved land covers 22.2% of Marrowstone
Marrowstone’s density of trails is 1.6 miles per square mile. 9.8 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. Fort Flagler State Park, at 818 acres with 9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fort Flagler State Park | 9 mi | 818 |
| 2. Chai-yahk-wh Preserve | 0.4 mi | 49 |
| 3. Kinney Point State Park | — | 65 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Marrowstone has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from earthquakes
The risk rating from FEMA for Marrowstone comes to 68 of 100. FEMA puts just over three fifths of the town’s expected hazard losses down to earthquakes, and 27% to inland flooding. Flood insurance has paid one claim in the town since 1997.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A smaller share of adults binge drink in Marrowstone than in most of Washington or the rest of the country
Only 2 of the 286 Washington towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Marrowstone. Among adults locally, 27% sleep under 7 hours. This Washington town beats the Washington average on 12 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 11.
| Marrowstone | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 31% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 33% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 9.8% | 12% |
| What stands out | Marrowstone | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.8% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.3% | 10.2% |
| More adults with heart disease | 10.6% | 5.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Space Needle and 117 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Marrowstone. Close and well known come first.
Big draw32 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
Big draw24 mi National ParkOlympic National Park3.6M visitors a year
35 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
34 mi Ancient siteSeattle UndergroundPhoto credits
Space Needle: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Climate Pledge Arena: Sea Cow, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lumen Field: "Smart Destinations", GoSeattleCard.com, and Go Seattle Card Blog, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Olympic National Park: Wsiegmund, CC BY 2.5 · T-Mobile Park: MyName (Cacophony), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Seattle Underground: Mark Hursh, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Marrowstone
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Marrowstone
About 4 of every 100 Marrowstone residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
99% of working residents leave Marrowstone for work
Where Marrowstone’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Marrowstone
CDP in Washington, United States
Marrowstone is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, Washington, United States. As of the 2020 census, Marrowstone had a population of 995. All Marrowstone addresses are in Nordland, Washington, and the ZIP code for Marrowstone Island is 98358. Marrowstone takes its name from Marrowstone Point, the northernmost point on Marrowstone Island. It was given the name "Marrow-Stone Point" in 1792 by the British explorer, George Vancouver, in describing the area's hard, clay-like soil.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 6.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 16 ft
- Area code
- 360
Questions about Marrowstone
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Marrowstone, WA expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.