Another notable thing is that Hoodsport is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Hoodsport has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Hoodsport has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hoodsport than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hoodsport may be for you.
Hoodsport is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.
In Hoodsport, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.50 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Hoodsport is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Hoodsport are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.67% of adults in Hoodsport have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Hoodsport in 2022 was $55,165, which is wealthy relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $220,660 for a family of four. However, Hoodsport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Hoodsport home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hoodsport residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Hoodsport include English, German, Dutch, Irish, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Hoodsport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
