About Concrete

Concrete is a tiny coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Washington. With a population of 832 people and just one neighborhood, Concrete is the 260th largest community in Washington.

Concrete is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Concrete is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Concrete who work in building maintenance and grounds keeping (13.40%), sales jobs (9.66%), and food service (8.41%).

You will also find that a lot of people in Concrete work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Concrete are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

One downside of living in Concrete is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Concrete, the average commute to work is 35.51 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Concrete doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Concrete Information and Demographics

The citizens of Concrete have a very low rate of college education: just 8.43% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 14.96% for all cities.

The per capita income in Concrete in 2000 was $12,492, which is low income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $49,968 for a family of four.

The people who call Concrete home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Concrete is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Concrete include German, Irish, Norwegian, French, English, Swedish, Dutch, and French Canadian.

The most common language spoken in Concrete is English.