Amboy vs Cherry Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Amboy and Cherry Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Amboy and Cherry Grove are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Amboy has the higher population (1,545 vs 729 in Cherry Grove). Cherry Grove has the higher median home value ($829,700 vs $582,700 in Amboy). Since 2019, Cherry Grove's population has grown faster (-1.2% vs -17.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Amboy	Cherry Grove
Population	1,545	729
Median age	30.9 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$127,639	—
Median home value	$582,700	$829,700
Housing units	606	248
Homeownership rate	84.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amboy	Cherry Grove
Population	1,875 → 1,545 (-17.6%)	738 → 729 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$100,506 → $127,639 (+27.0%)	$132,591 → $95,469 (-28.0%)
Median home value	$365,300 → $582,700 (+59.5%)	$422,200 → $829,700 (+96.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,342 → $1,211 (-9.8%)	—

Amboy

Population

1,8751,545

Median household income

$100,506$127,639

Median home value

$365,300$582,700

Median gross rent

$1,342$1,211

Cherry Grove

Population

738729

Median household income

$132,591$95,469

Median home value

$422,200$829,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amboy	Cherry Grove
Under 5	11.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	25.1%
18 to 24	9.8%	10.0%
25 to 34	17.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	4.3%	16.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	7.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	19.6%
75 and over	4.7%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amboy	Cherry Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amboy	Cherry Grove
No high school diploma	3.7%	0.6%
High school graduate	32.3%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amboy	Cherry Grove
Drove alone	63.3%	65.7%
Carpooled	5.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	12.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	34.3%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amboy	Cherry Grove
1-unit, detached	81.8%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Amboy	Cherry Grove
Poverty rate	6.9%	1.1%
Average household size	3.10	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	42	35
Median year structure built	1990	1996