Amboy vs Yacolt

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

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

Yacolt has the higher population (1,628 vs 1,545 in Amboy). Amboy has the higher median household income ($127,639 vs $90,625 in Yacolt). Amboy has the higher median home value ($582,700 vs $410,300 in Yacolt).

Population, income & housing

	Amboy	Yacolt
Population	1,545	1,628
Median age	30.9 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$127,639	$90,625
Median home value	$582,700	$410,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,917
Housing units	606	565
Homeownership rate	84.8%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amboy	Yacolt
Population	1,875 → 1,545 (-17.6%)	1,590 → 1,628 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$100,506 → $127,639 (+27.0%)	$74,318 → $90,625 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$365,300 → $582,700 (+59.5%)	$239,000 → $410,300 (+71.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,342 → $1,211 (-9.8%)	$1,147 → $1,917 (+67.1%)

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

Yacolt

Population

1,5901,628

Median household income

$74,318$90,625

Median home value

$239,000$410,300

Median gross rent

$1,147$1,917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amboy	Yacolt
Under 5	11.9%	15.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	12.7%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	17.5%	24.8%
35 to 44	4.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.3%	6.8%
55 to 64	12.0%	10.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	5.8%
75 and over	4.7%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amboy	Yacolt
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amboy	Yacolt
No high school diploma	3.7%	13.2%
High school graduate	32.3%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amboy	Yacolt
Drove alone	63.3%	84.6%
Carpooled	5.4%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	12.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	6.8%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amboy	Yacolt
1-unit, detached	81.8%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.4%
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%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Amboy	Yacolt
Poverty rate	6.9%	5.0%
Average household size	3.10	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	42	52
Median year structure built	1990	1996