Fern Prairie vs Yacolt

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

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

Fern Prairie has the higher population (2,132 vs 1,628 in Yacolt). Fern Prairie has the higher median household income ($110,476 vs $90,625 in Yacolt). Fern Prairie has the higher median home value ($550,000 vs $410,300 in Yacolt).

Population, income & housing

	Fern Prairie	Yacolt
Population	2,132	1,628
Median age	46.1 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$110,476	$90,625
Median home value	$550,000	$410,300
Median gross rent	$1,482	$1,917
Housing units	710	565
Homeownership rate	85.9%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fern Prairie	Yacolt
Population	1,958 → 2,132 (+8.9%)	1,590 → 1,628 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$80,563 → $110,476 (+37.1%)	$74,318 → $90,625 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$371,800 → $550,000 (+47.9%)	$239,000 → $410,300 (+71.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,317 → $1,482 (+12.5%)	$1,147 → $1,917 (+67.1%)

Fern Prairie

Population

1,9582,132

Median household income

$80,563$110,476

Median home value

$371,800$550,000

Median gross rent

$1,317$1,482

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)

	Fern Prairie	Yacolt
Under 5	0.6%	15.5%
5 to 17	28.8%	12.7%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	3.7%	24.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.7%
45 to 54	20.9%	6.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.1%
65 to 74	10.7%	5.8%
75 and over	6.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fern Prairie	Yacolt
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fern Prairie	Yacolt
No high school diploma	9.3%	13.2%
High school graduate	29.7%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fern Prairie	Yacolt
Drove alone	75.3%	84.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	6.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fern Prairie	Yacolt
1-unit, detached	85.2%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	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	13.1%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Fern Prairie	Yacolt
Poverty rate	6.3%	5.0%
Average household size	3.00	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	24	52
Median year structure built	1984	1996