Hazel Dell vs Salmon Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Hazel Dell and Salmon Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Hazel Dell and Salmon Creek are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hazel Dell has the higher population (23,086 vs 19,594 in Salmon Creek). Salmon Creek has the higher median household income ($100,534 vs $78,958 in Hazel Dell). Salmon Creek has the higher median home value ($497,000 vs $424,500 in Hazel Dell).

Population, income & housing

	Hazel Dell	Salmon Creek
Population	23,086	19,594
Median age	37.8 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$78,958	$100,534
Median home value	$424,500	$497,000
Median gross rent	$1,665	$1,612
Housing units	9,846	8,018
Homeownership rate	55.9%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazel Dell	Salmon Creek
Population	21,196 → 23,086 (+8.9%)	20,956 → 19,594 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$61,520 → $78,958 (+28.3%)	$79,593 → $100,534 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$279,700 → $424,500 (+51.8%)	$332,100 → $497,000 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,200 → $1,665 (+38.8%)	$1,210 → $1,612 (+33.2%)

Hazel Dell

Population

21,19623,086

Median household income

$61,520$78,958

Median home value

$279,700$424,500

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,665

Salmon Creek

Population

20,95619,594

Median household income

$79,593$100,534

Median home value

$332,100$497,000

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hazel Dell	Salmon Creek
Under 5	5.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	14.6%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	17.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	12.7%
75 and over	6.2%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazel Dell	Salmon Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	74.2%
Black or African American	3.9%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	5.6%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.4%
Some other race	0.1%	1.4%
Two or more races	8.1%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazel Dell	Salmon Creek
No high school diploma	7.4%	5.4%
High school graduate	26.7%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazel Dell	Salmon Creek
Drove alone	69.6%	66.7%
Carpooled	9.9%	3.5%
Public transit	1.0%	0.6%
Walked	2.1%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	17.1%	23.7%
Other means	0.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazel Dell	Salmon Creek
1-unit, detached	51.5%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	5.8%
20 or more units	11.6%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Hazel Dell	Salmon Creek
Poverty rate	11.0%	6.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1988	1988