Orchards vs Salmon Creek

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

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

Orchards has the higher population (29,716 vs 19,594 in Salmon Creek). Salmon Creek has the higher median household income ($100,534 vs $96,893 in Orchards). Salmon Creek has the higher median home value ($497,000 vs $437,100 in Orchards).

Population, income & housing

	Orchards	Salmon Creek
Population	29,716	19,594
Median age	34.8 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$96,893	$100,534
Median home value	$437,100	$497,000
Median gross rent	$1,685	$1,612
Housing units	10,384	8,018
Homeownership rate	67.5%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orchards	Salmon Creek
Population	24,335 → 29,716 (+22.1%)	20,956 → 19,594 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$73,417 → $96,893 (+32.0%)	$79,593 → $100,534 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$282,700 → $437,100 (+54.6%)	$332,100 → $497,000 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,374 → $1,685 (+22.6%)	$1,210 → $1,612 (+33.2%)

Orchards

Population

24,33529,716

Median household income

$73,417$96,893

Median home value

$282,700$437,100

Median gross rent

$1,374$1,685

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)

	Orchards	Salmon Creek
Under 5	5.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	21.7%	13.9%
18 to 24	9.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	17.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	10.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	6.9%	12.7%
75 and over	3.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orchards	Salmon Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	74.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.5%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.4%
Some other race	1.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	6.9%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orchards	Salmon Creek
No high school diploma	10.7%	5.4%
High school graduate	28.7%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orchards	Salmon Creek
Drove alone	76.1%	66.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	3.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.6%
Walked	0.5%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.3%	23.7%
Other means	1.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orchards	Salmon Creek
1-unit, detached	72.1%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	5.8%
20 or more units	8.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Orchards	Salmon Creek
Poverty rate	10.9%	6.9%
Average household size	2.92	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1998	1988