Beacon Hill vs Ryderwood

A side-by-side comparison of Beacon Hill and Ryderwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beacon Hill has the higher population (1,978 vs 367 in Ryderwood). Beacon Hill has the higher median household income ($82,639 vs $36,579 in Ryderwood). Beacon Hill has the higher median home value ($363,500 vs $196,800 in Ryderwood).

Population, income & housing

	Beacon Hill	Ryderwood
Population	1,978	367
Median age	31.2 yrs	75.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,639	$36,579
Median home value	$363,500	$196,800
Median gross rent	$846	—
Housing units	609	218
Homeownership rate	61.9%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beacon Hill	Ryderwood
Population	1,903 → 1,978 (+3.9%)	503 → 367 (-27.0%)
Median household income	$83,047 → $82,639 (-0.5%)	$36,341 → $36,579 (+0.7%)
Median home value	$207,700 → $363,500 (+75.0%)	$128,800 → $196,800 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $846 (+54.7%)	—

Beacon Hill

Population

1,9031,978

Median household income

$83,047$82,639

Median home value

$207,700$363,500

Median gross rent

$547$846

Ryderwood

Population

503367

Median household income

$36,341$36,579

Median home value

$128,800$196,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beacon Hill	Ryderwood
Under 5	9.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	11.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	6.0%
65 to 74	5.6%	42.5%
75 and over	9.4%	51.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beacon Hill	Ryderwood
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	22.2%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beacon Hill	Ryderwood
No high school diploma	10.1%	20.4%
High school graduate	30.3%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beacon Hill	Ryderwood
Drove alone	87.9%	81.8%
Carpooled	8.3%	18.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beacon Hill	Ryderwood
1-unit, detached	70.8%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Beacon Hill	Ryderwood
Poverty rate	13.1%	6.0%
Average household size	3.14	1.68
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	1971	1943