Desert Aire vs Warden

A side-by-side comparison of Desert Aire and Warden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Desert Aire has the higher population (2,953 vs 2,531 in Warden). Desert Aire has the higher median household income ($83,482 vs $52,344 in Warden). Desert Aire has the higher median home value ($434,600 vs $171,900 in Warden).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Aire	Warden
Population	2,953	2,531
Median age	30.4 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,482	$52,344
Median home value	$434,600	$171,900
Median gross rent	$1,689	$819
Housing units	1,322	884
Homeownership rate	85.6%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Aire	Warden
Population	2,712 → 2,953 (+8.9%)	2,756 → 2,531 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$66,127 → $83,482 (+26.2%)	$38,833 → $52,344 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$233,400 → $434,600 (+86.2%)	$108,000 → $171,900 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,042 → $1,689 (+62.1%)	$681 → $819 (+20.3%)

Desert Aire

Population

2,7122,953

Median household income

$66,127$83,482

Median home value

$233,400$434,600

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,689

Warden

Population

2,7562,531

Median household income

$38,833$52,344

Median home value

$108,000$171,900

Median gross rent

$681$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desert Aire	Warden
Under 5	8.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	26.2%	22.8%
18 to 24	0.9%	13.1%
25 to 34	16.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	18.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	4.8%	8.4%
55 to 64	5.5%	11.7%
65 to 74	15.1%	9.8%
75 and over	4.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Aire	Warden
White (non-Hispanic)	30.5%	22.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	68.8%	74.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Aire	Warden
No high school diploma	27.4%	31.3%
High school graduate	20.5%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Aire	Warden
Drove alone	65.5%	83.5%
Carpooled	30.2%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Aire	Warden
1-unit, detached	69.6%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	28.1%	29.4%

Poverty & households

	Desert Aire	Warden
Poverty rate	6.4%	19.0%
Average household size	2.96	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	2002	1975