Ames Lake vs Yarrow Point

A side-by-side comparison of Ames Lake and Yarrow Point: population, income, housing, and more.

Ames Lake and Yarrow Point are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Yarrow Point has the higher population (1,192 vs 1,138 in Ames Lake). Yarrow Point has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $157,500 in Ames Lake). Yarrow Point has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,069,900 in Ames Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Ames Lake	Yarrow Point
Population	1,138	1,192
Median age	44.9 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$157,500	$250,001
Median home value	$1,069,900	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	—	$3,501
Housing units	412	471
Homeownership rate	96.8%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.2%	87.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ames Lake	Yarrow Point
Population	1,556 → 1,138 (-26.9%)	1,202 → 1,192 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$121,458 → $157,500 (+29.7%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$670,300 → $1,069,900 (+59.6%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,932 → $1,600 (-17.2%)	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)

Ames Lake

Population

1,5561,138

Median household income

$121,458$157,500

Median home value

$670,300$1,069,900

Median gross rent

$1,932$1,600

Yarrow Point

Population

1,2021,192

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ames Lake	Yarrow Point
Under 5	9.5%	2.0%
5 to 17	8.1%	21.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	4.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	6.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	15.1%	16.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	18.5%
65 to 74	14.1%	9.4%
75 and over	9.2%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ames Lake	Yarrow Point
White (non-Hispanic)	62.7%	58.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.6%	28.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.0%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	25.7%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ames Lake	Yarrow Point
No high school diploma	7.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	8.4%	2.4%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	10.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	44.7%
Graduate or professional degree	26.9%	42.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ames Lake	Yarrow Point
Drove alone	53.1%	54.0%
Carpooled	13.1%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	4.5%
Walked	3.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	29.5%	35.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ames Lake	Yarrow Point
1-unit, detached	80.8%	99.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	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	17.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ames Lake	Yarrow Point
Poverty rate	0.8%	3.8%
Average household size	2.76	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1990	1975