Carnation vs Clyde Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Carnation and Clyde Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clyde Hill has the higher population (3,104 vs 2,476 in Carnation). Clyde Hill has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $141,097 in Carnation). Clyde Hill has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $775,800 in Carnation).

Population, income & housing

	Carnation	Clyde Hill
Population	2,476	3,104
Median age	37.7 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$141,097	$250,001
Median home value	$775,800	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,831	$3,501
Housing units	838	1,234
Homeownership rate	81.4%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%	77.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carnation	Clyde Hill
Population	1,835 → 2,476 (+34.9%)	3,329 → 3,104 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$104,044 → $141,097 (+35.6%)	$238,958 → $250,001 (+4.6%)
Median home value	$462,300 → $775,800 (+67.8%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,273 → $1,831 (+43.8%)	$2,714 → $3,501 (+29.0%)

Carnation

Population

1,8352,476

Median household income

$104,044$141,097

Median home value

$462,300$775,800

Median gross rent

$1,273$1,831

Clyde Hill

Population

3,3293,104

Median household income

$238,958$250,001

Median home value

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

Median gross rent

$2,714$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carnation	Clyde Hill
Under 5	7.2%	2.9%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	4.2%
35 to 44	16.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	19.1%
65 to 74	8.3%	14.0%
75 and over	1.2%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carnation	Clyde Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	53.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	33.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carnation	Clyde Hill
No high school diploma	8.9%	2.4%
High school graduate	18.4%	3.1%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	16.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	33.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	44.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carnation	Clyde Hill
Drove alone	68.4%	46.0%
Carpooled	6.0%	4.6%
Public transit	0.7%	4.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.5%	42.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carnation	Clyde Hill
1-unit, detached	87.0%	99.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carnation	Clyde Hill
Poverty rate	2.1%	1.3%
Average household size	2.99	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	34	18
Median year structure built	1988	1973