Carnation vs Medina

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

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

Medina has the higher population (2,889 vs 2,476 in Carnation). Medina has the higher median household income ($249,688 vs $141,097 in Carnation). Medina has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $775,800 in Carnation).

Population, income & housing

	Carnation	Medina
Population	2,476	2,889
Median age	37.7 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$141,097	$249,688
Median home value	$775,800	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,831	$3,501
Housing units	838	1,077
Homeownership rate	81.4%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%	88.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carnation	Medina
Population	1,835 → 2,476 (+34.9%)	3,267 → 2,889 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$104,044 → $141,097 (+35.6%)	$212,337 → $249,688 (+17.6%)
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%)	$2,855 → $3,501 (+22.6%)

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

Medina

Population

3,2672,889

Median household income

$212,337$249,688

Median home value

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

Median gross rent

$2,855$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carnation	Medina
Under 5	7.2%	3.8%
5 to 17	19.1%	19.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	6.0%
35 to 44	16.6%	10.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	20.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	11.5%
75 and over	1.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carnation	Medina
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	60.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	4.4%	26.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.8%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carnation	Medina
No high school diploma	8.9%	0.8%
High school graduate	18.4%	2.9%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	8.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	39.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	48.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carnation	Medina
Drove alone	68.4%	62.4%
Carpooled	6.0%	2.0%
Public transit	0.7%	3.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.5%	32.3%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carnation	Medina
1-unit, detached	87.0%	98.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Carnation	Medina
Poverty rate	2.1%	4.5%
Average household size	2.99	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	34	20
Median year structure built	1988	1974