Carnation vs Wilderness Rim

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

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

Carnation has the higher population (2,476 vs 1,770 in Wilderness Rim). Carnation has the higher median household income ($141,097 vs $115,625 in Wilderness Rim). Carnation has the higher median home value ($775,800 vs $629,800 in Wilderness Rim).

Population, income & housing

	Carnation	Wilderness Rim
Population	2,476	1,770
Median age	37.7 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$141,097	$115,625
Median home value	$775,800	$629,800
Median gross rent	$1,831	$2,563
Housing units	838	648
Homeownership rate	81.4%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carnation	Wilderness Rim
Population	1,835 → 2,476 (+34.9%)	1,633 → 1,770 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$104,044 → $141,097 (+35.6%)	$117,886 → $115,625 (-1.9%)
Median home value	$462,300 → $775,800 (+67.8%)	$391,800 → $629,800 (+60.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,273 → $1,831 (+43.8%)	$2,378 → $2,563 (+7.8%)

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

Wilderness Rim

Population

1,6331,770

Median household income

$117,886$115,625

Median home value

$391,800$629,800

Median gross rent

$2,378$2,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carnation	Wilderness Rim
Under 5	7.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	3.1%
25 to 34	13.4%	24.7%
35 to 44	16.6%	20.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	16.0%
65 to 74	8.3%	1.8%
75 and over	1.2%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carnation	Wilderness Rim
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carnation	Wilderness Rim
No high school diploma	8.9%	2.8%
High school graduate	18.4%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carnation	Wilderness Rim
Drove alone	68.4%	76.3%
Carpooled	6.0%	2.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.5%	15.7%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carnation	Wilderness Rim
1-unit, detached	87.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	Wilderness Rim
Poverty rate	2.1%	6.6%
Average household size	2.99	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1988	1981