Kenmore vs Mercer Island

A side-by-side comparison of Kenmore and Mercer Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mercer Island has the higher population (25,282 vs 23,594 in Kenmore). Mercer Island has the higher median household income ($202,359 vs $137,926 in Kenmore). Mercer Island has the higher median home value ($1,884,200 vs $869,800 in Kenmore).

Population, income & housing

	Kenmore	Mercer Island
Population	23,594	25,282
Median age	38.7 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$137,926	$202,359
Median home value	$869,800	$1,884,200
Median gross rent	$1,944	$2,464
Housing units	9,362	10,454
Homeownership rate	69.7%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.2%	78.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenmore	Mercer Island
Population	22,724 → 23,594 (+3.8%)	25,675 → 25,282 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$109,810 → $137,926 (+25.6%)	$147,566 → $202,359 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$572,900 → $869,800 (+51.8%)	$1,218,200 → $1,884,200 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,433 → $1,944 (+35.7%)	$2,162 → $2,464 (+14.0%)

Kenmore

Population

22,72423,594

Median household income

$109,810$137,926

Median home value

$572,900$869,800

Median gross rent

$1,433$1,944

Mercer Island

Population

25,67525,282

Median household income

$147,566$202,359

Median home value

$1,218,200$1,884,200

Median gross rent

$2,162$2,464

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenmore	Mercer Island
Under 5	6.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.1%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	16.8%
55 to 64	10.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.9%
75 and over	6.6%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenmore	Mercer Island
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	65.3%
Black or African American	3.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	14.7%	22.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.2%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenmore	Mercer Island
No high school diploma	3.7%	1.9%
High school graduate	13.2%	5.3%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	38.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.1%	40.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenmore	Mercer Island
Drove alone	54.2%	51.6%
Carpooled	7.1%	4.6%
Public transit	6.2%	4.6%
Walked	1.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	29.8%	35.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenmore	Mercer Island
1-unit, detached	63.3%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	8.0%
20 or more units	16.8%	24.2%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Kenmore	Mercer Island
Poverty rate	6.0%	4.6%
Average household size	2.60	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1984	1973