Fords Prairie vs Vader

A side-by-side comparison of Fords Prairie and Vader: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fords Prairie has the higher population (1,762 vs 813 in Vader). Fords Prairie has the higher median household income ($55,556 vs $50,598 in Vader). Fords Prairie has the higher median home value ($297,400 vs $276,900 in Vader).

Population, income & housing

	Fords Prairie	Vader
Population	1,762	813
Median age	52.9 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,556	$50,598
Median home value	$297,400	$276,900
Median gross rent	$1,196	$1,325
Housing units	885	300
Homeownership rate	77.9%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	14.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fords Prairie	Vader
Population	2,662 → 1,762 (-33.8%)	880 → 813 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$72,394 → $55,556 (-23.3%)	$46,042 → $50,598 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$213,600 → $297,400 (+39.2%)	$152,200 → $276,900 (+81.9%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $1,196 (+36.7%)	$1,023 → $1,325 (+29.5%)

Fords Prairie

Population

2,6621,762

Median household income

$72,394$55,556

Median home value

$213,600$297,400

Median gross rent

$875$1,196

Vader

Population

880813

Median household income

$46,042$50,598

Median home value

$152,200$276,900

Median gross rent

$1,023$1,325

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fords Prairie	Vader
Under 5	1.8%	7.4%
5 to 17	11.0%	15.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	11.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	19.7%
35 to 44	6.1%	6.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	28.6%	10.2%
65 to 74	13.2%	10.7%
75 and over	7.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fords Prairie	Vader
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fords Prairie	Vader
No high school diploma	1.7%	8.6%
High school graduate	21.1%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	54.7%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fords Prairie	Vader
Drove alone	83.5%	81.1%
Carpooled	6.5%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fords Prairie	Vader
1-unit, detached	61.7%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	21.0%

Poverty & households

	Fords Prairie	Vader
Poverty rate	14.2%	29.4%
Average household size	2.03	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	19	37
Median year structure built	1977	1983