Napavine vs Vader

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

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

Napavine has the higher population (1,705 vs 813 in Vader). Napavine has the higher median household income ($89,063 vs $50,598 in Vader). Napavine has the higher median home value ($335,500 vs $276,900 in Vader).

Population, income & housing

	Napavine	Vader
Population	1,705	813
Median age	35.7 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$89,063	$50,598
Median home value	$335,500	$276,900
Median gross rent	$1,250	$1,325
Housing units	663	300
Homeownership rate	84.0%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	14.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Napavine	Vader
Population	1,753 → 1,705 (-2.7%)	880 → 813 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$53,945 → $89,063 (+65.1%)	$46,042 → $50,598 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$169,900 → $335,500 (+97.5%)	$152,200 → $276,900 (+81.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,250 (+17.6%)	$1,023 → $1,325 (+29.5%)

Napavine

Population

1,7531,705

Median household income

$53,945$89,063

Median home value

$169,900$335,500

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,250

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)

	Napavine	Vader
Under 5	3.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	17.1%	15.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.3%
25 to 34	18.9%	19.7%
35 to 44	11.7%	6.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	9.2%	10.2%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.7%
75 and over	6.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Napavine	Vader
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Napavine	Vader
No high school diploma	10.5%	8.6%
High school graduate	40.0%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Napavine	Vader
Drove alone	91.8%	81.1%
Carpooled	2.6%	8.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	9.4%
Other means	2.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Napavine	Vader
1-unit, detached	81.9%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	21.0%

Poverty & households

	Napavine	Vader
Poverty rate	6.5%	29.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	33	37
Median year structure built	1991	1983