Alderton vs Fox Island

A side-by-side comparison of Alderton and Fox Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fox Island has the higher population (3,365 vs 2,857 in Alderton). Fox Island has the higher median household income ($172,917 vs $95,802 in Alderton). Fox Island has the higher median home value ($952,500 vs $486,000 in Alderton).

Population, income & housing

	Alderton	Fox Island
Population	2,857	3,365
Median age	45.5 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$95,802	$172,917
Median home value	$486,000	$952,500
Median gross rent	$1,599	—
Housing units	1,217	1,509
Homeownership rate	78.7%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	58.6%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alderton	Fox Island
Population	2,890 → 2,857 (-1.1%)	3,918 → 3,365 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$88,167 → $95,802 (+8.7%)	$105,750 → $172,917 (+63.5%)
Median home value	$325,700 → $486,000 (+49.2%)	$642,000 → $952,500 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,477 → $1,599 (+8.3%)	$1,588 → $2,115 (+33.2%)

Alderton

Population

2,8902,857

Median household income

$88,167$95,802

Median home value

$325,700$486,000

Median gross rent

$1,477$1,599

Fox Island

Population

3,9183,365

Median household income

$105,750$172,917

Median home value

$642,000$952,500

Median gross rent

$1,588$2,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alderton	Fox Island
Under 5	3.4%	3.0%
5 to 17	12.3%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	3.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	5.1%
35 to 44	14.3%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	18.0%
55 to 64	18.5%	17.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	17.9%
75 and over	8.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alderton	Fox Island
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	23.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alderton	Fox Island
No high school diploma	12.2%	1.3%
High school graduate	28.4%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alderton	Fox Island
Drove alone	67.5%	73.5%
Carpooled	5.0%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.6%	21.3%
Other means	1.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alderton	Fox Island
1-unit, detached	70.2%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Alderton	Fox Island
Poverty rate	11.5%	0.8%
Average household size	2.55	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	35	39
Median year structure built	1989	1990