Alderton vs Key Center

A side-by-side comparison of Alderton and Key Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Key Center has the higher population (3,619 vs 2,857 in Alderton). Key Center has the higher median household income ($100,405 vs $95,802 in Alderton). Key Center has the higher median home value ($558,200 vs $486,000 in Alderton).

Population, income & housing

	Alderton	Key Center
Population	2,857	3,619
Median age	45.5 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$95,802	$100,405
Median home value	$486,000	$558,200
Median gross rent	$1,599	$1,641
Housing units	1,217	1,729
Homeownership rate	78.7%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alderton	Key Center
Population	2,890 → 2,857 (-1.1%)	3,806 → 3,619 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$88,167 → $95,802 (+8.7%)	$78,924 → $100,405 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$325,700 → $486,000 (+49.2%)	$318,800 → $558,200 (+75.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,477 → $1,599 (+8.3%)	$1,168 → $1,641 (+40.5%)

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

Key Center

Population

3,8063,619

Median household income

$78,924$100,405

Median home value

$318,800$558,200

Median gross rent

$1,168$1,641

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alderton	Key Center
Under 5	3.4%	2.3%
5 to 17	12.3%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	5.3%
35 to 44	14.3%	15.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.3%
55 to 64	18.5%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	14.5%
75 and over	8.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alderton	Key Center
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.3%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alderton	Key Center
No high school diploma	12.2%	2.3%
High school graduate	28.4%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alderton	Key Center
Drove alone	67.5%	70.6%
Carpooled	5.0%	19.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.6%	8.7%
Other means	1.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alderton	Key Center
1-unit, detached	70.2%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Alderton	Key Center
Poverty rate	11.5%	7.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	35	37
Median year structure built	1989	1990