Anderson Island vs Fife Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Anderson Island and Fife Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fife Heights has the higher population (1,508 vs 1,341 in Anderson Island). Fife Heights has the higher median household income ($135,156 vs $72,074 in Anderson Island). Fife Heights has the higher median home value ($602,700 vs $477,600 in Anderson Island).

Population, income & housing

	Anderson Island	Fife Heights
Population	1,341	1,508
Median age	61.3 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,074	$135,156
Median home value	$477,600	$602,700
Median gross rent	—	$2,659
Housing units	977	511
Homeownership rate	98.7%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anderson Island	Fife Heights
Population	1,181 → 1,341 (+13.5%)	2,368 → 1,508 (-36.3%)
Median household income	$80,078 → $72,074 (-10.0%)	$113,241 → $135,156 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$273,400 → $477,600 (+74.7%)	$408,100 → $602,700 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,166 → $1,278 (+9.6%)	$1,598 → $2,659 (+66.4%)

Anderson Island

Population

1,1811,341

Median household income

$80,078$72,074

Median home value

$273,400$477,600

Median gross rent

$1,166$1,278

Fife Heights

Population

2,3681,508

Median household income

$113,241$135,156

Median home value

$408,100$602,700

Median gross rent

$1,598$2,659

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anderson Island	Fife Heights
Under 5	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	24.6%
18 to 24	2.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	3.5%	15.3%
35 to 44	1.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	22.1%	16.8%
55 to 64	34.3%	8.4%
65 to 74	26.3%	6.1%
75 and over	9.5%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anderson Island	Fife Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	70.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	1.1%	7.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.5%	10.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anderson Island	Fife Heights
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	1.7%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	63.8%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anderson Island	Fife Heights
Drove alone	66.8%	73.3%
Carpooled	3.3%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.6%	19.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anderson Island	Fife Heights
1-unit, detached	93.6%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Anderson Island	Fife Heights
Poverty rate	26.8%	2.8%
Average household size	1.79	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1992	1986