Artondale vs Fort Lewis

A side-by-side comparison of Artondale and Fort Lewis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Artondale has the higher population (14,051 vs 13,983 in Fort Lewis). Artondale has the higher median household income ($156,908 vs $54,902 in Fort Lewis). Since 2019, Fort Lewis's population has grown faster (+7.1% vs +5.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Artondale	Fort Lewis
Population	14,051	13,983
Median age	41.3 yrs	23.0 yrs
Median household income	$156,908	$54,902
Median home value	$714,000	—
Median gross rent	$2,121	$2,240
Housing units	5,331	3,713
Homeownership rate	90.5%	1.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.8%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Artondale	Fort Lewis
Population	13,364 → 14,051 (+5.1%)	13,054 → 13,983 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$110,651 → $156,908 (+41.8%)	$42,157 → $54,902 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$470,300 → $714,000 (+51.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,545 → $2,121 (+37.3%)	$1,698 → $2,240 (+31.9%)

Artondale

Population

13,36414,051

Median household income

$110,651$156,908

Median home value

$470,300$714,000

Median gross rent

$1,545$2,121

Fort Lewis

Population

13,05413,983

Median household income

$42,157$54,902

Median gross rent

$1,698$2,240

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Artondale	Fort Lewis
Under 5	6.3%	17.6%
5 to 17	19.4%	10.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	34.8%
25 to 34	9.1%	28.7%
35 to 44	14.8%	7.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	1.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	0.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	0.0%
75 and over	6.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Artondale	Fort Lewis
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	43.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	14.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	2.6%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	5.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	25.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Artondale	Fort Lewis
No high school diploma	3.3%	3.2%
High school graduate	12.4%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.5%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Artondale	Fort Lewis
Drove alone	74.3%	61.1%
Carpooled	5.4%	15.1%
Public transit	0.8%	0.2%
Walked	0.4%	20.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.5%	2.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Artondale	Fort Lewis
1-unit, detached	95.5%	14.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	49.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	23.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Artondale	Fort Lewis
Poverty rate	2.0%	16.4%
Average household size	2.73	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	29	12
Median year structure built	1989	1984