Canterwood vs Fox Island

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

Canterwood 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 2,964 in Canterwood). Fox Island has the higher median household income ($172,917 vs $128,676 in Canterwood). Fox Island has the higher median home value ($952,500 vs $853,500 in Canterwood).

Population, income & housing

	Canterwood	Fox Island
Population	2,964	3,365
Median age	50.1 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$128,676	$172,917
Median home value	$853,500	$952,500
Median gross rent	$2,051	—
Housing units	1,075	1,509
Homeownership rate	94.2%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.6%	58.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canterwood	Fox Island
Population	3,218 → 2,964 (-7.9%)	3,918 → 3,365 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$125,256 → $128,676 (+2.7%)	$105,750 → $172,917 (+63.5%)
Median home value	$554,600 → $853,500 (+53.9%)	$642,000 → $952,500 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,101 → $2,051 (-2.4%)	$1,588 → $2,115 (+33.2%)

Canterwood

Population

3,2182,964

Median household income

$125,256$128,676

Median home value

$554,600$853,500

Median gross rent

$2,101$2,051

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)

	Canterwood	Fox Island
Under 5	6.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	3.7%	3.0%
25 to 34	6.8%	5.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	18.0%
55 to 64	17.5%	17.4%
65 to 74	13.3%	17.9%
75 and over	9.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canterwood	Fox Island
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	6.9%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canterwood	Fox Island
No high school diploma	2.3%	1.3%
High school graduate	13.8%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canterwood	Fox Island
Drove alone	75.3%	73.5%
Carpooled	6.4%	3.6%
Public transit	1.4%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	21.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canterwood	Fox Island
1-unit, detached	93.3%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Canterwood	Fox Island
Poverty rate	4.0%	0.8%
Average household size	2.80	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	34	39
Median year structure built	1994	1990