Eatonville vs Fox Island

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

Eatonville 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 2,843 in Eatonville). Fox Island has the higher median household income ($172,917 vs $93,603 in Eatonville). Fox Island has the higher median home value ($952,500 vs $413,700 in Eatonville).

Population, income & housing

	Eatonville	Fox Island
Population	2,843	3,365
Median age	26.9 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$93,603	$172,917
Median home value	$413,700	$952,500
Median gross rent	$1,297	—
Housing units	995	1,509
Homeownership rate	72.4%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	58.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eatonville	Fox Island
Population	2,981 → 2,843 (-4.6%)	3,918 → 3,365 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$67,670 → $93,603 (+38.3%)	$105,750 → $172,917 (+63.5%)
Median home value	$235,800 → $413,700 (+75.4%)	$642,000 → $952,500 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,152 → $1,297 (+12.6%)	$1,588 → $2,115 (+33.2%)

Eatonville

Population

2,9812,843

Median household income

$67,670$93,603

Median home value

$235,800$413,700

Median gross rent

$1,152$1,297

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)

	Eatonville	Fox Island
Under 5	7.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	24.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	11.4%	3.0%
25 to 34	17.3%	5.1%
35 to 44	13.7%	10.1%
45 to 54	8.3%	18.0%
55 to 64	7.4%	17.4%
65 to 74	5.9%	17.9%
75 and over	3.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eatonville	Fox Island
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	91.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.3%
Asian	0.2%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eatonville	Fox Island
No high school diploma	6.8%	1.3%
High school graduate	36.9%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eatonville	Fox Island
Drove alone	72.3%	73.5%
Carpooled	12.9%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	21.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eatonville	Fox Island
1-unit, detached	76.7%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Eatonville	Fox Island
Poverty rate	7.1%	0.8%
Average household size	3.04	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	37	39
Median year structure built	1994	1990