Eatonville vs Key Center

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

Eatonville 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 2,843 in Eatonville). Key Center has the higher median household income ($100,405 vs $93,603 in Eatonville). Key Center has the higher median home value ($558,200 vs $413,700 in Eatonville).

Population, income & housing

	Eatonville	Key Center
Population	2,843	3,619
Median age	26.9 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$93,603	$100,405
Median home value	$413,700	$558,200
Median gross rent	$1,297	$1,641
Housing units	995	1,729
Homeownership rate	72.4%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eatonville	Key Center
Population	2,981 → 2,843 (-4.6%)	3,806 → 3,619 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$67,670 → $93,603 (+38.3%)	$78,924 → $100,405 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$235,800 → $413,700 (+75.4%)	$318,800 → $558,200 (+75.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,152 → $1,297 (+12.6%)	$1,168 → $1,641 (+40.5%)

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

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)

	Eatonville	Key Center
Under 5	7.9%	2.3%
5 to 17	24.9%	15.8%
18 to 24	11.4%	10.8%
25 to 34	17.3%	5.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	15.1%
45 to 54	8.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	7.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	5.9%	14.5%
75 and over	3.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eatonville	Key Center
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	87.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eatonville	Key Center
No high school diploma	6.8%	2.3%
High school graduate	36.9%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eatonville	Key Center
Drove alone	72.3%	70.6%
Carpooled	12.9%	19.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eatonville	Key Center
1-unit, detached	76.7%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Eatonville	Key Center
Poverty rate	7.1%	7.2%
Average household size	3.04	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	37	37
Median year structure built	1994	1990