Eatonville vs South Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Eatonville and South Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Eatonville and South Creek are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eatonville has the higher population (2,843 vs 1,885 in South Creek). Eatonville has the higher median household income ($93,603 vs $81,826 in South Creek). South Creek has the higher median home value ($548,800 vs $413,700 in Eatonville).

Population, income & housing

	Eatonville	South Creek
Population	2,843	1,885
Median age	26.9 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$93,603	$81,826
Median home value	$413,700	$548,800
Median gross rent	$1,297	—
Housing units	995	962
Homeownership rate	72.4%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eatonville	South Creek
Population	2,981 → 2,843 (-4.6%)	2,636 → 1,885 (-28.5%)
Median household income	$67,670 → $93,603 (+38.3%)	$52,095 → $81,826 (+57.1%)
Median home value	$235,800 → $413,700 (+75.4%)	$228,400 → $548,800 (+140.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,152 → $1,297 (+12.6%)	$1,606 → $870 (-45.8%)

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

South Creek

Population

2,6361,885

Median household income

$52,095$81,826

Median home value

$228,400$548,800

Median gross rent

$1,606$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eatonville	South Creek
Under 5	7.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	24.9%	13.4%
18 to 24	11.4%	4.7%
25 to 34	17.3%	5.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.2%
55 to 64	7.4%	28.3%
65 to 74	5.9%	15.9%
75 and over	3.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eatonville	South Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	66.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	3.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	20.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eatonville	South Creek
No high school diploma	6.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	36.9%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eatonville	South Creek
Drove alone	72.3%	92.2%
Carpooled	12.9%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	5.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eatonville	South Creek
1-unit, detached	76.7%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
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%	21.8%

Poverty & households

	Eatonville	South Creek
Poverty rate	7.1%	17.1%
Average household size	3.04	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	37	54
Median year structure built	1994	1987