Fircrest vs Waller

A side-by-side comparison of Fircrest and Waller: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waller has the higher population (7,857 vs 7,082 in Fircrest). Waller has the higher median household income ($118,077 vs $107,781 in Fircrest). Fircrest has the higher median home value ($554,600 vs $481,200 in Waller).

Population, income & housing

	Fircrest	Waller
Population	7,082	7,857
Median age	44.9 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$107,781	$118,077
Median home value	$554,600	$481,200
Median gross rent	$1,459	$1,785
Housing units	2,977	3,047
Homeownership rate	70.4%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fircrest	Waller
Population	6,795 → 7,082 (+4.2%)	7,647 → 7,857 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$80,839 → $107,781 (+33.3%)	$83,438 → $118,077 (+41.5%)
Median home value	$343,600 → $554,600 (+61.4%)	$314,000 → $481,200 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,253 → $1,459 (+16.4%)	$1,144 → $1,785 (+56.0%)

Fircrest

Population

6,7957,082

Median household income

$80,839$107,781

Median home value

$343,600$554,600

Median gross rent

$1,253$1,459

Waller

Population

7,6477,857

Median household income

$83,438$118,077

Median home value

$314,000$481,200

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fircrest	Waller
Under 5	3.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	7.4%	13.8%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	16.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.3%
75 and over	8.9%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fircrest	Waller
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	75.3%
Black or African American	3.8%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.7%
Asian	9.0%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	12.6%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fircrest	Waller
No high school diploma	2.7%	7.2%
High school graduate	21.7%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fircrest	Waller
Drove alone	74.0%	68.8%
Carpooled	4.9%	9.7%
Public transit	1.1%	2.8%
Walked	1.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	16.4%
Other means	1.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fircrest	Waller
1-unit, detached	72.4%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.1%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Fircrest	Waller
Poverty rate	5.1%	7.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	21	34
Median year structure built	1965	1971