Fox Island vs Rosedale

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

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

Rosedale has the higher population (4,267 vs 3,365 in Fox Island). Fox Island has the higher median household income ($172,917 vs $149,632 in Rosedale). Fox Island has the higher median home value ($952,500 vs $816,000 in Rosedale).

Population, income & housing

	Fox Island	Rosedale
Population	3,365	4,267
Median age	50.5 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$172,917	$149,632
Median home value	$952,500	$816,000
Median gross rent	—	$2,250
Housing units	1,509	1,386
Homeownership rate	91.6%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.6%	45.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fox Island	Rosedale
Population	3,918 → 3,365 (-14.1%)	4,472 → 4,267 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$105,750 → $172,917 (+63.5%)	$104,231 → $149,632 (+43.6%)
Median home value	$642,000 → $952,500 (+48.4%)	$482,900 → $816,000 (+69.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,588 → $2,115 (+33.2%)	$865 → $2,250 (+160.1%)

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

Rosedale

Population

4,4724,267

Median household income

$104,231$149,632

Median home value

$482,900$816,000

Median gross rent

$865$2,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fox Island	Rosedale
Under 5	3.0%	0.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	3.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	5.1%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.1%	15.0%
45 to 54	18.0%	16.2%
55 to 64	17.4%	16.8%
65 to 74	17.9%	9.2%
75 and over	9.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fox Island	Rosedale
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	2.3%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fox Island	Rosedale
No high school diploma	1.3%	3.0%
High school graduate	13.7%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fox Island	Rosedale
Drove alone	73.5%	70.6%
Carpooled	3.6%	2.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.3%	24.5%
Other means	0.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fox Island	Rosedale
1-unit, detached	89.9%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Fox Island	Rosedale
Poverty rate	0.8%	2.4%
Average household size	2.43	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	39	25
Median year structure built	1990	1984