Kapowsin vs Raft Island

A side-by-side comparison of Kapowsin and Raft Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kapowsin has the higher population (449 vs 363 in Raft Island). Raft Island has the higher median household income ($161,389 vs $111,295 in Kapowsin). Raft Island has the higher median home value ($798,600 vs $412,900 in Kapowsin).

Population, income & housing

	Kapowsin	Raft Island
Population	449	363
Median age	46.0 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$111,295	$161,389
Median home value	$412,900	$798,600
Housing units	256	189
Homeownership rate	100.0%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	63.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kapowsin	Raft Island
Population	129 → 449 (+248.1%)	434 → 363 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$100,909 → $111,295 (+10.3%)	$179,306 → $161,389 (-10.0%)
Median home value	$252,300 → $412,900 (+63.7%)	$740,900 → $798,600 (+7.8%)

Kapowsin

Population

129449

Median household income

$100,909$111,295

Median home value

$252,300$412,900

Raft Island

Population

434363

Median household income

$179,306$161,389

Median home value

$740,900$798,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kapowsin	Raft Island
Under 5	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	9.4%	3.3%
25 to 34	35.6%	2.5%
35 to 44	4.9%	9.1%
45 to 54	16.0%	24.0%
55 to 64	30.5%	14.6%
65 to 74	3.6%	14.0%
75 and over	0.0%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kapowsin	Raft Island
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	82.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	15.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kapowsin	Raft Island
No high school diploma	14.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.7%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	39.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kapowsin	Raft Island
Drove alone	72.3%	70.1%
Carpooled	11.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	29.9%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kapowsin	Raft Island
1-unit, detached	35.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	58.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kapowsin	Raft Island
Poverty rate	4.9%	2.8%
Average household size	2.01	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	47	15
Median year structure built	1989	1969