Key Center vs Rosedale

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

Key Center 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 3,619 in Key Center). Rosedale has the higher median household income ($149,632 vs $100,405 in Key Center). Rosedale has the higher median home value ($816,000 vs $558,200 in Key Center).

Population, income & housing

	Key Center	Rosedale
Population	3,619	4,267
Median age	45.3 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$100,405	$149,632
Median home value	$558,200	$816,000
Median gross rent	$1,641	$2,250
Housing units	1,729	1,386
Homeownership rate	88.2%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	45.9%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Key Center	Rosedale
Population	3,806 → 3,619 (-4.9%)	4,472 → 4,267 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$78,924 → $100,405 (+27.2%)	$104,231 → $149,632 (+43.6%)
Median home value	$318,800 → $558,200 (+75.1%)	$482,900 → $816,000 (+69.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,168 → $1,641 (+40.5%)	$865 → $2,250 (+160.1%)

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

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)

	Key Center	Rosedale
Under 5	2.3%	0.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	10.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	5.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	15.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	16.2%
55 to 64	14.6%	16.8%
65 to 74	14.5%	9.2%
75 and over	8.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Key Center	Rosedale
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	10.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Key Center	Rosedale
No high school diploma	2.3%	3.0%
High school graduate	26.5%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	43.0%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Key Center	Rosedale
Drove alone	70.6%	70.6%
Carpooled	19.3%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	24.5%
Other means	1.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Key Center	Rosedale
1-unit, detached	82.9%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.8%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Key Center	Rosedale
Poverty rate	7.2%	2.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	37	25
Median year structure built	1990	1984