North Fort Lewis vs Wollochet

A side-by-side comparison of North Fort Lewis and Wollochet: population, income, housing, and more.

North Fort Lewis and Wollochet are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wollochet has the higher population (6,905 vs 5,990 in North Fort Lewis). Wollochet has the higher median household income ($148,716 vs $72,778 in North Fort Lewis). Since 2019, Wollochet's population has grown faster (+8.5% vs -5.7%).

Population, income & housing

	North Fort Lewis	Wollochet
Population	5,990	6,905
Median age	24.3 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,778	$148,716
Median home value	—	$819,900
Median gross rent	$2,375	$2,013
Housing units	1,176	2,719
Homeownership rate	0.0%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	53.8%
Unemployment rate	13.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Fort Lewis	Wollochet
Population	6,355 → 5,990 (-5.7%)	6,365 → 6,905 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$66,302 → $72,778 (+9.8%)	$99,077 → $148,716 (+50.1%)
Median home value	—	$494,900 → $819,900 (+65.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,839 → $2,375 (+29.1%)	$1,575 → $2,013 (+27.8%)

North Fort Lewis

Population

6,3555,990

Median household income

$66,302$72,778

Median gross rent

$1,839$2,375

Wollochet

Population

6,3656,905

Median household income

$99,077$148,716

Median home value

$494,900$819,900

Median gross rent

$1,575$2,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Fort Lewis	Wollochet
Under 5	8.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	15.1%
18 to 24	28.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	29.8%	8.9%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.7%
45 to 54	1.4%	14.9%
55 to 64	0.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	14.1%
75 and over	0.0%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Fort Lewis	Wollochet
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	76.6%
Black or African American	10.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.2%
Asian	4.2%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	1.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.4%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Fort Lewis	Wollochet
No high school diploma	2.5%	3.4%
High school graduate	23.3%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Fort Lewis	Wollochet
Drove alone	58.0%	71.3%
Carpooled	11.5%	3.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	24.2%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	23.0%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Fort Lewis	Wollochet
1-unit, detached	11.1%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	76.4%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Fort Lewis	Wollochet
Poverty rate	13.3%	1.3%
Average household size	3.43	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	10	23
Median year structure built	2002	1992