Raft Island vs Wilkeson

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

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

Wilkeson has the higher population (555 vs 363 in Raft Island). Raft Island has the higher median household income ($161,389 vs $106,042 in Wilkeson). Raft Island has the higher median home value ($798,600 vs $419,200 in Wilkeson).

Population, income & housing

	Raft Island	Wilkeson
Population	363	555
Median age	53.3 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$161,389	$106,042
Median home value	$798,600	$419,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,556
Housing units	189	200
Homeownership rate	81.7%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.0%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Raft Island	Wilkeson
Population	434 → 363 (-16.4%)	516 → 555 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$179,306 → $161,389 (-10.0%)	$82,344 → $106,042 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$740,900 → $798,600 (+7.8%)	$239,700 → $419,200 (+74.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,385 → $1,556 (+12.3%)

Raft Island

Population

434363

Median household income

$179,306$161,389

Median home value

$740,900$798,600

Wilkeson

Population

516555

Median household income

$82,344$106,042

Median home value

$239,700$419,200

Median gross rent

$1,385$1,556

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Raft Island	Wilkeson
Under 5	3.9%	9.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	14.4%
18 to 24	3.3%	16.2%
25 to 34	2.5%	17.3%
35 to 44	9.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	24.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.6%	2.7%
65 to 74	14.0%	14.4%
75 and over	13.2%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Raft Island	Wilkeson
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Raft Island	Wilkeson
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.2%
High school graduate	24.6%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	12.5%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	39.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Raft Island	Wilkeson
Drove alone	70.1%	75.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.9%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Raft Island	Wilkeson
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Raft Island	Wilkeson
Poverty rate	2.8%	12.5%
Average household size	2.02	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	15	39
Median year structure built	1969	1938