Alger vs Bay View

A side-by-side comparison of Alger and Bay View: population, income, housing, and more.

Alger and Bay View are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alger has the higher population (655 vs 626 in Bay View). Alger has the higher median household income ($106,318 vs $98,571 in Bay View). Bay View has the higher median home value ($743,000 vs $659,400 in Alger).

Population, income & housing

	Alger	Bay View
Population	655	626
Median age	45.6 yrs	60.8 yrs
Median household income	$106,318	$98,571
Median home value	$659,400	$743,000
Housing units	220	338
Homeownership rate	95.0%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alger	Bay View
Population	184 → 655 (+256.0%)	662 → 626 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $106,318 (+54.6%)	$105,250 → $98,571 (-6.3%)
Median home value	$283,900 → $659,400 (+132.3%)	$531,300 → $743,000 (+39.8%)

Alger

Population

184655

Median household income

$68,750$106,318

Median home value

$283,900$659,400

Bay View

Population

662626

Median household income

$105,250$98,571

Median home value

$531,300$743,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alger	Bay View
Under 5	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 17	10.7%	9.9%
18 to 24	20.2%	5.9%
25 to 34	8.4%	4.0%
35 to 44	7.9%	16.1%
45 to 54	15.7%	6.1%
55 to 64	15.3%	15.3%
65 to 74	20.9%	25.9%
75 and over	0.9%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alger	Bay View
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	99.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alger	Bay View
No high school diploma	6.6%	4.4%
High school graduate	47.5%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alger	Bay View
Drove alone	81.2%	71.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alger	Bay View
1-unit, detached	61.8%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	18.2%	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	20.0%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Alger	Bay View
Poverty rate	5.3%	0.5%
Average household size	4.07	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1984	1994