Bothell West vs Silver Firs

A side-by-side comparison of Bothell West and Silver Firs: population, income, housing, and more.

Bothell West and Silver Firs are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Silver Firs has the higher population (21,796 vs 21,014 in Bothell West). Silver Firs has the higher median household income ($153,026 vs $144,941 in Bothell West). Silver Firs has the higher median home value ($791,700 vs $757,700 in Bothell West).

Population, income & housing

	Bothell West	Silver Firs
Population	21,014	21,796
Median age	38.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$144,941	$153,026
Median home value	$757,700	$791,700
Median gross rent	$2,552	$2,853
Housing units	7,840	7,654
Homeownership rate	78.1%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.0%	49.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bothell West	Silver Firs
Population	21,115 → 21,014 (-0.5%)	22,358 → 21,796 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$111,705 → $144,941 (+29.8%)	$131,337 → $153,026 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$464,700 → $757,700 (+63.1%)	$487,100 → $791,700 (+62.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,922 → $2,552 (+32.8%)	$2,054 → $2,853 (+38.9%)

Bothell West

Population

21,11521,014

Median household income

$111,705$144,941

Median home value

$464,700$757,700

Median gross rent

$1,922$2,552

Silver Firs

Population

22,35821,796

Median household income

$131,337$153,026

Median home value

$487,100$791,700

Median gross rent

$2,054$2,853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bothell West	Silver Firs
Under 5	6.7%	7.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	11.7%
35 to 44	17.7%	15.3%
45 to 54	16.6%	18.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.3%	6.6%
75 and over	4.1%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bothell West	Silver Firs
White (non-Hispanic)	56.3%	64.1%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	20.5%	16.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.9%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bothell West	Silver Firs
No high school diploma	5.1%	4.1%
High school graduate	13.4%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bothell West	Silver Firs
Drove alone	63.4%	62.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	6.2%
Public transit	3.5%	3.4%
Walked	0.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.5%	25.8%
Other means	0.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bothell West	Silver Firs
1-unit, detached	76.9%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	3.3%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Bothell West	Silver Firs
Poverty rate	3.2%	6.7%
Average household size	2.75	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1992	1997