Fobes Hill vs Meadowdale

A side-by-side comparison of Fobes Hill and Meadowdale: population, income, housing, and more.

Fobes Hill and Meadowdale are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Meadowdale has the higher population (2,948 vs 2,683 in Fobes Hill). Meadowdale has the higher median household income ($147,813 vs $132,250 in Fobes Hill). Fobes Hill has the higher median home value ($777,100 vs $753,600 in Meadowdale).

Population, income & housing

	Fobes Hill	Meadowdale
Population	2,683	2,948
Median age	42.8 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$132,250	$147,813
Median home value	$777,100	$753,600
Median gross rent	$1,446	$2,702
Housing units	1,039	1,091
Homeownership rate	87.2%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fobes Hill	Meadowdale
Population	2,984 → 2,683 (-10.1%)	3,151 → 2,948 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$114,875 → $132,250 (+15.1%)	$114,891 → $147,813 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$493,200 → $777,100 (+57.6%)	$458,300 → $753,600 (+64.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,077 → $1,446 (+34.3%)	$1,585 → $2,702 (+70.5%)

Fobes Hill

Population

2,9842,683

Median household income

$114,875$132,250

Median home value

$493,200$777,100

Median gross rent

$1,077$1,446

Meadowdale

Population

3,1512,948

Median household income

$114,891$147,813

Median home value

$458,300$753,600

Median gross rent

$1,585$2,702

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fobes Hill	Meadowdale
Under 5	4.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	10.8%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	8.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	19.3%	15.2%
45 to 54	9.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	22.5%	20.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	14.4%
75 and over	3.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fobes Hill	Meadowdale
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	69.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	14.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fobes Hill	Meadowdale
No high school diploma	1.7%	3.1%
High school graduate	16.9%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.5%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fobes Hill	Meadowdale
Drove alone	72.7%	59.9%
Carpooled	10.1%	7.8%
Public transit	4.9%	1.7%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.4%	28.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fobes Hill	Meadowdale
1-unit, detached	85.2%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fobes Hill	Meadowdale
Poverty rate	4.0%	7.3%
Average household size	2.64	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1977	1979