Mukilteo vs Silver Firs

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

Mukilteo 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 21,312 in Mukilteo). Silver Firs has the higher median household income ($153,026 vs $122,612 in Mukilteo). Mukilteo has the higher median home value ($830,000 vs $791,700 in Silver Firs).

Population, income & housing

	Mukilteo	Silver Firs
Population	21,312	21,796
Median age	44.3 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$122,612	$153,026
Median home value	$830,000	$791,700
Median gross rent	$2,127	$2,853
Housing units	8,492	7,654
Homeownership rate	70.9%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.8%	49.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mukilteo	Silver Firs
Population	21,336 → 21,312 (-0.1%)	22,358 → 21,796 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$108,536 → $122,612 (+13.0%)	$131,337 → $153,026 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$582,700 → $830,000 (+42.4%)	$487,100 → $791,700 (+62.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,796 → $2,127 (+18.4%)	$2,054 → $2,853 (+38.9%)

Mukilteo

Population

21,33621,312

Median household income

$108,536$122,612

Median home value

$582,700$830,000

Median gross rent

$1,796$2,127

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)

	Mukilteo	Silver Firs
Under 5	5.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	15.3%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	8.2%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	18.4%
55 to 64	17.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.3%	6.6%
75 and over	7.3%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mukilteo	Silver Firs
White (non-Hispanic)	60.6%	64.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	20.0%	16.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	8.8%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mukilteo	Silver Firs
No high school diploma	2.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	14.9%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	22.3%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mukilteo	Silver Firs
Drove alone	60.7%	62.7%
Carpooled	10.2%	6.2%
Public transit	1.9%	3.4%
Walked	0.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.4%	25.8%
Other means	1.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mukilteo	Silver Firs
1-unit, detached	61.2%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	19.1%	3.3%
20 or more units	11.3%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Mukilteo	Silver Firs
Poverty rate	5.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.56	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1990	1997