Bucoda vs Tenino

A side-by-side comparison of Bucoda and Tenino: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tenino has the higher population (1,965 vs 511 in Bucoda). Tenino has the higher median household income ($75,438 vs $63,750 in Bucoda). Tenino has the higher median home value ($333,100 vs $219,000 in Bucoda).

Population, income & housing

	Bucoda	Tenino
Population	511	1,965
Median age	38.3 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$75,438
Median home value	$219,000	$333,100
Median gross rent	$1,242	$1,239
Housing units	195	790
Homeownership rate	74.2%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bucoda	Tenino
Population	668 → 511 (-23.5%)	1,716 → 1,965 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $63,750 (+24.4%)	$54,917 → $75,438 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$150,700 → $219,000 (+45.3%)	$165,400 → $333,100 (+101.4%)
Median gross rent	$872 → $1,242 (+42.4%)	$1,080 → $1,239 (+14.7%)

Bucoda

Population

668511

Median household income

$51,250$63,750

Median home value

$150,700$219,000

Median gross rent

$872$1,242

Tenino

Population

1,7161,965

Median household income

$54,917$75,438

Median home value

$165,400$333,100

Median gross rent

$1,080$1,239

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bucoda	Tenino
Under 5	5.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	21.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	3.3%	11.5%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	17.4%	16.8%
45 to 54	8.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.2%
75 and over	8.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bucoda	Tenino
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	72.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.6%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	15.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bucoda	Tenino
No high school diploma	13.5%	5.8%
High school graduate	35.1%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bucoda	Tenino
Drove alone	77.5%	64.8%
Carpooled	14.6%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	7.9%	20.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bucoda	Tenino
1-unit, detached	82.6%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Bucoda	Tenino
Poverty rate	30.4%	12.3%
Average household size	2.87	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1973	1980