Grand Mound vs North Yelm

A side-by-side comparison of Grand Mound and North Yelm: population, income, housing, and more.

Grand Mound and North Yelm are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grand Mound has the higher population (3,711 vs 2,503 in North Yelm). North Yelm has the higher median household income ($77,691 vs $77,000 in Grand Mound). North Yelm has the higher median home value ($330,200 vs $325,000 in Grand Mound).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Mound	North Yelm
Population	3,711	2,503
Median age	33.2 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,000	$77,691
Median home value	$325,000	$330,200
Median gross rent	$1,273	$1,379
Housing units	1,505	1,124
Homeownership rate	73.8%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Mound	North Yelm
Population	3,373 → 3,711 (+10.0%)	3,365 → 2,503 (-25.6%)
Median household income	$57,031 → $77,000 (+35.0%)	$56,758 → $77,691 (+36.9%)
Median home value	$188,300 → $325,000 (+72.6%)	$139,300 → $330,200 (+137.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,128 → $1,273 (+12.9%)	$1,299 → $1,379 (+6.2%)

Grand Mound

Population

3,3733,711

Median household income

$57,031$77,000

Median home value

$188,300$325,000

Median gross rent

$1,128$1,273

North Yelm

Population

3,3652,503

Median household income

$56,758$77,691

Median home value

$139,300$330,200

Median gross rent

$1,299$1,379

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Mound	North Yelm
Under 5	8.7%	0.8%
5 to 17	19.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	1.6%	9.5%
25 to 34	26.4%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	17.1%
45 to 54	4.6%	18.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.9%	15.1%
75 and over	0.8%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Mound	North Yelm
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	1.6%
Asian	0.5%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	30.5%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Mound	North Yelm
No high school diploma	13.5%	7.6%
High school graduate	37.5%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Mound	North Yelm
Drove alone	78.7%	79.0%
Carpooled	8.2%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	10.6%
Other means	0.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Mound	North Yelm
1-unit, detached	56.9%	49.8%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.6%	50.2%

Poverty & households

	Grand Mound	North Yelm
Poverty rate	8.4%	1.0%
Average household size	2.79	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1989	1987