Grand Mound vs Rainier

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

Grand Mound and Rainier 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 2,499 in Rainier). Rainier has the higher median household income ($101,644 vs $77,000 in Grand Mound). Rainier has the higher median home value ($388,900 vs $325,000 in Grand Mound).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Mound	Rainier
Population	3,711	2,499
Median age	33.2 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,000	$101,644
Median home value	$325,000	$388,900
Median gross rent	$1,273	$1,128
Housing units	1,505	880
Homeownership rate	73.8%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Mound	Rainier
Population	3,373 → 3,711 (+10.0%)	2,385 → 2,499 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$57,031 → $77,000 (+35.0%)	$69,688 → $101,644 (+45.9%)
Median home value	$188,300 → $325,000 (+72.6%)	$206,000 → $388,900 (+88.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,128 → $1,273 (+12.9%)	$1,338 → $1,128 (-15.7%)

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

Rainier

Population

2,3852,499

Median household income

$69,688$101,644

Median home value

$206,000$388,900

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,128

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Mound	Rainier
Under 5	8.7%	7.0%
5 to 17	19.6%	19.6%
18 to 24	1.6%	3.4%
25 to 34	26.4%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.4%
45 to 54	4.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.0%
75 and over	0.8%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Mound	Rainier
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	1.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	30.5%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Mound	Rainier
No high school diploma	13.5%	9.6%
High school graduate	37.5%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Mound	Rainier
Drove alone	78.7%	74.1%
Carpooled	8.2%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	20.3%
Other means	0.3%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Mound	Rainier
1-unit, detached	56.9%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.6%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Grand Mound	Rainier
Poverty rate	8.4%	14.2%
Average household size	2.79	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1989	1993