Grand Mound vs Tumwater

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

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

Tumwater has the higher population (26,519 vs 3,711 in Grand Mound). Tumwater has the higher median household income ($93,635 vs $77,000 in Grand Mound). Tumwater has the higher median home value ($438,000 vs $325,000 in Grand Mound).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Mound	Tumwater
Population	3,711	26,519
Median age	33.2 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$77,000	$93,635
Median home value	$325,000	$438,000
Median gross rent	$1,273	$1,654
Housing units	1,505	11,162
Homeownership rate	73.8%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Mound	Tumwater
Population	3,373 → 3,711 (+10.0%)	22,974 → 26,519 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$57,031 → $77,000 (+35.0%)	$69,685 → $93,635 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$188,300 → $325,000 (+72.6%)	$286,700 → $438,000 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,128 → $1,273 (+12.9%)	$1,196 → $1,654 (+38.3%)

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

Tumwater

Population

22,97426,519

Median household income

$69,685$93,635

Median home value

$286,700$438,000

Median gross rent

$1,196$1,654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Mound	Tumwater
Under 5	8.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	19.6%	14.3%
18 to 24	1.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	26.4%	17.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.5%
45 to 54	4.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.9%	8.5%
75 and over	0.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Mound	Tumwater
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	71.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.9%
Asian	0.5%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.6%	2.1%
Two or more races	3.7%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	30.5%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Mound	Tumwater
No high school diploma	13.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	37.5%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Mound	Tumwater
Drove alone	78.7%	66.0%
Carpooled	8.2%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	4.4%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.4%	23.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Mound	Tumwater
1-unit, detached	56.9%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	33.6%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Grand Mound	Tumwater
Poverty rate	8.4%	7.8%
Average household size	2.79	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1989	1993