Grand Mound vs Yelm

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

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

Yelm has the higher population (10,618 vs 3,711 in Grand Mound). Yelm has the higher median household income ($88,279 vs $77,000 in Grand Mound). Yelm has the higher median home value ($439,100 vs $325,000 in Grand Mound).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Mound	Yelm
Population	3,711	10,618
Median age	33.2 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,000	$88,279
Median home value	$325,000	$439,100
Median gross rent	$1,273	$1,363
Housing units	1,505	3,529
Homeownership rate	73.8%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Mound	Yelm
Population	3,373 → 3,711 (+10.0%)	8,985 → 10,618 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$57,031 → $77,000 (+35.0%)	$75,000 → $88,279 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$188,300 → $325,000 (+72.6%)	$255,200 → $439,100 (+72.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,128 → $1,273 (+12.9%)	$1,373 → $1,363 (-0.7%)

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

Yelm

Population

8,98510,618

Median household income

$75,000$88,279

Median home value

$255,200$439,100

Median gross rent

$1,373$1,363

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Mound	Yelm
Under 5	8.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.6%	24.2%
18 to 24	1.6%	10.6%
25 to 34	26.4%	18.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	4.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	8.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	3.3%
75 and over	0.8%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Mound	Yelm
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	66.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	1.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	5.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	30.5%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Mound	Yelm
No high school diploma	13.5%	6.0%
High school graduate	37.5%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Mound	Yelm
Drove alone	78.7%	75.6%
Carpooled	8.2%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	4.4%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	5.6%
Other means	0.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Mound	Yelm
1-unit, detached	56.9%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	33.6%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Grand Mound	Yelm
Poverty rate	8.4%	5.4%
Average household size	2.79	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1989	2004