North Yelm vs Rainier

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

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

North Yelm has the higher population (2,503 vs 2,499 in Rainier). Rainier has the higher median household income ($101,644 vs $77,691 in North Yelm). Rainier has the higher median home value ($388,900 vs $330,200 in North Yelm).

Population, income & housing

	North Yelm	Rainier
Population	2,503	2,499
Median age	42.6 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,691	$101,644
Median home value	$330,200	$388,900
Median gross rent	$1,379	$1,128
Housing units	1,124	880
Homeownership rate	78.0%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Yelm	Rainier
Population	3,365 → 2,503 (-25.6%)	2,385 → 2,499 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$56,758 → $77,691 (+36.9%)	$69,688 → $101,644 (+45.9%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $330,200 (+137.0%)	$206,000 → $388,900 (+88.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,299 → $1,379 (+6.2%)	$1,338 → $1,128 (-15.7%)

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

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)

	North Yelm	Rainier
Under 5	0.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	19.6%
18 to 24	9.5%	3.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	14.8%
35 to 44	17.1%	13.4%
45 to 54	18.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	15.1%	10.0%
75 and over	1.1%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Yelm	Rainier
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	1.3%
Asian	1.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	9.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Yelm	Rainier
No high school diploma	7.6%	9.6%
High school graduate	50.8%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Yelm	Rainier
Drove alone	79.0%	74.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	20.3%
Other means	1.5%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Yelm	Rainier
1-unit, detached	49.8%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	50.2%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	North Yelm	Rainier
Poverty rate	1.0%	14.2%
Average household size	2.41	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1987	1993