North Yelm vs Rochester

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

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

Rochester has the higher population (6,025 vs 2,503 in North Yelm). Rochester has the higher median household income ($94,754 vs $77,691 in North Yelm). Rochester has the higher median home value ($391,600 vs $330,200 in North Yelm).

Population, income & housing

	North Yelm	Rochester
Population	2,503	6,025
Median age	42.6 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,691	$94,754
Median home value	$330,200	$391,600
Median gross rent	$1,379	$1,182
Housing units	1,124	2,042
Homeownership rate	78.0%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Yelm	Rochester
Population	3,365 → 2,503 (-25.6%)	3,126 → 6,025 (+92.7%)
Median household income	$56,758 → $77,691 (+36.9%)	$84,766 → $94,754 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $330,200 (+137.0%)	$245,300 → $391,600 (+59.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,299 → $1,379 (+6.2%)	$1,244 → $1,182 (-5.0%)

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

Rochester

Population

3,1266,025

Median household income

$84,766$94,754

Median home value

$245,300$391,600

Median gross rent

$1,244$1,182

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Yelm	Rochester
Under 5	0.8%	10.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	11.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.4%	13.1%
35 to 44	17.1%	8.9%
45 to 54	18.2%	19.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	15.1%	10.2%
75 and over	1.1%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Yelm	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	72.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.8%
Asian	1.4%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.8%
Two or more races	9.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Yelm	Rochester
No high school diploma	7.6%	11.5%
High school graduate	50.8%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Yelm	Rochester
Drove alone	79.0%	73.5%
Carpooled	6.1%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	6.7%
Other means	1.5%	8.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Yelm	Rochester
1-unit, detached	49.8%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	50.2%	33.2%

Poverty & households

	North Yelm	Rochester
Poverty rate	1.0%	14.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1987	1995