North Yelm vs Tumwater

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

North Yelm 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 2,503 in North Yelm). Tumwater has the higher median household income ($93,635 vs $77,691 in North Yelm). Tumwater has the higher median home value ($438,000 vs $330,200 in North Yelm).

Population, income & housing

	North Yelm	Tumwater
Population	2,503	26,519
Median age	42.6 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$77,691	$93,635
Median home value	$330,200	$438,000
Median gross rent	$1,379	$1,654
Housing units	1,124	11,162
Homeownership rate	78.0%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Yelm	Tumwater
Population	3,365 → 2,503 (-25.6%)	22,974 → 26,519 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$56,758 → $77,691 (+36.9%)	$69,685 → $93,635 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $330,200 (+137.0%)	$286,700 → $438,000 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,299 → $1,379 (+6.2%)	$1,196 → $1,654 (+38.3%)

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

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)

	North Yelm	Tumwater
Under 5	0.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.4%	17.3%
35 to 44	17.1%	15.5%
45 to 54	18.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	15.1%	8.5%
75 and over	1.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Yelm	Tumwater
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	71.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.9%
Asian	1.4%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	9.5%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Yelm	Tumwater
No high school diploma	7.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	50.8%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Yelm	Tumwater
Drove alone	79.0%	66.0%
Carpooled	6.1%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	2.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.6%	23.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Yelm	Tumwater
1-unit, detached	49.8%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	50.2%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	North Yelm	Tumwater
Poverty rate	1.0%	7.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	31	21
Median year structure built	1987	1993