Rainier vs Tanglewilde

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

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

Tanglewilde has the higher population (6,822 vs 2,499 in Rainier). Rainier has the higher median household income ($101,644 vs $99,766 in Tanglewilde). Tanglewilde has the higher median home value ($410,300 vs $388,900 in Rainier).

Population, income & housing

	Rainier	Tanglewilde
Population	2,499	6,822
Median age	38.5 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$101,644	$99,766
Median home value	$388,900	$410,300
Median gross rent	$1,128	$1,779
Housing units	880	2,520
Homeownership rate	90.2%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rainier	Tanglewilde
Population	2,385 → 2,499 (+4.8%)	7,270 → 6,822 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$69,688 → $101,644 (+45.9%)	$73,917 → $99,766 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$206,000 → $388,900 (+88.8%)	$243,700 → $410,300 (+68.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,128 (-15.7%)	$1,183 → $1,779 (+50.4%)

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

Tanglewilde

Population

7,2706,822

Median household income

$73,917$99,766

Median home value

$243,700$410,300

Median gross rent

$1,183$1,779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rainier	Tanglewilde
Under 5	7.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.6%	17.7%
18 to 24	3.4%	10.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	13.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.6%	16.3%
65 to 74	10.0%	6.8%
75 and over	4.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rainier	Tanglewilde
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	62.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	1.4%
Asian	0.5%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	23.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rainier	Tanglewilde
No high school diploma	9.6%	7.1%
High school graduate	34.2%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rainier	Tanglewilde
Drove alone	74.1%	80.5%
Carpooled	1.8%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	20.3%	10.9%
Other means	3.9%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rainier	Tanglewilde
1-unit, detached	79.2%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Rainier	Tanglewilde
Poverty rate	14.2%	6.2%
Average household size	3.10	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	35	30
Median year structure built	1993	1976