Tanglewilde vs Yelm

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

Tanglewilde 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 6,822 in Tanglewilde). Tanglewilde has the higher median household income ($99,766 vs $88,279 in Yelm). Yelm has the higher median home value ($439,100 vs $410,300 in Tanglewilde).

Population, income & housing

	Tanglewilde	Yelm
Population	6,822	10,618
Median age	37.6 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median household income	$99,766	$88,279
Median home value	$410,300	$439,100
Median gross rent	$1,779	$1,363
Housing units	2,520	3,529
Homeownership rate	61.9%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tanglewilde	Yelm
Population	7,270 → 6,822 (-6.2%)	8,985 → 10,618 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$73,917 → $99,766 (+35.0%)	$75,000 → $88,279 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$243,700 → $410,300 (+68.4%)	$255,200 → $439,100 (+72.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,183 → $1,779 (+50.4%)	$1,373 → $1,363 (-0.7%)

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

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)

	Tanglewilde	Yelm
Under 5	5.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.7%	24.2%
18 to 24	10.3%	10.6%
25 to 34	13.6%	18.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	16.3%	8.6%
65 to 74	6.8%	3.3%
75 and over	6.5%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tanglewilde	Yelm
White (non-Hispanic)	62.8%	66.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	1.2%
Asian	7.4%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	5.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	23.9%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tanglewilde	Yelm
No high school diploma	7.1%	6.0%
High school graduate	36.7%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tanglewilde	Yelm
Drove alone	80.5%	75.6%
Carpooled	5.8%	13.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	5.6%
Other means	1.8%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tanglewilde	Yelm
1-unit, detached	68.7%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	6.1%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Tanglewilde	Yelm
Poverty rate	6.2%	5.4%
Average household size	2.70	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1976	2004