Ferndale vs Marietta-Alderwood

A side-by-side comparison of Ferndale and Marietta-Alderwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Ferndale and Marietta-Alderwood are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ferndale has the higher population (15,447 vs 3,569 in Marietta-Alderwood). Ferndale has the higher median household income ($83,839 vs $62,243 in Marietta-Alderwood). Marietta-Alderwood has the higher median home value ($493,200 vs $492,400 in Ferndale).

Population, income & housing

	Ferndale	Marietta-Alderwood
Population	15,447	3,569
Median age	33.6 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$83,839	$62,243
Median home value	$492,400	$493,200
Median gross rent	$1,461	$1,450
Housing units	5,895	1,560
Homeownership rate	66.1%	49.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferndale	Marietta-Alderwood
Population	14,043 → 15,447 (+10.0%)	4,086 → 3,569 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$73,074 → $83,839 (+14.7%)	$50,808 → $62,243 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$300,600 → $492,400 (+63.8%)	$352,500 → $493,200 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $1,461 (+46.7%)	$1,085 → $1,450 (+33.6%)

Ferndale

Population

14,04315,447

Median household income

$73,074$83,839

Median home value

$300,600$492,400

Median gross rent

$996$1,461

Marietta-Alderwood

Population

4,0863,569

Median household income

$50,808$62,243

Median home value

$352,500$493,200

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,450

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferndale	Marietta-Alderwood
Under 5	9.0%	1.3%
5 to 17	17.8%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	11.2%
25 to 34	18.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	16.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	8.4%	10.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	12.3%
75 and over	5.5%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferndale	Marietta-Alderwood
White (non-Hispanic)	68.6%	68.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.8%
Asian	7.2%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	1.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	13.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferndale	Marietta-Alderwood
No high school diploma	6.0%	6.2%
High school graduate	22.1%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferndale	Marietta-Alderwood
Drove alone	80.8%	84.3%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.6%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	11.2%	8.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferndale	Marietta-Alderwood
1-unit, detached	66.0%	43.1%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	33.2%
20 or more units	12.1%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Ferndale	Marietta-Alderwood
Poverty rate	10.5%	12.6%
Average household size	2.79	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1995	1980