Marietta-Alderwood vs Nooksack

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

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

Marietta-Alderwood has the higher population (3,569 vs 1,547 in Nooksack). Nooksack has the higher median household income ($85,781 vs $62,243 in Marietta-Alderwood). Marietta-Alderwood has the higher median home value ($493,200 vs $484,500 in Nooksack).

Population, income & housing

	Marietta-Alderwood	Nooksack
Population	3,569	1,547
Median age	40.5 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,243	$85,781
Median home value	$493,200	$484,500
Median gross rent	$1,450	$1,750
Housing units	1,560	557
Homeownership rate	49.3%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marietta-Alderwood	Nooksack
Population	4,086 → 3,569 (-12.7%)	1,724 → 1,547 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$50,808 → $62,243 (+22.5%)	$65,104 → $85,781 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$352,500 → $493,200 (+39.9%)	$271,100 → $484,500 (+78.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,085 → $1,450 (+33.6%)	$1,240 → $1,750 (+41.1%)

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

Nooksack

Population

1,7241,547

Median household income

$65,104$85,781

Median home value

$271,100$484,500

Median gross rent

$1,240$1,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marietta-Alderwood	Nooksack
Under 5	1.3%	8.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	11.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	19.9%
35 to 44	16.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	9.3%
65 to 74	12.3%	8.5%
75 and over	6.1%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marietta-Alderwood	Nooksack
White (non-Hispanic)	68.6%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.6%
Asian	4.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marietta-Alderwood	Nooksack
No high school diploma	6.2%	14.4%
High school graduate	22.5%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marietta-Alderwood	Nooksack
Drove alone	84.3%	85.8%
Carpooled	4.6%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.7%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marietta-Alderwood	Nooksack
1-unit, detached	43.1%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	33.2%	0.5%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Marietta-Alderwood	Nooksack
Poverty rate	12.6%	12.2%
Average household size	2.34	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	16	31
Median year structure built	1980	2002