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Yelm, WA (Washington) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2019: $295,266 (it was $114,900 in 2000)
Yelm:

$295,266
Washington:

$387,600
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $252,019 - $360,937

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $296,930
Here:

$296,930
State:

$510,505

Mobile homes: $113,660
Here:

$113,660
State:

$172,568

Yelm,WA index of house prices

Total population: 8,223 (Urban population: 3,130 (all inside urban clusters), Rural population: 218 (all nonfarm))

Houses: 3,016 (2,819 occupied: 1,854 owner occupied, 953 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

34%
State:

37%

Housing density: 536 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2019 in this county: $792,386.

Median contract rent in 2019: $1,325 (lower quartile is $970, upper quartile is $1,507)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2019: $7,444


Median gross rent in Yelm, WA in 2019: $1,414

Housing units in Yelm with a mortgage: 1,633 (35 second mortgage, 72 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 250

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $89,272

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $64,029

Median monthly housing costs: $1,626

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Yelm, Washington Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 2003

Median year apartment built: 2000

Household type by relationship:

Households: 9,240
  • Male householders: 1,545 (124 living alone), Female householders: 1,282 (234 living alone)
  • 1,800 spouses (1,789 opposite-sex spouses), 237 unmarried partners, (237 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 3,745 children (3,480 natural, 56 adopted, 208 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 163 brothers or sisters, 86 parents, 14 foster children, 131 other relatives, 198 non-relatives

Size of family households: 750 2-persons, 372 3-persons, 496 4-persons, 577 5-persons, 107 6-persons, 39 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 360 1-person, 6 2-persons, 28 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 7 5-persons.

2,240 married couples with children.
863 single-parent households (441 men, 422 women).

91.8% of residents of Yelm speak English at home.
4.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 241 (2.6%)
(55.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.9
State:

6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

5.4
State:

4.0

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Yelm, Washington
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Yelm, Washington
  • 0no bedroom
  • 181 bedroom
  • 692 bedrooms
  • 9563 bedrooms
  • 6884 bedrooms
  • 1295+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Yelm, Washington
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Yelm, Washington
  • 25no bedroom
  • 1481 bedroom
  • 2222 bedrooms
  • 4553 bedrooms
  • 634 bedrooms
  • 455+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Yelm in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Yelm in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 0no vehicle
  • 3691 vehicle
  • 8862 vehicles
  • 3533 vehicles
  • 1124 vehicles
  • 475+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Yelm in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Yelm in renter-occupied apartments
  • 89no vehicle
  • 3641 vehicle
  • 3932 vehicles
  • 1553 vehicles
  • 04 vehicles
  • 465+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Yelm, Washington
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Yelm, Washington
  • 01 room
  • 02 rooms
  • 223 rooms
  • 334 rooms
  • 3115 rooms
  • 4216 rooms
  • 4387 rooms
  • 3108 rooms
  • 3249+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Yelm, Washington
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Yelm, Washington
  • 231 room
  • 322 rooms
  • 1253 rooms
  • 1354 rooms
  • 2205 rooms
  • 1856 rooms
  • 527 rooms
  • 08 rooms
  • 1139+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2019 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Yelm city income, earnings, and wages data

  • Yelm, WA household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Yelm, WA in 2019
  • 118Less than $10,000
  • 72$10,000 to $19,999
  • 171$20,000 to $29,999
  • 152$30,000 to $39,999
  • 238$40,000 to $49,999
  • 212$50,000 to $59,999
  • 320$60,000 to $74,999
  • 766$75,000 to $99,999
  • 222$100,000 to $124,999
  • 271$125,000 to $149,999
  • 171$150,000 to $199,999
  • 57$200,000 or more

  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2019 in Yelm, WA

  • Distribution of house value in Yelm, WA in 2019
  • 8Less than $10,000
  • 17$20,000 to $24,999
  • 17$40,000 to $49,999
  • 9$70,000 to $79,999
  • 29$100,000 to $124,999
  • 15$125,000 to $149,999
  • 89$150,000 to $174,999
  • 56$175,000 to $199,999
  • 366$200,000 to $249,999
  • 305$250,000 to $299,999
  • 545$300,000 to $399,999
  • 80$400,000 to $499,999
  • 6$500,000 to $749,999

  • Rent paid by renters in 2019 in Yelm, WA

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Yelm, WA in 2019
  • 39$200 to $249
  • 31$750 to $799
  • 105$800 to $899
  • 108$900 to $999
  • 175$1,000 to $1,249
  • 339$1,250 to $1,499
  • 230$1,500 to $1,999
  • 16No cash rent
Work and jobs in Yelm: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2019

Percentage of workers working in this county: 45.3%
Number of people working at home: 67 (1.8% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2019

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 76
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 213
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 391
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 61
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 114
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 245
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 597
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 278
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 252
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 550
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 447
  • 90 or more minutes: 346
Means of transportation to work in 2019 - Yelm

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 2,037 (82.2%)
  • Carpooled: 254 (10.3%)
  • Bus: 24 (1.0%)
  • Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 12 (0.5%)
  • Ferryboat: 25 (1.0%)
  • Taxi: 26 (1.0%)
  • Walked: 43 (1.7%)
  • Worked at home: 56 (2.3%)
Class of Workers in 2019
  • Unemployment by race in 2019
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 3.7%Males
  • 9.4%Females
  • Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
  • 46.4%Males
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 19.4%Males
Races in Yelm detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Yelm, Washington
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Yelm, Washington
  • 502010 or later
  • 612000 to 2009
  • 241990 to 1999
  • 91980 to 1989
  • 161970 to 1979
  • 36Before 1970
Ancestries in Yelm, WA

First ancestries reported:

  • Irish: 734 (16.9%)
  • German: 430 (9.9%)
  • American: 331 (7.6%)
  • Italian: 225 (5.2%)
  • European: 147 (3.4%)
  • Norwegian: 119 (2.7%)
  • Canadian: 106 (2.4%)
  • English: 66 (1.5%)
  • Turkish: 52 (1.2%)
  • Scandinavian: 47 (1.1%)
  • French Canadian: 24 (0.6%)
  • Ukrainian: 21 (0.5%)
  • Portuguese: 16 (0.4%)
  • Finnish: 15 (0.3%)
  • Czech: 14 (0.3%)
  • Welsh: 14 (0.3%)
  • Greek: 13 (0.3%)
  • Austrian: 12 (0.3%)
  • French: 12 (0.3%)
  • Lithuanian: 10 (0.2%)
  • Dutch: 8 (0.2%)
  • Scottish: 8 (0.2%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 6 (0.1%)
  • Polish: 2 (0.05%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Turkey
Yelm:

25.7% (53)
Washington:

0.2% (2,353)

Mexico
Yelm:

16.5% (34)
Washington:

23.4% (247,181)

Korea
Yelm:

14.1% (29)
Washington:

4.5% (47,299)

Philippines
Yelm:

13.1% (27)
Washington:

6.8% (71,621)

Germany
Yelm:

9.2% (19)
Washington:

1.8% (18,875)

Japan
Yelm:

9.2% (19)
Washington:

1.7% (18,017)

Canada
Yelm:

3.9% (8)
Washington:

4.3% (45,733)

United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland
Yelm:

2.9% (6)
Washington:

1.1% (11,657)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 3,588
  • Other state: 5,105
  • Northeast: 303
  • Midwest: 1,233
  • South: 1,401
  • West: 2,193

74.3% of Yelm residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 26.4% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 62.3% lived in Washington.


Yelm:

74.3%
State average:

82.3%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 0
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 0
  • 9th grade: 41
  • 10th grade: 0
  • 11th grade: 0
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 28
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 646
  • Less than 1 year of college: 360
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 607
  • Associate degree: 373
  • Bachelor's degree: 367
  • Master's degree: 137
  • Professional school degree: 0
  • Doctorate degree: 0
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 9
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 7
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 0
  • 9th grade: 44
  • 10th grade: 20
  • 11th grade: 0
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 34
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 622
  • Less than 1 year of college: 331
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 666
  • Associate degree: 289
  • Bachelor's degree: 421
  • Master's degree: 193
  • Professional school degree: 23
  • Doctorate degree: 0
Educational Attainment for Females
Yelm marital status for males
Yelm marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 2,482
  • One, attached: 59
  • Two: 9
  • 3 or 4: 15
  • 5 to 9: 134
  • 10 to 19: 66
  • 20 to 49: 76
  • 50 or more: 71
  • Mobile homes: 100

Median worth of mobile homes: $71,722

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2019: 4.6%

House/condo owner moved in on average 6 years ago

Renter moved in on average 1 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Yelm
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Yelm, WA
  • 56.9%Utility gas
  • 40.0%Electricity
  • 2.0%Wood
  • 1.1%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Yelm, WA
  • 70.3%Electricity
  • 24.3%Utility gas
  • 3.9%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 1.5%Wood

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
Here:

1.4%
Washington:

10.3%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here:

0.0%
Washington:

7.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 213
Here:

38.2%
Washington:

15.1%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability
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