 Carnation has a high rate of home ownership for King County; 73.31% of the homes in Carnation are occupied by people who own them.This rate is considerably higher than nearby cities like Redmond (50.19%), Bellevue (53.78%), and Seattle (44.91%).At the 2000 census, there were 1,893 people in 636 households, including 487 families, in the city.