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Wahkiakum County, WA

4,573 Population
262.9 square miles 17.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.8 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$32,879 ±$3,378 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $51,493 ±$245
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$57,091 ±$6,294 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $94,952 ±$476
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

15.7% ±5.4% (714  ±243) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 753,455 (±0.2% / ±11,430)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

42.3 minutes ±8.8 (56,430  ±13,945) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Washington: 27 83,194,470 (±0.1 / ±402,464)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

2,026 ±121 Number of households
  • Washington: 3,020,558 ±5,770
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0.1 (4,535  ±11) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,588,019
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

10.5% ±6.7% (62  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,720 (±0.1% / ±2,435)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

2,207 ±105 Number of housing units
  • Washington: 3,262,667 ±447
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$344,500 ±$39,030 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $519,800 ±$2,550
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

4.7% ±1.9% (212  ±84.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,157,574 (±0.2% / ±13,781.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

92.8% ±8.3% (3,242  ±304.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.2% 4,987,606 (±0.3% / ±16,795.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
22.3% ±4.2% (778  ±148.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 38.8% 2,097,154 (±0.2% / ±10,784.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.5% (204  ±80) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,170,683
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

15.8% ±4.4% (588  ±164) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Washington: 8.1% 486,714 (±0.1% / ±4,612)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
588 Total veterans ±164 496 Male ±130 92 Female ±61

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