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Chehalis, WA

7,587 Population
5.8 square miles 1,306.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 42.2 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,191 ±$3,517 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: $36,049 ±$1,164
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,702 ±$10,507 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: $74,796 ±$3,695
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15% ±4.9% (1,093  ±354) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 12.2% 10,266 (±1.1% / ±962)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.8 minutes ±2.3 (65,870  ±8,968) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 28.5 896,680 (±1.2 / ±48,784)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,790 ±187 Number of households
  • the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 32,916 ±435
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (7,214  ±58) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 2.6 84,336 (±0 / ±47)
  • a little higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.8% ±5.4% (172  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 7.5% † 1,315 (±1.8% / ±314)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,030 ±209 Number of housing units
  • the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 36,512 ±62
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$372,900 ±$16,999 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: $385,800 ±$7,962
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.3% ±4.2% (1,131  ±312.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 10.2% † 8,584 (±1.6% / ±1,320.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91% ±7.5% (4,436  ±429) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 91.3% 55,492 (±2.6% / ±1,575.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.3% ±5% (1,331  ±253.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 21.5% 13,097 (±1.4% / ±861.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5.1% ±2.4% (384  ±184) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 5.3% 4,526
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±2.3% (441  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 9.4% 6,262 (±0.8% / ±517)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
441 Total veterans ±126 425 Male ±121 16 Female ±24

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