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Chewelah, WA

2,606 Population
3 square miles 882.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48 ±9.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,518 ±$10,835 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: $41,549 ±$627
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,167 ±$7,394 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: $77,488 ±$1,471
  • about half the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.8% ±6.2% (434  ±161) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 11.7% 68,239 (±0.6% / ±3,368)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.1 minutes ±2.2 (14,585  ±3,304) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 22.9 5,299,185 (±0.4 / ±122,908)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,184 ±101 Number of households
  • the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 237,769 ±1,001
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (2,554  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 2.5 581,621 (±0 / ±203)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.7% ±3.1% (20  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 5.2% 7,120 (±0.5% / ±678)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,375 ±121 Number of housing units
  • the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 253,987 ±152
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$267,400 ±$46,132 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: $405,300 ±$4,914
  • about half the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.6% ±6.6% (458  ±171.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 14.6% 86,123 (±0.6% / ±3,568)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.9% ±9.7% (1,809  ±233.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 94.6% 394,193 (±1.2% / ±4,875.8)
  • a little less than 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)
19.3% ±4.8% (393  ±101) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 32.2% 134,151 (±0.6% / ±2,654.3)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)
  • about half 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

1.8% ±1.8% (48  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 5.1% 30,666
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.8% ±2.5% (106  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 9.6% 44,592 (±0.3% / ±1,414)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
106 Total veterans ±54 98 Male ±55 8 Female ±12

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