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Ellensburg, WA

18,913 Population
8.3 square miles 2,273 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.7 ±1.2 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Ellensburg, WA Micro Area: 37.9 ±0.7
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,725 ±$2,777 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Ellensburg, WA Micro Area: $41,356 ±$1,757
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $51,493 ±$245
$49,888 ±$6,414 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Ellensburg, WA Micro Area: $69,928 ±$3,828
  • about half the amount in Washington: $94,952 ±$476

21% ±2.7% (3,580  ±455) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Ellensburg, WA Micro Area: 14.3% † 6,130 (±1.7% / ±719)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 9.9% 753,455 (±0.2% / ±11,430)

17.4 minutes ±2 (150,565  ±19,706) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Ellensburg, WA Micro Area: 24 444,930 (±1.8 / ±38,487)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Washington: 27 83,194,470 (±0.1 / ±402,464)

Families

8,644 ±346 Number of households
  • the Ellensburg, WA Micro Area: 19,601 ±459
  • Washington: 3,020,558 ±5,770
2 ±0.1 (17,207  ±46) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ellensburg, WA Micro Area: 2.2 42,930 (±0.1 / ±34)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,588,019

2.1% ±1.1% (130  ±68) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Ellensburg, WA Micro Area: 3.2% † 349 (±1.2% / ±126)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,720 (±0.1% / ±2,435)

Housing

9,242 ±316 Number of housing units
  • the Ellensburg, WA Micro Area: 24,326 ±48
  • Washington: 3,262,667 ±447

$357,800 ±$26,123 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Ellensburg, WA Micro Area: $459,900 ±$16,429
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $519,800 ±$2,550

30.2% ±3.3% (5,631  ±615.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Ellensburg, WA Micro Area: 18.2% † 8,056 (±1.8% / ±812.9)
  • about double the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,157,574 (±0.2% / ±13,781.2)

Social

94% ±6.5% (9,424  ±719.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ellensburg, WA Micro Area: 93.1% 27,244 (±3.7% / ±1,092.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.2% 4,987,606 (±0.3% / ±16,795.6)
41.3% ±4.5% (4,134  ±467.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Ellensburg, WA Micro Area: 35.3% 10,321 (±2.3% / ±675.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 38.8% 2,097,154 (±0.2% / ±10,784.8)

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

4.7% ±1.3% (881  ±248) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Ellensburg, WA Micro Area: 3.9% 1,752
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,170,683

6.6% ±1.7% (1,057  ±267) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ellensburg, WA Micro Area: 7.4% † 2,737 (±0.9% / ±342)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 8.1% 486,714 (±0.1% / ±4,612)
1,057 Total veterans ±267 919 Male ±248 138 Female ±89

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