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Elma, WA

3,452 Population
2.8 square miles 1,248.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±10.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 44.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,412 ±$6,854 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: $33,763 ±$1,342
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $51,493 ±$245
$66,194 ±$16,483 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: $63,539 ±$2,689
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $94,952 ±$476

30% ±15.4% (1,033  ±532) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 14.1% 10,358 (±1.3% / ±950)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 9.9% 753,455 (±0.2% / ±11,430)

28.4 minutes ±8.8 (36,535  ±16,307) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 24.5 648,445 (±1 / ±36,996)
  • a little higher than the figure in Washington: 27 83,194,470 (±0.1 / ±402,464)

Families

1,227 ±212 Number of households
  • the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 29,982 ±589
  • Washington: 3,020,558 ±5,770
2.7 ±0.5 (3,366  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 2.5 73,470 (±0.1 / ±86)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,588,019

31.4% ±25.6% (177  ±152) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 6.6% † 949 (±1.5% / ±210)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,720 (±0.1% / ±2,435)

Housing

1,350 ±232 Number of housing units
  • the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 36,568 ±49
  • Washington: 3,262,667 ±447

$379,200 ±$58,150 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: $279,500 ±$9,879
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $519,800 ±$2,550

14.5% ±5.9% (481  ±197.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 12.5% † 9,481 (±1.5% / ±1,113.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,157,574 (±0.2% / ±13,781.2)

Social

81% ±10.7% (1,989  ±358.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 90.3% 50,592 (±2.8% / ±1,547.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 92.2% 4,987,606 (±0.3% / ±16,795.6)
18.6% ±8.1% (456  ±205.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 17.6% 9,868 (±1.3% / ±721)
  • about half 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

6.2% ±4.7% (214  ±161) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 5.2% 3,936
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,170,683

8.3% ±3.9% (229  ±111) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Aberdeen, WA Micro Area: 10.8% 6,620 (±0.8% / ±502)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 8.1% 486,714 (±0.1% / ±4,612)
229 Total veterans ±111 209 Male ±109 20 Female ±34

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