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Moses Lake, WA

26,083 Population
18.1 square miles 1,438.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.3 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 33.7 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1

Economics

$35,449 ±$3,138 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: $33,242 ±$1,436
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
$74,752 ±$5,947 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: $73,267 ±$3,441
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414

15.8% ±3.3% (4,068  ±858) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 15.9% † 15,987 (±1.8% / ±1,781)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)

18.2 minutes ±2.2 (202,365  ±28,341) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 20.2 796,830 (±1.2 / ±53,910)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)

Families

10,092 ±493 Number of households
  • the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 35,398 ±515
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
2.6 ±0.1 (25,716  ±65) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 2.8 98,613 (±0 / ±255)
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923

5.5% ±2.9% (364  ±195) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 6.8% † 1,558 (±1.6% / ±363)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)

Housing

10,607 ±495 Number of housing units
  • the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 40,214 ±136
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517

$310,000 ±$15,151 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: $299,500 ±$12,090
  • about half the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940

19.6% ±4.9% (5,052  ±1,255.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 13.4% † 13,510 (±1.7% / ±1,667.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)

Social

90.5% ±5.6% (14,677  ±1,144.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 81.4% 51,433 (±3% / ±1,916.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
21.4% ±2.9% (3,471  ±504.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 18.4% 11,645 (±1.2% / ±768.4)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)

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

7.6% ±2.2% (1,974  ±566) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 16.1% 16,431
  • about half the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843

10.8% ±2.3% (2,035  ±436) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 6.5% † 4,727 (±0.8% / ±558)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
2,035 Total veterans ±436 1,831 Male ±415 204 Female ±115

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