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Moses Lake, WA

25,594 Population
18.1 square miles 1,411.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 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: 33.5 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,591 ±$3,062 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: $32,241 ±$1,351
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $51,493 ±$245
$71,854 ±$8,376 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: $71,115 ±$3,731
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $94,952 ±$476

15.4% ±3.8% (3,893  ±959) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 15% † 14,884 (±2% / ±1,991)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 753,455 (±0.2% / ±11,430)

18.2 minutes ±1.9 (202,660  ±25,000) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 20.2 790,470 (±1 / ±45,367)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Washington: 27 83,194,470 (±0.1 / ±402,464)

Families

9,756 ±522 Number of households
  • the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 34,502 ±523
  • Washington: 3,020,558 ±5,770
2.6 ±0.1 (25,308  ±57) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 2.8 97,802 (±0 / ±216)
  • a little higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,588,019

4.3% ±3.1% (293  ±211) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 7% † 1,595 (±1.7% / ±397)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,720 (±0.1% / ±2,435)

Housing

10,373 ±514 Number of housing units
  • the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 39,496 ±85
  • Washington: 3,262,667 ±447

$278,100 ±$16,083 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: $275,700 ±$9,684
  • about half the amount in Washington: $519,800 ±$2,550

21.8% ±6.6% (5,525  ±1,666.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 14.5% † 14,400 (±2.5% / ±2,481.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,157,574 (±0.2% / ±13,781.2)

Social

88.4% ±5.1% (13,992  ±1,018.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 81.4% 50,469 (±2.9% / ±1,819.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 92.2% 4,987,606 (±0.3% / ±16,795.6)
21.7% ±3.4% (3,436  ±553.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 18.2% 11,260 (±1.4% / ±846)
  • about three-fifths of 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

8.5% ±2.1% (2,180  ±548) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 16.2% 16,247
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,170,683

11.3% ±2.1% (2,077  ±392) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 7% 4,999 (±0.7% / ±465)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington: 8.1% 486,714 (±0.1% / ±4,612)
2,077 Total veterans ±392 1,870 Male ±388 207 Female ±105

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