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Shelton, WA Urban Area

14,926 Population
11.7 square miles 1,277.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,486 ±$2,488 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,599 ±$12,346 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.4% ±3.3% (2,396  ±491) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26 minutes ±2.6 (138,960  ±19,531) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,975 ±321 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.2 (14,524  ±729) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.9% ±3.8% (326  ±131) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,557 ±342 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$362,300 ±$16,474 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.3% ±1.9% (1,217  ±282) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.4% ±4.2% (7,888  ±610.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.3% ±2.9% (1,613  ±284.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

11.9% ±2.3% (1,773  ±357) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±1.6% (859  ±178) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
859 Total veterans ±178 822 Male ±175 37 Female ±28

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