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Colfax-Palouse CCD, Whitman County, WA

4,952 Population
235.2 square miles 21.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Whitman County: 26.4 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,817 ±$3,878 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Whitman County: $34,326 ±$2,034
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$80,000 ±$13,409 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Whitman County: $55,406 ±$4,182
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9% ±3.9% (439  ±192) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Whitman County: 22.7% 9,271 (±1.9% / ±794)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.1 minutes ±2 (39,930  ±6,367) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Whitman County: 16.5 339,945 (±0.6 / ±19,314)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,064 ±152 Number of households
  • Whitman County: 18,721 ±472
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (4,873  ±371) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Whitman County: 2.2 40,879 (±0.1 / ±76)
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.8% ±2.6% (35  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Whitman County: 3% † 438 (±1% / ±142)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,298 ±162 Number of housing units
  • Whitman County: 22,091 ±55
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$291,900 ±$33,229 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Whitman County: $359,600 ±$15,378
  • about half the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14% ±4.8% (686  ±239.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Whitman County: 26.7% 12,481 (±2.2% / ±1,043.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96% ±5.7% (3,370  ±312.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Whitman County: 96% 23,579 (±4% / ±1,018.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
33.9% ±4.4% (1,189  ±177.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Whitman County: 49.8% 12,231 (±3% / ±746.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)
  • a little less than 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

2.2% ±1.2% (111  ±60) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Whitman County: 7.5% 3,534
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.4% ±1.7% (277  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Whitman County: 4.2% † 1,666 (±0.6% / ±220)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
277 Total veterans ±68 255 Male ±66 22 Female ±15

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