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Census Tract 12, Cowlitz, WA

4,798 Population
7.6 square miles 631.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kelso: 39.9 ±3.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cowlitz County: 41.5 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1

Economics

$48,029 ±$6,628 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kelso: $35,246 ±$2,382
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Cowlitz County: $38,105 ±$1,176
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
$87,772 ±$17,201 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kelso: $66,751 ±$5,488
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Cowlitz County: $76,531 ±$3,128
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414

2.6% ±1.4% (126  ±66) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kelso: 12% † 1,515 (±4.1% / ±516)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Cowlitz County: 12.2% † 13,548 (±1.2% / ±1,360)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)

21.7 minutes ±3 (37,550  ±7,977) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Kelso: 20.8 † 117,285 (±2.8 / ±18,652)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cowlitz County: 26.2 1,122,345 (±0.9 / ±51,468)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)

Families

1,924 ±191 Number of households
  • Kelso: 5,435 ±272
  • Cowlitz County: 43,943 ±449
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
2.5 ±0.1 (4,783  ±538) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kelso: 2.3 12,631 (±0.1 / ±60)
  • about the same as the figure in Cowlitz County: 2.5 111,229 (±0 / ±29)
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923

3.6% ±2.9% (34  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kelso: 3.3% † 109 (±2.1% / ±69)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cowlitz County: 5.3% † 1,278 (±1.3% / ±306)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)

Housing

1,958 ±184 Number of housing units
  • Kelso: 5,656 ±287
  • Cowlitz County: 46,422 ±96
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517

$448,800 ±$20,399 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kelso: $337,600 ±$21,416
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cowlitz County: $397,500 ±$10,389
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940

16.3% ±8.3% (776  ±405.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kelso: 14.8% † 1,857 (±4.7% / ±594.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cowlitz County: 11.8% † 13,123 (±1.3% / ±1,443.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)

Social

92.3% ±6.4% (3,148  ±394) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kelso: 88.3% 8,036 (±7.6% / ±769.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Cowlitz County: 89.9% 70,959 (±2.5% / ±1,995.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
21% ±4.9% (716  ±182.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kelso: 12.5% † 1,134 (±3% / ±274.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cowlitz County: 17.6% 13,910 (±1.1% / ±846.9)
  • 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

2.4% ±1.7% (114  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Kelso: 4.6% † 589 (±2.1% / ±262)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cowlitz County: 4.3% 4,803
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843

14.8% ±5% (551  ±195) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kelso: 11.3% † 1,147 (±2.5% / ±259)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cowlitz County: 10.3% 8,982 (±0.9% / ±761)
  • nearly double the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
551 Total veterans ±195 477 Male ±186 74 Female ±62

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