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Cheney, WA

12,830 Population
4.3 square miles 2,954.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.9 ±0.9 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$26,001 ±$2,509 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: $39,534 ±$575
  • about half the amount in Washington: $51,493 ±$245
$47,039 ±$9,301 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: $72,836 ±$1,204
  • about half the amount in Washington: $94,952 ±$476

34.6% ±5% (3,954  ±569) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 12.3% 71,028 (±0.6% / ±3,298)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 9.9% 753,455 (±0.2% / ±11,430)

24.3 minutes ±2.9 (135,630  ±21,037) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 23.1 5,320,160 (±0.3 / ±100,622)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 27 83,194,470 (±0.1 / ±402,464)

Families

4,826 ±275 Number of households
  • the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 234,862 ±1,062
  • Washington: 3,020,558 ±5,770
2.4 ±0.1 (11,432  ±30) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 2.5 575,995 (±0 / ±193)
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,588,019

3.5% ±2.6% (170  ±128) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 5.7% † 7,703 (±0.6% / ±808)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,720 (±0.1% / ±2,435)

Housing

5,051 ±296 Number of housing units
  • the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 250,733 ±163
  • Washington: 3,262,667 ±447

$330,300 ±$30,326 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: $365,700 ±$3,389
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $519,800 ±$2,550

35.8% ±6% (4,538  ±758.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 15.7% 92,139 (±0.7% / ±4,026.7)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,157,574 (±0.2% / ±13,781.2)

Social

94.1% ±8.8% (5,390  ±612.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 94.3% 388,117 (±1.1% / ±4,687.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.2% 4,987,606 (±0.3% / ±16,795.6)
36.8% ±6.2% (2,107  ±382.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 31.2% 128,559 (±0.7% / ±2,722.1)
  • a little less than 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

4.5% ±2.1% (576  ±274) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 5.1% 30,247
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,170,683

5.8% ±2.1% (628  ±228) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 10% 45,934 (±0.3% / ±1,496)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 8.1% 486,714 (±0.1% / ±4,612)
628 Total veterans ±228 523 Male ±207 105 Female ±88

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