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Selah, WA

8,203 Population
4.6 square miles 1,788.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.8 ±3.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 33 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$34,722 ±$2,708 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: $27,448 ±$730
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $48,685 ±$231
$66,843 ±$6,111 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: $64,910 ±$2,209
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $90,325 ±$433

6.9% ±4.6% (553  ±367) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 15.5% 39,239 (±1.2% / ±3,011)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 9.9% 747,538 (±0.2% / ±12,498)

15.4 minutes ±2 (60,115  ±10,341) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 19.7 1,974,310 (±0.5 / ±58,130)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Washington: 27.3 86,033,296 (±0.1 / ±396,856)

Families

3,335 ±293 Number of households
  • the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 85,558 ±555
  • Washington: 2,979,272 ±5,779
2.4 ±0.2 (7,951  ±29) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 3 252,175 (±0 / ±69)
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,535,102

2.5% ±2% (57  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 6.8% † 3,979 (±0.8% / ±483)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,119 (±0.1% / ±2,538)

Housing

3,669 ±318 Number of housing units
  • the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 90,660 ±103
  • Washington: 3,216,243 ±644

$320,400 ±$24,654 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: $254,700 ±$5,291
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $473,400 ±$1,571

23.7% ±7.9% (1,940  ±,645.4) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 12.9% 32,733 (±1% / ±2,410.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 15.9% 1,213,002 (±0.2% / ±14,919.5)

Social

85.8% ±8.1% (4,521  ±541) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 75.7% 117,945 (±1.8% / ±2,724.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 92.1% 4,923,665 (±0.3% / ±17,432.6)
24.9% ±4.6% (1,309  ±,260.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 18.2% 28,366 (±0.8% / ±1,245.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 38% 2,029,443 (±0.2% / ±10,889.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12.9% ±4% (1,056  ±331) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 18.8% 48,019
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 14.9% 1,143,428

6.4% ±2.8% (387  ±172) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 5.6% 10,049 (±0.5% / ±819)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 8.4% 499,332 (±0.1% / ±4,883)
387 Total veterans ±172 291 Male ±140 96 Female ±115

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