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Selah, WA

8,437 Population
4.6 square miles 1,839.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33 ±2.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 33.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,243 ±$7,858 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: $30,448 ±$604
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,783 ±$8,510 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: $70,656 ±$2,480
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.9% ±7.7% (1,145  ±633) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 15.5% 39,240 (±1% / ±2,459)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.5 minutes ±2.6 (61,585  ±13,098) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 20.3 2,007,035 (±0.7 / ±74,045)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,264 ±369 Number of households
  • the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 87,708 ±656
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (8,149  ±30) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 2.9 253,154 (±0 / ±87)
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.3% ±2.4% (53  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 6.9% † 4,103 (±0.9% / ±535)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,489 ±405 Number of housing units
  • the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 92,432 ±93
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$414,600 ±$23,425 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: $310,100 ±$7,523
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.8% ±5.4% (1,164  ±451.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 11.5% 29,263 (±1% / ±2,434)
  • 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

85.5% ±9.1% (4,406  ±592.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 76.8% 121,345 (±1.7% / ±2,615.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.5% ±5.3% (1,315  ±293.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 19.2% 30,258 (±0.8% / ±1,297.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)
  • about two-thirds of 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

8.5% ±3.8% (720  ±322) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 18.2% 46,831
  • about half the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±3.4% (351  ±204) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 5.4% 9,764 (±0.4% / ±799)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
351 Total veterans ±204 269 Male ±159 82 Female ±113

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