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Selah, WA

8,301 Population
4.6 square miles 1,809.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±3.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 33.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,741 ±$5,527 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: $29,309 ±$599
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $51,493 ±$245
$74,757 ±$8,821 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: $68,015 ±$2,240
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $94,952 ±$476

11.9% ±6.3% (969  ±512) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 15.4% 39,074 (±1.1% / ±2,719)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 9.9% 753,455 (±0.2% / ±11,430)

15.9 minutes ±2.4 (61,370  ±12,512) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 20 2,010,120 (±0.5 / ±68,405)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Washington: 27 83,194,470 (±0.1 / ±402,464)

Families

3,197 ±330 Number of households
  • the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 86,689 ±564
  • Washington: 3,020,558 ±5,770
2.5 ±0.3 (8,027  ±50) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 2.9 252,589 (±0 / ±65)
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,588,019

1.9% ±2.2% (43  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 7.1% † 4,182 (±1% / ±575)
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,720 (±0.1% / ±2,435)

Housing

3,542 ±350 Number of housing units
  • the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 91,647 ±147
  • Washington: 3,262,667 ±447

$366,100 ±$26,092 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: $281,100 ±$6,099
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $519,800 ±$2,550

17.7% ±6.5% (1,462  ±,539.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 11.9% 30,133 (±1% / ±2,492.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,157,574 (±0.2% / ±13,781.2)

Social

85.2% ±9% (4,393  ±,552.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 76.3% 119,894 (±1.7% / ±2,632.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 92.2% 4,987,606 (±0.3% / ±16,795.6)
23.7% ±4.9% (1,223  ±,264.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 18.9% 29,637 (±0.8% / ±1,220.6)
  • about three-fifths of 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

9.3% ±3.9% (772  ±324) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 18.5% 47,572
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,170,683

6.2% ±2.8% (380  ±173) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Yakima, WA Metro Area: 5.6% 10,098 (±0.5% / ±842)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 8.1% 486,714 (±0.1% / ±4,612)
380 Total veterans ±173 294 Male ±158 86 Female ±109

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