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Vancouver, WA

196,441 Population
48.7 square miles 4,029.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$43,918 ±$2,761 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $50,644 ±$908
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $52,011 ±$541
$80,618 ±$4,849 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $94,925 ±$1,706
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $94,605 ±$1,221

7.5% ±1.3% (14,596  ±2,612) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 9.2% 227,516 (±0.5% / ±12,176)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 10.4% 794,426 (±0.3% / ±26,113)

22.2 minutes ±1.4 (1,869,150  ±146,449) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 25.2 26,086,136 (±0.4 / ±536,383)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 26.7 85,416,730 (±0.2 / ±973,110)

Families

84,778 ±2,724 Number of households
  • the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 1,028,651 ±5,802
  • Washington: 3,101,265 ±10,961
2.3 ±0.1 (194,516  ±94) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 2.4 2,465,347 (±0 / ±1,795)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,659,849

6.2% ±2.2% (3,044  ±1,099) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 4.3% † 26,696 (±0.6% / ±3,561)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 5.3% 97,347 (±0.3% / ±6,087)

Housing

90,263 ±2,695 Number of housing units
  • the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 1,077,557 ±672
  • Washington: 3,361,561 ±310

$469,300 ±$9,570 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $560,900 ±$6,174
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $576,000 ±$3,882

14.3% ±2.5% (27,582  ±4,774.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 13.5% 336,343 (±0.7% / ±16,647.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 14.2% 1,099,648 (±0.4% / ±28,225.1)

Social

90.4% ±3.9% (127,018  ±6,281.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 92.8% 1,680,852 (±1.2% / ±21,637.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.4% 5,090,206 (±0.7% / ±36,316.2)
31.7% ±2.4% (44,606  ±3,562.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 43.8% 794,284 (±0.7% / ±13,513.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 40.5% 2,229,338 (±0.4% / ±21,620.9)

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

10.9% ±1.5% (21,445  ±2,869) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 12.3% 309,270 (±0.4% / ±10,175)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 15.5% 1,213,933

6.7% ±1% (10,417  ±1,632) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 6% 119,534 (±0.3% / ±5,634)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 7.6% 465,141 (±0.2% / ±9,288)
10,417 Total veterans ±1,632 9,434 Male ±1,553 983 Female ±425

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