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Walla Walla, WA Metro Area

64,831 Population
2,138.6 square miles 30.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 37.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,702 ±$4,032 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $36,975 ±$305
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$54,157 ±$8,041 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $70,979 ±$583
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

11.6% ±3% (6,949  ±1,791) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 11% 802,159 (±0.3% / ±24,114)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

15.4 minutes ±0.7 (400,130  ±20,240) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2016 5-year data
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Washington: 26.7 83,469,080 (±0.1 / ±357,283)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.2 3,639,851,270 (±0.1 / ±7,536,392)

Families

24,256 ±1,152 Number of households
  • Washington: 2,840,377 ±11,168
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.5 ±0.1 (59,887  ±1,486) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 2.6 7,262,753 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

3.7% ±2.3% (518  ±320) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 5.6% 97,643 (±0.3% / ±4,476)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

26,756 ±572 Number of housing units
  • Washington: 3,103,263 ±359
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$226,500 ±$18,374 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $339,000 ±$2,463
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

20.5% ±3.9% (13,198  ±2,506.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 17.8% 1,302,329 (±0.4% / ±30,564.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

88.6% ±6.4% (38,349  ±2,898.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 91.3% 4,658,005 (±0.6% / ±32,871.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
27.8% ±3.6% (12,023  ±1,563.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 35.5% 1,811,119 (±0.4% / ±19,778.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2016 5-year data

8.1% ±1.9% (5,218  ±1,258) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 14.3% 1,060,153 (±0.2% / ±17,490)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

11.5% ±2.8% (5,916  ±1,443) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 9.4% 535,293 (±0.2% / ±11,191)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
5,916 Total veterans ±1,443 5,021 Male ±1,099 895 Female ±573

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