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Shelton, WA Urban Area

14,909 Population
11.7 square miles 1,275.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$28,754 ±$2,826 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$66,126 ±$6,153 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

20.1% ±4.7% (2,947  ±701) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

26.9 minutes ±3.2 (144,090  ±22,836) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

4,894 ±353 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
3 ±0.3 (14,506  ±606) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

9.2% ±3.8% (310  ±132) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

5,468 ±364 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$304,100 ±$20,881 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

10.1% ±2.2% (1,471  ±325.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

84.9% ±4.1% (7,938  ±609.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
18.4% ±3% (1,721  ±300.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

12.3% ±2.6% (1,840  ±400) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.8% ±1.6% (947  ±178) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
947 Total veterans ±178 900 Male ±171 47 Female ±35

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