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Kelso School District, WA

30,961 Population
252 square miles 122.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cowlitz County: 41.5 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,853 ±$2,272 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Cowlitz County: $38,105 ±$1,176
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,818 ±$3,355 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Cowlitz County: $76,531 ±$3,128
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.8% ±2.3% (2,691  ±726) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cowlitz County: 12.2% † 13,548 (±1.2% / ±1,360)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.2 minutes ±1.5 (294,035  ±26,623) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cowlitz County: 26.2 1,122,345 (±0.9 / ±51,468)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,894 ±468 Number of households
  • Cowlitz County: 43,943 ±449
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (30,838  ±1,061) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cowlitz County: 2.5 111,229 (±0 / ±29)
  • a little higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.2% ±1.8% (313  ±135) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cowlitz County: 5.3% † 1,278 (±1.3% / ±306)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,279 ±476 Number of housing units
  • Cowlitz County: 46,422 ±96
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$374,500 ±$13,702 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Cowlitz County: $397,500 ±$10,389
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.2% ±2.5% (3,425  ±757.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Cowlitz County: 11.8% † 13,123 (±1.3% / ±1,443.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.8% ±4.2% (19,630  ±1,205.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cowlitz County: 89.9% 70,959 (±2.5% / ±1,995.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.4% ±2% (3,328  ±441.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cowlitz County: 17.6% 13,910 (±1.1% / ±846.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)
  • about two-fifths 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

3.3% ±1.1% (1,030  ±341) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cowlitz County: 4.3% 4,803
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.2% ±1.5% (2,449  ±381) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Cowlitz County: 10.3% 8,982 (±0.9% / ±761)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,449 Total veterans ±381 2,183 Male ±378 266 Female ±152

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