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Ellensburg School District, WA

29,564 Population
556.8 square miles 53.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.2 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kittitas County: 35.8 ±0.5
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,142 ±$1,734 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kittitas County: $43,661 ±$2,057
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,539 ±$4,153 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kittitas County: $73,804 ±$4,984
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.6% ±2.7% (5,181  ±766) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kittitas County: 14.4% † 6,527 (±1.9% / ±849)
  • nearly double the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.9 minutes ±1.7 (246,415  ±27,495) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kittitas County: 23.3 453,070 (±1.6 / ±36,512)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

12,305 ±495 Number of households
  • Kittitas County: 19,993 ±500
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (28,064  ±974) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kittitas County: 2.3 45,577 (±0.1 / ±34)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.4% ±1.2% (304  ±107) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Kittitas County: 3.4% † 403 (±1.1% / ±130)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,097 ±453 Number of housing units
  • Kittitas County: 24,674 ±45
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$450,100 ±$15,367 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kittitas County: $497,400 ±$18,977
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

25.7% ±2.7% (7,512  ±820.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kittitas County: 18.9% † 8,812 (±1.9% / ±889.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.3% ±3.7% (15,483  ±887.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kittitas County: 93.4% 27,897 (±3.6% / ±1,104)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
41.6% ±3.2% (6,750  ±594.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kittitas County: 37% 11,046 (±2.3% / ±693.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

5.3% ±1.3% (1,572  ±397) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kittitas County: 4.8% 2,268
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±1.4% (1,899  ±351) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Kittitas County: 7.6% † 2,959 (±0.9% / ±356)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,899 Total veterans ±351 1,708 Male ±339 191 Female ±106

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