Clarkston vs West Clarkston-Highland

A side-by-side comparison of Clarkston and West Clarkston-Highland: population, income, housing, and more.

Clarkston and West Clarkston-Highland are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clarkston has the higher population (7,240 vs 5,678 in West Clarkston-Highland). Clarkston has the higher median household income ($53,092 vs $52,406 in West Clarkston-Highland). West Clarkston-Highland has the higher median home value ($253,200 vs $216,900 in Clarkston).

Population, income & housing

	Clarkston	West Clarkston-Highland
Population	7,240	5,678
Median age	35.0 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,092	$52,406
Median home value	$216,900	$253,200
Median gross rent	$877	$1,123
Housing units	2,979	2,618
Homeownership rate	55.2%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarkston	West Clarkston-Highland
Population	7,381 → 7,240 (-1.9%)	5,830 → 5,678 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$40,186 → $53,092 (+32.1%)	$46,526 → $52,406 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$143,000 → $216,900 (+51.7%)	$189,100 → $253,200 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $877 (+17.7%)	$888 → $1,123 (+26.5%)

Clarkston

Population

7,3817,240

Median household income

$40,186$53,092

Median home value

$143,000$216,900

Median gross rent

$745$877

West Clarkston-Highland

Population

5,8305,678

Median household income

$46,526$52,406

Median home value

$189,100$253,200

Median gross rent

$888$1,123

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarkston	West Clarkston-Highland
Under 5	8.8%	2.7%
5 to 17	17.1%	13.7%
18 to 24	10.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.4%
75 and over	5.4%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarkston	West Clarkston-Highland
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	89.2%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	2.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.7%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarkston	West Clarkston-Highland
No high school diploma	7.2%	11.5%
High school graduate	34.3%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarkston	West Clarkston-Highland
Drove alone	79.9%	78.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	9.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.9%
Walked	3.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.6%
Worked from home	6.8%	6.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarkston	West Clarkston-Highland
1-unit, detached	71.8%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	1.9%
20 or more units	2.7%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Clarkston	West Clarkston-Highland
Poverty rate	19.3%	19.7%
Average household size	2.67	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	13	14
Median year structure built	1955	1978