Cashmere vs Chelan

A side-by-side comparison of Cashmere and Chelan: population, income, housing, and more.

Cashmere and Chelan are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chelan has the higher population (4,314 vs 3,263 in Cashmere). Chelan has the higher median household income ($71,996 vs $63,825 in Cashmere). Chelan has the higher median home value ($428,200 vs $373,900 in Cashmere).

Population, income & housing

	Cashmere	Chelan
Population	3,263	4,314
Median age	44.0 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,825	$71,996
Median home value	$373,900	$428,200
Median gross rent	$1,039	$1,447
Housing units	1,270	2,957
Homeownership rate	62.2%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cashmere	Chelan
Population	3,140 → 3,263 (+3.9%)	4,146 → 4,314 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$60,994 → $63,825 (+4.6%)	$57,778 → $71,996 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$243,400 → $373,900 (+53.6%)	$334,300 → $428,200 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$826 → $1,039 (+25.8%)	$867 → $1,447 (+66.9%)

Cashmere

Population

3,1403,263

Median household income

$60,994$63,825

Median home value

$243,400$373,900

Median gross rent

$826$1,039

Chelan

Population

4,1464,314

Median household income

$57,778$71,996

Median home value

$334,300$428,200

Median gross rent

$867$1,447

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cashmere	Chelan
Under 5	3.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	18.5%	13.5%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	9.0%	10.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	19.2%
75 and over	13.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cashmere	Chelan
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.8%
Asian	0.3%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	30.2%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cashmere	Chelan
No high school diploma	15.5%	17.1%
High school graduate	22.2%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cashmere	Chelan
Drove alone	77.2%	60.0%
Carpooled	5.7%	6.3%
Public transit	3.7%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	15.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	14.5%
Other means	2.3%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cashmere	Chelan
1-unit, detached	68.9%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	13.9%
20 or more units	9.3%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Cashmere	Chelan
Poverty rate	9.1%	9.5%
Average household size	2.71	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	25	14
Median year structure built	1963	1984