Cashmere vs South Wenatchee

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

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

Cashmere has the higher population (3,263 vs 1,083 in South Wenatchee). Cashmere has the higher median household income ($63,825 vs $61,959 in South Wenatchee). Cashmere has the higher median home value ($373,900 vs $244,400 in South Wenatchee).

Population, income & housing

	Cashmere	South Wenatchee
Population	3,263	1,083
Median age	44.0 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,825	$61,959
Median home value	$373,900	$244,400
Median gross rent	$1,039	$1,300
Housing units	1,270	478
Homeownership rate	62.2%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cashmere	South Wenatchee
Population	3,140 → 3,263 (+3.9%)	1,821 → 1,083 (-40.5%)
Median household income	$60,994 → $63,825 (+4.6%)	$49,231 → $61,959 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$243,400 → $373,900 (+53.6%)	$160,100 → $244,400 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	$826 → $1,039 (+25.8%)	$1,023 → $1,300 (+27.1%)

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

South Wenatchee

Population

1,8211,083

Median household income

$49,231$61,959

Median home value

$160,100$244,400

Median gross rent

$1,023$1,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cashmere	South Wenatchee
Under 5	3.0%	9.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	13.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	3.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	15.4%
35 to 44	9.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	16.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.2%
75 and over	13.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cashmere	South Wenatchee
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	28.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	30.2%	66.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cashmere	South Wenatchee
No high school diploma	15.5%	32.2%
High school graduate	22.2%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cashmere	South Wenatchee
Drove alone	77.2%	48.6%
Carpooled	5.7%	27.8%
Public transit	3.7%	6.8%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	8.9%
Other means	2.3%	7.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cashmere	South Wenatchee
1-unit, detached	68.9%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	31.4%

Poverty & households

	Cashmere	South Wenatchee
Poverty rate	9.1%	17.1%
Average household size	2.71	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1963	1959