Cashmere vs Wenatchee

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

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

Wenatchee has the higher population (35,502 vs 3,263 in Cashmere). Wenatchee has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $63,825 in Cashmere). Wenatchee has the higher median home value ($391,200 vs $373,900 in Cashmere).

Population, income & housing

	Cashmere	Wenatchee
Population	3,263	35,502
Median age	44.0 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,825	$70,000
Median home value	$373,900	$391,200
Median gross rent	$1,039	$1,194
Housing units	1,270	14,558
Homeownership rate	62.2%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cashmere	Wenatchee
Population	3,140 → 3,263 (+3.9%)	34,188 → 35,502 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$60,994 → $63,825 (+4.6%)	$53,167 → $70,000 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$243,400 → $373,900 (+53.6%)	$253,600 → $391,200 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$826 → $1,039 (+25.8%)	$934 → $1,194 (+27.8%)

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

Wenatchee

Population

34,18835,502

Median household income

$53,167$70,000

Median home value

$253,600$391,200

Median gross rent

$934$1,194

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cashmere	Wenatchee
Under 5	3.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	18.5%	18.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	14.6%
35 to 44	9.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.5%
75 and over	13.6%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cashmere	Wenatchee
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	58.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.7%
Asian	0.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	30.2%	35.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cashmere	Wenatchee
No high school diploma	15.5%	15.6%
High school graduate	22.2%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cashmere	Wenatchee
Drove alone	77.2%	76.7%
Carpooled	5.7%	8.3%
Public transit	3.7%	2.2%
Walked	3.7%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	6.0%
Other means	2.3%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cashmere	Wenatchee
1-unit, detached	68.9%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	9.3%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Cashmere	Wenatchee
Poverty rate	9.1%	11.7%
Average household size	2.71	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	1963	1976