Chelan Falls vs South Wenatchee

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

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

South Wenatchee has the higher population (1,083 vs 141 in Chelan Falls). South Wenatchee has the higher median household income ($61,959 vs $32,143 in Chelan Falls). Since 2019, Chelan Falls's population has grown faster (+60.2% vs -40.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Chelan Falls	South Wenatchee
Population	141	1,083
Median age	25.7 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$32,143	$61,959
Median home value	—	$244,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,300
Housing units	60	478
Homeownership rate	75.0%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelan Falls	South Wenatchee
Population	88 → 141 (+60.2%)	1,821 → 1,083 (-40.5%)
Median household income	—	$49,231 → $61,959 (+25.9%)
Median home value	—	$160,100 → $244,400 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,023 → $1,300 (+27.1%)

Chelan Falls

Population

88141

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)

	Chelan Falls	South Wenatchee
Under 5	0.0%	9.1%
5 to 17	26.2%	13.3%
18 to 24	16.3%	3.6%
25 to 34	19.1%	15.4%
35 to 44	4.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.8%
55 to 64	27.0%	16.8%
65 to 74	7.1%	9.2%
75 and over	0.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelan Falls	South Wenatchee
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	28.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	20.6%	66.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelan Falls	South Wenatchee
No high school diploma	25.9%	32.2%
High school graduate	43.2%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelan Falls	South Wenatchee
Drove alone	50.0%	48.6%
Carpooled	29.3%	27.8%
Public transit	0.0%	6.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.9%
Other means	20.7%	7.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelan Falls	South Wenatchee
1-unit, detached	75.0%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	25.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	31.4%

Poverty & households

	Chelan Falls	South Wenatchee
Poverty rate	0.0%	17.1%
Average household size	1.87	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	13	28
Median year structure built	1938	1959