Leavenworth vs South Wenatchee

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

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

Leavenworth has the higher population (2,676 vs 1,083 in South Wenatchee). Leavenworth has the higher median household income ($74,653 vs $61,959 in South Wenatchee). Leavenworth has the higher median home value ($564,100 vs $244,400 in South Wenatchee).

Population, income & housing

	Leavenworth	South Wenatchee
Population	2,676	1,083
Median age	42.3 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,653	$61,959
Median home value	$564,100	$244,400
Median gross rent	$884	$1,300
Housing units	1,396	478
Homeownership rate	56.8%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leavenworth	South Wenatchee
Population	2,375 → 2,676 (+12.7%)	1,821 → 1,083 (-40.5%)
Median household income	$55,275 → $74,653 (+35.1%)	$49,231 → $61,959 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$355,600 → $564,100 (+58.6%)	$160,100 → $244,400 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $884 (+0.9%)	$1,023 → $1,300 (+27.1%)

Leavenworth

Population

2,3752,676

Median household income

$55,275$74,653

Median home value

$355,600$564,100

Median gross rent

$876$884

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)

	Leavenworth	South Wenatchee
Under 5	4.5%	9.1%
5 to 17	17.4%	13.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	3.6%
25 to 34	7.2%	15.4%
35 to 44	17.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.8%
55 to 64	16.5%	16.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	9.2%
75 and over	5.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leavenworth	South Wenatchee
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	28.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	66.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leavenworth	South Wenatchee
No high school diploma	7.6%	32.2%
High school graduate	18.3%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leavenworth	South Wenatchee
Drove alone	53.7%	48.6%
Carpooled	6.5%	27.8%
Public transit	0.9%	6.8%
Walked	16.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	7.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leavenworth	South Wenatchee
1-unit, detached	60.7%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	31.4%

Poverty & households

	Leavenworth	South Wenatchee
Poverty rate	6.2%	17.1%
Average household size	2.24	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1980	1959