Leavenworth vs Wenatchee

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

Leavenworth 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 2,676 in Leavenworth). Leavenworth has the higher median household income ($74,653 vs $70,000 in Wenatchee). Leavenworth has the higher median home value ($564,100 vs $391,200 in Wenatchee).

Population, income & housing

	Leavenworth	Wenatchee
Population	2,676	35,502
Median age	42.3 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,653	$70,000
Median home value	$564,100	$391,200
Median gross rent	$884	$1,194
Housing units	1,396	14,558
Homeownership rate	56.8%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leavenworth	Wenatchee
Population	2,375 → 2,676 (+12.7%)	34,188 → 35,502 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$55,275 → $74,653 (+35.1%)	$53,167 → $70,000 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$355,600 → $564,100 (+58.6%)	$253,600 → $391,200 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $884 (+0.9%)	$934 → $1,194 (+27.8%)

Leavenworth

Population

2,3752,676

Median household income

$55,275$74,653

Median home value

$355,600$564,100

Median gross rent

$876$884

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)

	Leavenworth	Wenatchee
Under 5	4.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.9%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	7.2%	14.6%
35 to 44	17.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.3%
55 to 64	16.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	12.9%	9.5%
75 and over	5.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leavenworth	Wenatchee
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	58.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.9%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	35.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leavenworth	Wenatchee
No high school diploma	7.6%	15.6%
High school graduate	18.3%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leavenworth	Wenatchee
Drove alone	53.7%	76.7%
Carpooled	6.5%	8.3%
Public transit	0.9%	2.2%
Walked	16.8%	3.6%
Bicycle	2.9%	1.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leavenworth	Wenatchee
1-unit, detached	60.7%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	8.4%
20 or more units	13.1%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Leavenworth	Wenatchee
Poverty rate	6.2%	11.7%
Average household size	2.24	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1980	1976