Camas vs Orchards

A side-by-side comparison of Camas and Orchards: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Orchards has the higher population (29,716 vs 26,779 in Camas). Camas has the higher median household income ($140,053 vs $96,893 in Orchards). Camas has the higher median home value ($656,100 vs $437,100 in Orchards).

Population, income & housing

	Camas	Orchards
Population	26,779	29,716
Median age	40.6 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$140,053	$96,893
Median home value	$656,100	$437,100
Median gross rent	$1,900	$1,685
Housing units	9,450	10,384
Homeownership rate	77.6%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.3%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camas	Orchards
Population	23,200 → 26,779 (+15.4%)	24,335 → 29,716 (+22.1%)
Median household income	$111,584 → $140,053 (+25.5%)	$73,417 → $96,893 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$441,400 → $656,100 (+48.6%)	$282,700 → $437,100 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,236 → $1,900 (+53.7%)	$1,374 → $1,685 (+22.6%)

Camas

Population

23,20026,779

Median household income

$111,584$140,053

Median home value

$441,400$656,100

Median gross rent

$1,236$1,900

Orchards

Population

24,33529,716

Median household income

$73,417$96,893

Median home value

$282,700$437,100

Median gross rent

$1,374$1,685

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camas	Orchards
Under 5	4.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	23.5%	21.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	9.5%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	17.8%
45 to 54	16.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	6.9%
75 and over	4.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camas	Orchards
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	68.9%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.1%
Asian	11.0%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Some other race	0.6%	1.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camas	Orchards
No high school diploma	3.9%	10.7%
High school graduate	15.3%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camas	Orchards
Drove alone	63.9%	76.1%
Carpooled	5.5%	8.8%
Public transit	1.1%	0.4%
Walked	0.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	27.3%	12.3%
Other means	1.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camas	Orchards
1-unit, detached	83.1%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	10.2%
20 or more units	3.3%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Camas	Orchards
Poverty rate	5.1%	10.9%
Average household size	2.92	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1999	1998