Camas vs Salmon Creek

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

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

Camas has the higher population (26,779 vs 19,594 in Salmon Creek). Camas has the higher median household income ($140,053 vs $100,534 in Salmon Creek). Camas has the higher median home value ($656,100 vs $497,000 in Salmon Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Camas	Salmon Creek
Population	26,779	19,594
Median age	40.6 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$140,053	$100,534
Median home value	$656,100	$497,000
Median gross rent	$1,900	$1,612
Housing units	9,450	8,018
Homeownership rate	77.6%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.3%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camas	Salmon Creek
Population	23,200 → 26,779 (+15.4%)	20,956 → 19,594 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$111,584 → $140,053 (+25.5%)	$79,593 → $100,534 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$441,400 → $656,100 (+48.6%)	$332,100 → $497,000 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,236 → $1,900 (+53.7%)	$1,210 → $1,612 (+33.2%)

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

Salmon Creek

Population

20,95619,594

Median household income

$79,593$100,534

Median home value

$332,100$497,000

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camas	Salmon Creek
Under 5	4.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	23.5%	13.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	9.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.7%
45 to 54	16.6%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	12.7%
75 and over	4.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camas	Salmon Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	74.2%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.1%
Asian	11.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.4%
Some other race	0.6%	1.4%
Two or more races	7.2%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camas	Salmon Creek
No high school diploma	3.9%	5.4%
High school graduate	15.3%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camas	Salmon Creek
Drove alone	63.9%	66.7%
Carpooled	5.5%	3.5%
Public transit	1.1%	0.6%
Walked	0.7%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.7%
Worked from home	27.3%	23.7%
Other means	1.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camas	Salmon Creek
1-unit, detached	83.1%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	5.8%
20 or more units	3.3%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Camas	Salmon Creek
Poverty rate	5.1%	6.9%
Average household size	2.92	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1999	1988