Minnehaha vs Mount Vista

A side-by-side comparison of Minnehaha and Mount Vista: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Minnehaha has the higher population (12,080 vs 10,635 in Mount Vista). Minnehaha has the higher median household income ($108,203 vs $101,189 in Mount Vista). Mount Vista has the higher median home value ($526,200 vs $421,200 in Minnehaha).

Population, income & housing

	Minnehaha	Mount Vista
Population	12,080	10,635
Median age	37.7 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$108,203	$101,189
Median home value	$421,200	$526,200
Median gross rent	$1,597	$1,876
Housing units	4,818	4,412
Homeownership rate	74.3%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minnehaha	Mount Vista
Population	12,353 → 12,080 (-2.2%)	9,544 → 10,635 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$84,568 → $108,203 (+27.9%)	$84,901 → $101,189 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$282,000 → $421,200 (+49.4%)	$360,200 → $526,200 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,503 → $1,597 (+6.3%)	$1,539 → $1,876 (+21.9%)

Minnehaha

Population

12,35312,080

Median household income

$84,568$108,203

Median home value

$282,000$421,200

Median gross rent

$1,503$1,597

Mount Vista

Population

9,54410,635

Median household income

$84,901$101,189

Median home value

$360,200$526,200

Median gross rent

$1,539$1,876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Minnehaha	Mount Vista
Under 5	4.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	19.2%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	16.2%	11.5%
35 to 44	16.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	16.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	8.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.2%
75 and over	5.8%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minnehaha	Mount Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	72.8%
Black or African American	2.5%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	4.3%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.5%
Two or more races	6.6%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minnehaha	Mount Vista
No high school diploma	5.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	24.3%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minnehaha	Mount Vista
Drove alone	76.7%	69.8%
Carpooled	3.9%	2.5%
Public transit	1.3%	0.1%
Walked	1.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	20.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minnehaha	Mount Vista
1-unit, detached	75.0%	58.3%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	11.7%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Minnehaha	Mount Vista
Poverty rate	4.2%	6.9%
Average household size	2.59	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1996	1998