Beacon Hill vs Kalama

A side-by-side comparison of Beacon Hill and Kalama: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kalama has the higher population (2,996 vs 1,978 in Beacon Hill). Kalama has the higher median household income ($103,438 vs $82,639 in Beacon Hill). Kalama has the higher median home value ($428,000 vs $363,500 in Beacon Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Beacon Hill	Kalama
Population	1,978	2,996
Median age	31.2 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$82,639	$103,438
Median home value	$363,500	$428,000
Median gross rent	$846	—
Housing units	609	1,333
Homeownership rate	61.9%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beacon Hill	Kalama
Population	1,903 → 1,978 (+3.9%)	2,629 → 2,996 (+14.0%)
Median household income	$83,047 → $82,639 (-0.5%)	$62,969 → $103,438 (+64.3%)
Median home value	$207,700 → $363,500 (+75.0%)	$248,200 → $428,000 (+72.4%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $846 (+54.7%)	—

Beacon Hill

Population

1,9031,978

Median household income

$83,047$82,639

Median home value

$207,700$363,500

Median gross rent

$547$846

Kalama

Population

2,6292,996

Median household income

$62,969$103,438

Median home value

$248,200$428,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beacon Hill	Kalama
Under 5	9.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	13.5%
18 to 24	11.1%	3.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	8.1%	7.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	23.7%
65 to 74	5.6%	11.8%
75 and over	9.4%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beacon Hill	Kalama
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	11.7%
Hispanic or Latino	22.2%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beacon Hill	Kalama
No high school diploma	10.1%	7.5%
High school graduate	30.3%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beacon Hill	Kalama
Drove alone	87.9%	90.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beacon Hill	Kalama
1-unit, detached	70.8%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	1.7%
20 or more units	12.2%	17.3%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Beacon Hill	Kalama
Poverty rate	13.1%	11.8%
Average household size	3.14	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1971	1999