Kelso vs Woodland

A side-by-side comparison of Kelso and Woodland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kelso has the higher population (12,697 vs 6,513 in Woodland). Woodland has the higher median household income ($83,193 vs $59,462 in Kelso). Woodland has the higher median home value ($384,100 vs $302,300 in Kelso).

Population, income & housing

	Kelso	Woodland
Population	12,697	6,513
Median age	38.4 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,462	$83,193
Median home value	$302,300	$384,100
Median gross rent	$1,131	$1,369
Housing units	5,516	2,685
Homeownership rate	54.8%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kelso	Woodland
Population	12,123 → 12,697 (+4.7%)	6,071 → 6,513 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$39,044 → $59,462 (+52.3%)	$58,710 → $83,193 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$148,100 → $302,300 (+104.1%)	$252,100 → $384,100 (+52.4%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $1,131 (+35.8%)	$862 → $1,369 (+58.8%)

Kelso

Population

12,12312,697

Median household income

$39,044$59,462

Median home value

$148,100$302,300

Median gross rent

$833$1,131

Woodland

Population

6,0716,513

Median household income

$58,710$83,193

Median home value

$252,100$384,100

Median gross rent

$862$1,369

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kelso	Woodland
Under 5	5.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.0%	20.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	17.5%	6.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.3%	14.6%
55 to 64	15.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.1%	12.5%
75 and over	7.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kelso	Woodland
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	69.4%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kelso	Woodland
No high school diploma	11.3%	15.7%
High school graduate	30.5%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kelso	Woodland
Drove alone	87.1%	80.0%
Carpooled	4.6%	5.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.9%
Worked from home	6.1%	11.3%
Other means	0.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kelso	Woodland
1-unit, detached	64.6%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	5.8%
20 or more units	4.8%	15.3%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Kelso	Woodland
Poverty rate	19.5%	12.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1961	1994