Basin City vs Kahlotus

A side-by-side comparison of Basin City and Kahlotus: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Basin City has the higher population (1,527 vs 171 in Kahlotus). Kahlotus has the higher median household income ($91,042 vs $72,024 in Basin City). Since 2019, Basin City's population has grown faster (+26.3% vs -20.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Basin City	Kahlotus
Population	1,527	171
Median age	22.5 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,024	$91,042
Median home value	—	$164,300
Median gross rent	$1,235	—
Housing units	314	71
Homeownership rate	66.9%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	16.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basin City	Kahlotus
Population	1,209 → 1,527 (+26.3%)	215 → 171 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$55,160 → $72,024 (+30.6%)	$51,250 → $91,042 (+77.6%)
Median home value	—	$95,000 → $164,300 (+72.9%)

Basin City

Population

1,2091,527

Median household income

$55,160$72,024

Kahlotus

Population

215171

Median household income

$51,250$91,042

Median home value

$95,000$164,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basin City	Kahlotus
Under 5	23.6%	1.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	26.3%
18 to 24	17.2%	0.6%
25 to 34	18.5%	18.1%
35 to 44	7.9%	18.1%
45 to 54	7.1%	8.2%
55 to 64	2.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	4.4%	8.2%
75 and over	2.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basin City	Kahlotus
White (non-Hispanic)	7.1%	73.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	92.9%	25.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basin City	Kahlotus
No high school diploma	55.2%	7.3%
High school graduate	10.9%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	48.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basin City	Kahlotus
Drove alone	39.8%	63.4%
Carpooled	47.4%	30.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basin City	Kahlotus
1-unit, detached	41.4%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	48.1%	35.2%

Poverty & households

	Basin City	Kahlotus
Poverty rate	11.5%	12.4%
Average household size	4.86	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	20	34
Median year structure built	1981	1975