Basin City vs Pasco

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

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

Pasco has the higher population (78,446 vs 1,527 in Basin City). Pasco has the higher median household income ($81,130 vs $72,024 in Basin City). Since 2019, Basin City's population has grown faster (+26.3% vs +7.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Basin City	Pasco
Population	1,527	78,446
Median age	22.5 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,024	$81,130
Median home value	—	$344,700
Median gross rent	$1,235	$1,201
Housing units	314	24,980
Homeownership rate	66.9%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	16.2%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basin City	Pasco
Population	1,209 → 1,527 (+26.3%)	72,899 → 78,446 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$55,160 → $72,024 (+30.6%)	$62,775 → $81,130 (+29.2%)
Median home value	—	$199,400 → $344,700 (+72.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$922 → $1,201 (+30.3%)

Basin City

Population

1,2091,527

Median household income

$55,160$72,024

Pasco

Population

72,89978,446

Median household income

$62,775$81,130

Median home value

$199,400$344,700

Median gross rent

$922$1,201

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basin City	Pasco
Under 5	23.6%	8.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	23.9%
18 to 24	17.2%	10.2%
25 to 34	18.5%	15.2%
35 to 44	7.9%	13.7%
45 to 54	7.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	2.0%	8.0%
65 to 74	4.4%	6.2%
75 and over	2.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basin City	Pasco
White (non-Hispanic)	7.1%	35.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	92.9%	57.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basin City	Pasco
No high school diploma	55.2%	24.0%
High school graduate	10.9%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basin City	Pasco
Drove alone	39.8%	77.4%
Carpooled	47.4%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basin City	Pasco
1-unit, detached	41.4%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	48.1%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Basin City	Pasco
Poverty rate	11.5%	12.6%
Average household size	4.86	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1981	2000