Cascade Valley vs Desert Aire

A side-by-side comparison of Cascade Valley and Desert Aire: population, income, housing, and more.

Cascade Valley and Desert Aire are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cascade Valley has the higher population (3,824 vs 2,953 in Desert Aire). Desert Aire has the higher median household income ($83,482 vs $48,862 in Cascade Valley). Desert Aire has the higher median home value ($434,600 vs $101,100 in Cascade Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Cascade Valley	Desert Aire
Population	3,824	2,953
Median age	46.3 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,862	$83,482
Median home value	$101,100	$434,600
Median gross rent	$1,192	$1,689
Housing units	1,946	1,322
Homeownership rate	72.2%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cascade Valley	Desert Aire
Population	1,673 → 3,824 (+128.6%)	2,712 → 2,953 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$45,878 → $48,862 (+6.5%)	$66,127 → $83,482 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$263,600 → $101,100 (-61.6%)	$233,400 → $434,600 (+86.2%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $1,192 (+88.9%)	$1,042 → $1,689 (+62.1%)

Cascade Valley

Population

1,6733,824

Median household income

$45,878$48,862

Median home value

$263,600$101,100

Median gross rent

$631$1,192

Desert Aire

Population

2,7122,953

Median household income

$66,127$83,482

Median home value

$233,400$434,600

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cascade Valley	Desert Aire
Under 5	3.1%	8.6%
5 to 17	9.3%	26.2%
18 to 24	16.8%	0.9%
25 to 34	8.1%	16.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	18.6%
45 to 54	21.3%	4.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	5.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	15.1%
75 and over	5.5%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cascade Valley	Desert Aire
White (non-Hispanic)	51.8%	30.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	0.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	46.9%	68.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cascade Valley	Desert Aire
No high school diploma	29.5%	27.4%
High school graduate	31.4%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cascade Valley	Desert Aire
Drove alone	59.5%	65.5%
Carpooled	13.1%	30.2%
Public transit	13.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cascade Valley	Desert Aire
1-unit, detached	48.7%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.3%	28.1%

Poverty & households

	Cascade Valley	Desert Aire
Poverty rate	13.9%	6.4%
Average household size	2.28	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1987	2002