Cascade Valley vs Moses Lake

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

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

Moses Lake has the higher population (25,594 vs 3,824 in Cascade Valley). Moses Lake has the higher median household income ($71,854 vs $48,862 in Cascade Valley). Moses Lake has the higher median home value ($278,100 vs $101,100 in Cascade Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Cascade Valley	Moses Lake
Population	3,824	25,594
Median age	46.3 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,862	$71,854
Median home value	$101,100	$278,100
Median gross rent	$1,192	$1,203
Housing units	1,946	10,373
Homeownership rate	72.2%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cascade Valley	Moses Lake
Population	1,673 → 3,824 (+128.6%)	23,056 → 25,594 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$45,878 → $48,862 (+6.5%)	$51,272 → $71,854 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$263,600 → $101,100 (-61.6%)	$164,700 → $278,100 (+68.9%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $1,192 (+88.9%)	$898 → $1,203 (+34.0%)

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

Moses Lake

Population

23,05625,594

Median household income

$51,272$71,854

Median home value

$164,700$278,100

Median gross rent

$898$1,203

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cascade Valley	Moses Lake
Under 5	3.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	9.3%	21.9%
18 to 24	16.8%	10.0%
25 to 34	8.1%	15.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	21.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	9.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	5.9%
75 and over	5.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cascade Valley	Moses Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	51.8%	51.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	46.9%	37.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cascade Valley	Moses Lake
No high school diploma	29.5%	11.6%
High school graduate	31.4%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cascade Valley	Moses Lake
Drove alone	59.5%	81.0%
Carpooled	13.1%	11.0%
Public transit	13.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cascade Valley	Moses Lake
1-unit, detached	48.7%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	39.3%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Cascade Valley	Moses Lake
Poverty rate	13.9%	15.4%
Average household size	2.28	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1987	1992