Coulee City vs Electric City

A side-by-side comparison of Coulee City and Electric City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Electric City has the higher population (800 vs 507 in Coulee City). Electric City has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $49,135 in Coulee City). Electric City has the higher median home value ($219,700 vs $161,700 in Coulee City).

Population, income & housing

	Coulee City	Electric City
Population	507	800
Median age	65.8 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,135	$71,875
Median home value	$161,700	$219,700
Median gross rent	$739	$1,043
Housing units	345	477
Homeownership rate	78.0%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coulee City	Electric City
Population	534 → 507 (-5.1%)	894 → 800 (-10.5%)
Median household income	$45,250 → $49,135 (+8.6%)	$66,154 → $71,875 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$129,600 → $161,700 (+24.8%)	$205,000 → $219,700 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	$443 → $739 (+66.8%)	$763 → $1,043 (+36.7%)

Coulee City

Population

534507

Median household income

$45,250$49,135

Median home value

$129,600$161,700

Median gross rent

$443$739

Electric City

Population

894800

Median household income

$66,154$71,875

Median home value

$205,000$219,700

Median gross rent

$763$1,043

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coulee City	Electric City
Under 5	2.4%	7.6%
5 to 17	4.1%	13.5%
18 to 24	4.7%	1.9%
25 to 34	10.1%	12.4%
35 to 44	2.0%	6.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	7.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	17.5%
65 to 74	28.8%	23.9%
75 and over	24.9%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coulee City	Electric City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coulee City	Electric City
No high school diploma	17.8%	5.8%
High school graduate	38.9%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coulee City	Electric City
Drove alone	82.4%	78.1%
Carpooled	6.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coulee City	Electric City
1-unit, detached	86.4%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	2.5%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Coulee City	Electric City
Poverty rate	16.6%	1.4%
Average household size	2.03	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	14	13
Median year structure built	1938	1968