Coulee City vs Grand Coulee

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

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

Grand Coulee has the higher population (977 vs 507 in Coulee City). Coulee City has the higher median household income ($49,135 vs $42,083 in Grand Coulee). Grand Coulee has the higher median home value ($211,900 vs $161,700 in Coulee City).

Population, income & housing

	Coulee City	Grand Coulee
Population	507	977
Median age	65.8 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,135	$42,083
Median home value	$161,700	$211,900
Median gross rent	$739	$650
Housing units	345	621
Homeownership rate	78.0%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coulee City	Grand Coulee
Population	534 → 507 (-5.1%)	1,067 → 977 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$45,250 → $49,135 (+8.6%)	$40,809 → $42,083 (+3.1%)
Median home value	$129,600 → $161,700 (+24.8%)	$119,300 → $211,900 (+77.6%)
Median gross rent	$443 → $739 (+66.8%)	$631 → $650 (+3.0%)

Coulee City

Population

534507

Median household income

$45,250$49,135

Median home value

$129,600$161,700

Median gross rent

$443$739

Grand Coulee

Population

1,067977

Median household income

$40,809$42,083

Median home value

$119,300$211,900

Median gross rent

$631$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coulee City	Grand Coulee
Under 5	2.4%	2.1%
5 to 17	4.1%	12.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	11.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.1%
35 to 44	2.0%	8.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	14.5%
55 to 64	12.4%	18.0%
65 to 74	28.8%	14.1%
75 and over	24.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coulee City	Grand Coulee
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	72.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coulee City	Grand Coulee
No high school diploma	17.8%	13.3%
High school graduate	38.9%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	47.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coulee City	Grand Coulee
Drove alone	82.4%	81.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coulee City	Grand Coulee
1-unit, detached	86.4%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	5.8%
20 or more units	2.0%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Coulee City	Grand Coulee
Poverty rate	16.6%	30.5%
Average household size	2.03	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	14	15
Median year structure built	1938	1964