Desert Aire vs Mattawa

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

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

Mattawa has the higher population (3,553 vs 2,953 in Desert Aire). Desert Aire has the higher median household income ($83,482 vs $41,250 in Mattawa). Since 2019, Desert Aire's population has grown faster (+8.9% vs -24.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Aire	Mattawa
Population	2,953	3,553
Median age	30.4 yrs	22.5 yrs
Median household income	$83,482	$41,250
Median home value	$434,600	—
Median gross rent	$1,689	$1,089
Housing units	1,322	1,025
Homeownership rate	85.6%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	0.7%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	13.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Aire	Mattawa
Population	2,712 → 2,953 (+8.9%)	4,715 → 3,553 (-24.6%)
Median household income	$66,127 → $83,482 (+26.2%)	$52,031 → $41,250 (-20.7%)
Median home value	$233,400 → $434,600 (+86.2%)	$108,100 → $32,400 (-70.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,042 → $1,689 (+62.1%)	$847 → $1,089 (+28.6%)

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

Mattawa

Population

4,7153,553

Median household income

$52,031$41,250

Median home value

$108,100$32,400

Median gross rent

$847$1,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desert Aire	Mattawa
Under 5	8.6%	8.9%
5 to 17	26.2%	27.7%
18 to 24	0.9%	20.3%
25 to 34	16.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	18.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	4.8%	9.6%
55 to 64	5.5%	6.9%
65 to 74	15.1%	1.5%
75 and over	4.0%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Aire	Mattawa
White (non-Hispanic)	30.5%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	68.8%	99.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Aire	Mattawa
No high school diploma	27.4%	71.4%
High school graduate	20.5%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	7.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	0.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Aire	Mattawa
Drove alone	65.5%	67.1%
Carpooled	30.2%	20.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Aire	Mattawa
1-unit, detached	69.6%	17.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	28.1%	58.0%

Poverty & households

	Desert Aire	Mattawa
Poverty rate	6.4%	25.4%
Average household size	2.96	3.83
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	2002	1995