Moses Lake vs Quincy

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

Moses Lake and Quincy 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 7,922 in Quincy). Quincy has the higher median household income ($79,973 vs $71,854 in Moses Lake). Quincy has the higher median home value ($283,900 vs $278,100 in Moses Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Moses Lake	Quincy
Population	25,594	7,922
Median age	32.3 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,854	$79,973
Median home value	$278,100	$283,900
Median gross rent	$1,203	$1,129
Housing units	10,373	2,517
Homeownership rate	62.4%	58.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moses Lake	Quincy
Population	23,056 → 25,594 (+11.0%)	7,646 → 7,922 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$51,272 → $71,854 (+40.1%)	$58,919 → $79,973 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$164,700 → $278,100 (+68.9%)	$153,500 → $283,900 (+85.0%)
Median gross rent	$898 → $1,203 (+34.0%)	$775 → $1,129 (+45.7%)

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

Quincy

Population

7,6467,922

Median household income

$58,919$79,973

Median home value

$153,500$283,900

Median gross rent

$775$1,129

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moses Lake	Quincy
Under 5	6.2%	7.9%
5 to 17	21.9%	24.3%
18 to 24	10.0%	11.2%
25 to 34	15.6%	17.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	9.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	9.7%	8.8%
65 to 74	5.9%	4.8%
75 and over	6.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moses Lake	Quincy
White (non-Hispanic)	51.6%	18.3%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	37.7%	77.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moses Lake	Quincy
No high school diploma	11.6%	31.1%
High school graduate	27.5%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moses Lake	Quincy
Drove alone	81.0%	81.5%
Carpooled	11.0%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	5.4%	1.0%
Other means	0.7%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moses Lake	Quincy
1-unit, detached	61.9%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	12.3%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Moses Lake	Quincy
Poverty rate	15.4%	13.1%
Average household size	2.59	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1992	1977