Chico vs Hansville

A side-by-side comparison of Chico and Hansville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hansville has the higher population (3,533 vs 3,016 in Chico). Chico has the higher median household income ($124,700 vs $85,800 in Hansville). Chico has the higher median home value ($620,300 vs $483,000 in Hansville).

Population, income & housing

	Chico	Hansville
Population	3,016	3,533
Median age	48.0 yrs	66.4 yrs
Median household income	$124,700	$85,800
Median home value	$620,300	$483,000
Median gross rent	$1,724	—
Housing units	1,121	2,386
Homeownership rate	87.7%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.3%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chico	Hansville
Population	2,846 → 3,016 (+6.0%)	3,413 → 3,533 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$112,984 → $124,700 (+10.4%)	$71,131 → $85,800 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$427,000 → $620,300 (+45.3%)	$324,800 → $483,000 (+48.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,833 → $1,724 (-5.9%)	$1,017 → $2,259 (+122.1%)

Chico

Population

2,8463,016

Median household income

$112,984$124,700

Median home value

$427,000$620,300

Median gross rent

$1,833$1,724

Hansville

Population

3,4133,533

Median household income

$71,131$85,800

Median home value

$324,800$483,000

Median gross rent

$1,017$2,259

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chico	Hansville
Under 5	2.8%	2.3%
5 to 17	19.6%	4.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	3.7%
25 to 34	6.5%	3.1%
35 to 44	13.4%	4.3%
45 to 54	16.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	18.7%
65 to 74	13.7%	33.2%
75 and over	10.9%	20.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chico	Hansville
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	94.8%
Black or African American	5.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	11.4%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chico	Hansville
No high school diploma	0.8%	5.1%
High school graduate	10.1%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chico	Hansville
Drove alone	71.5%	72.3%
Carpooled	11.6%	2.2%
Public transit	2.7%	11.7%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	11.4%
Other means	0.8%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chico	Hansville
1-unit, detached	96.0%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Chico	Hansville
Poverty rate	1.8%	3.1%
Average household size	2.72	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	23	42
Median year structure built	1987	1993