Chico vs Indianola

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

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

Indianola has the higher population (3,517 vs 3,016 in Chico). Chico has the higher median household income ($124,700 vs $95,469 in Indianola). Chico has the higher median home value ($620,300 vs $478,100 in Indianola).

Population, income & housing

	Chico	Indianola
Population	3,016	3,517
Median age	48.0 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$124,700	$95,469
Median home value	$620,300	$478,100
Median gross rent	$1,724	$1,415
Housing units	1,121	1,724
Homeownership rate	87.7%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.3%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chico	Indianola
Population	2,846 → 3,016 (+6.0%)	3,524 → 3,517 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$112,984 → $124,700 (+10.4%)	$75,583 → $95,469 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$427,000 → $620,300 (+45.3%)	$310,100 → $478,100 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,833 → $1,724 (-5.9%)	$1,336 → $1,415 (+5.9%)

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

Indianola

Population

3,5243,517

Median household income

$75,583$95,469

Median home value

$310,100$478,100

Median gross rent

$1,336$1,415

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chico	Indianola
Under 5	2.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	19.6%	13.6%
18 to 24	4.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	6.5%	12.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	16.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	18.3%
65 to 74	13.7%	14.3%
75 and over	10.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chico	Indianola
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	80.3%
Black or African American	5.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	2.6%
Asian	11.4%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.1%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chico	Indianola
No high school diploma	0.8%	6.2%
High school graduate	10.1%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chico	Indianola
Drove alone	71.5%	65.5%
Carpooled	11.6%	6.3%
Public transit	2.7%	6.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	19.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chico	Indianola
1-unit, detached	96.0%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Chico	Indianola
Poverty rate	1.8%	8.8%
Average household size	2.72	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	23	38
Median year structure built	1987	1991