Cle Elum vs Easton

A side-by-side comparison of Cle Elum and Easton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cle Elum has the higher population (2,078 vs 1,046 in Easton). Easton has the higher median household income ($115,836 vs $56,912 in Cle Elum). Easton has the higher median home value ($793,800 vs $379,300 in Cle Elum).

Population, income & housing

	Cle Elum	Easton
Population	2,078	1,046
Median age	44.5 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,912	$115,836
Median home value	$379,300	$793,800
Median gross rent	$1,075	$1,917
Housing units	1,209	480
Homeownership rate	58.0%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cle Elum	Easton
Population	3,017 → 2,078 (-31.1%)	361 → 1,046 (+189.8%)
Median household income	$48,767 → $56,912 (+16.7%)	$77,500 → $115,836 (+49.5%)
Median home value	$212,500 → $379,300 (+78.5%)	$290,000 → $793,800 (+173.7%)
Median gross rent	$979 → $1,075 (+9.8%)	$594 → $1,917 (+222.7%)

Cle Elum

Population

3,0172,078

Median household income

$48,767$56,912

Median home value

$212,500$379,300

Median gross rent

$979$1,075

Easton

Population

3611,046

Median household income

$77,500$115,836

Median home value

$290,000$793,800

Median gross rent

$594$1,917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cle Elum	Easton
Under 5	3.2%	1.9%
5 to 17	12.7%	39.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	3.4%
25 to 34	15.7%	2.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	32.0%
45 to 54	19.9%	3.8%
55 to 64	12.0%	9.3%
65 to 74	6.3%	4.6%
75 and over	11.4%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cle Elum	Easton
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	9.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cle Elum	Easton
No high school diploma	17.5%	3.6%
High school graduate	33.0%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cle Elum	Easton
Drove alone	70.4%	87.2%
Carpooled	9.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	7.0%
Other means	0.2%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cle Elum	Easton
1-unit, detached	70.7%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Cle Elum	Easton
Poverty rate	13.7%	3.1%
Average household size	2.00	3.41
Mean commute (minutes)	23	66
Median year structure built	1975	1996