Cle Elum vs Kittitas

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

Cle Elum and Kittitas 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 1,186 in Kittitas). Kittitas has the higher median household income ($66,150 vs $56,912 in Cle Elum). Cle Elum has the higher median home value ($379,300 vs $278,100 in Kittitas).

Population, income & housing

	Cle Elum	Kittitas
Population	2,078	1,186
Median age	44.5 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,912	$66,150
Median home value	$379,300	$278,100
Median gross rent	$1,075	$1,253
Housing units	1,209	678
Homeownership rate	58.0%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cle Elum	Kittitas
Population	3,017 → 2,078 (-31.1%)	1,503 → 1,186 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$48,767 → $56,912 (+16.7%)	$46,319 → $66,150 (+42.8%)
Median home value	$212,500 → $379,300 (+78.5%)	$154,600 → $278,100 (+79.9%)
Median gross rent	$979 → $1,075 (+9.8%)	$1,016 → $1,253 (+23.3%)

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

Kittitas

Population

1,5031,186

Median household income

$46,319$66,150

Median home value

$154,600$278,100

Median gross rent

$1,016$1,253

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cle Elum	Kittitas
Under 5	3.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	12.7%	9.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	9.9%
25 to 34	15.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	8.7%
45 to 54	19.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	23.6%
65 to 74	6.3%	10.5%
75 and over	11.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cle Elum	Kittitas
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	70.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
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%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	22.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cle Elum	Kittitas
No high school diploma	17.5%	11.6%
High school graduate	33.0%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cle Elum	Kittitas
Drove alone	70.4%	77.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.5%
Worked from home	13.0%	7.6%
Other means	0.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cle Elum	Kittitas
1-unit, detached	70.7%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	1.2%
20 or more units	11.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Cle Elum	Kittitas
Poverty rate	13.7%	13.0%
Average household size	2.00	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1975	1978