Cle Elum vs Roslyn

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

Cle Elum and Roslyn 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 884 in Roslyn). Roslyn has the higher median household income ($82,386 vs $56,912 in Cle Elum). Roslyn has the higher median home value ($464,100 vs $379,300 in Cle Elum).

Population, income & housing

	Cle Elum	Roslyn
Population	2,078	884
Median age	44.5 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,912	$82,386
Median home value	$379,300	$464,100
Median gross rent	$1,075	$1,639
Housing units	1,209	638
Homeownership rate	58.0%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cle Elum	Roslyn
Population	3,017 → 2,078 (-31.1%)	539 → 884 (+64.0%)
Median household income	$48,767 → $56,912 (+16.7%)	$44,886 → $82,386 (+83.5%)
Median home value	$212,500 → $379,300 (+78.5%)	$302,900 → $464,100 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$979 → $1,075 (+9.8%)	$930 → $1,639 (+76.2%)

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

Roslyn

Population

539884

Median household income

$44,886$82,386

Median home value

$302,900$464,100

Median gross rent

$930$1,639

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cle Elum	Roslyn
Under 5	3.2%	1.9%
5 to 17	12.7%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	1.2%
25 to 34	15.7%	17.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	19.0%
45 to 54	19.9%	17.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	15.5%
65 to 74	6.3%	11.3%
75 and over	11.4%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cle Elum	Roslyn
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	73.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	3.4%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	9.4%	1.6%
Two or more races	2.9%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cle Elum	Roslyn
No high school diploma	17.5%	3.8%
High school graduate	33.0%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cle Elum	Roslyn
Drove alone	70.4%	77.9%
Carpooled	9.4%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	14.1%
Other means	0.2%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cle Elum	Roslyn
1-unit, detached	70.7%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Cle Elum	Roslyn
Poverty rate	13.7%	5.2%
Average household size	2.00	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1975	1938