Cle Elum vs Snoqualmie Pass

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

Cle Elum and Snoqualmie Pass 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 354 in Snoqualmie Pass). Snoqualmie Pass has the higher median home value ($812,500 vs $379,300 in Cle Elum). Since 2019, Snoqualmie Pass's population has grown faster (+6.6% vs -31.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Cle Elum	Snoqualmie Pass
Population	2,078	354
Median age	44.5 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,912	—
Median home value	$379,300	$812,500
Median gross rent	$1,075	$1,152
Housing units	1,209	349
Homeownership rate	58.0%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cle Elum	Snoqualmie Pass
Population	3,017 → 2,078 (-31.1%)	332 → 354 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$48,767 → $56,912 (+16.7%)	$95,089 → $80,875 (-14.9%)
Median home value	$212,500 → $379,300 (+78.5%)	$380,600 → $812,500 (+113.5%)
Median gross rent	$979 → $1,075 (+9.8%)	$1,021 → $1,152 (+12.8%)

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

Snoqualmie Pass

Population

332354

Median household income

$95,089$80,875

Median home value

$380,600$812,500

Median gross rent

$1,021$1,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cle Elum	Snoqualmie Pass
Under 5	3.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	12.7%	2.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	19.9%	15.8%
55 to 64	12.0%	30.8%
65 to 74	6.3%	11.0%
75 and over	11.4%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cle Elum	Snoqualmie Pass
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	9.4%	2.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cle Elum	Snoqualmie Pass
No high school diploma	17.5%	1.5%
High school graduate	33.0%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cle Elum	Snoqualmie Pass
Drove alone	70.4%	64.1%
Carpooled	9.4%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.3%
Walked	7.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	24.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cle Elum	Snoqualmie Pass
1-unit, detached	70.7%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	5.4%
20 or more units	11.0%	22.6%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cle Elum	Snoqualmie Pass
Poverty rate	13.7%	2.8%
Average household size	2.00	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1975	2000