Kittitas vs Roslyn

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

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

Kittitas has the higher population (1,186 vs 884 in Roslyn). Roslyn has the higher median household income ($82,386 vs $66,150 in Kittitas). Roslyn has the higher median home value ($464,100 vs $278,100 in Kittitas).

Population, income & housing

	Kittitas	Roslyn
Population	1,186	884
Median age	49.6 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,150	$82,386
Median home value	$278,100	$464,100
Median gross rent	$1,253	$1,639
Housing units	678	638
Homeownership rate	69.7%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kittitas	Roslyn
Population	1,503 → 1,186 (-21.1%)	539 → 884 (+64.0%)
Median household income	$46,319 → $66,150 (+42.8%)	$44,886 → $82,386 (+83.5%)
Median home value	$154,600 → $278,100 (+79.9%)	$302,900 → $464,100 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,016 → $1,253 (+23.3%)	$930 → $1,639 (+76.2%)

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

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)

	Kittitas	Roslyn
Under 5	3.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	9.8%	13.9%
18 to 24	9.9%	1.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	17.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	19.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	17.2%
55 to 64	23.6%	15.5%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.3%
75 and over	7.5%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kittitas	Roslyn
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	73.4%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.4%
Asian	0.7%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kittitas	Roslyn
No high school diploma	11.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	30.7%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kittitas	Roslyn
Drove alone	77.0%	77.9%
Carpooled	8.1%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	5.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	14.1%
Other means	1.7%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kittitas	Roslyn
1-unit, detached	74.5%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.5%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	16.8%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Kittitas	Roslyn
Poverty rate	13.0%	5.2%
Average household size	1.89	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1978	1938