Kittitas vs Snoqualmie Pass

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

Kittitas and Snoqualmie Pass 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 354 in Snoqualmie Pass). Snoqualmie Pass has the higher median home value ($812,500 vs $278,100 in Kittitas). Since 2019, Snoqualmie Pass's population has grown faster (+6.6% vs -21.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Kittitas	Snoqualmie Pass
Population	1,186	354
Median age	49.6 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,150	—
Median home value	$278,100	$812,500
Median gross rent	$1,253	$1,152
Housing units	678	349
Homeownership rate	69.7%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kittitas	Snoqualmie Pass
Population	1,503 → 1,186 (-21.1%)	332 → 354 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$46,319 → $66,150 (+42.8%)	$95,089 → $80,875 (-14.9%)
Median home value	$154,600 → $278,100 (+79.9%)	$380,600 → $812,500 (+113.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,016 → $1,253 (+23.3%)	$1,021 → $1,152 (+12.8%)

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

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)

	Kittitas	Snoqualmie Pass
Under 5	3.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	9.8%	2.3%
18 to 24	9.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	8.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	15.8%
55 to 64	23.6%	30.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.0%
75 and over	7.5%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kittitas	Snoqualmie Pass
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	94.4%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kittitas	Snoqualmie Pass
No high school diploma	11.6%	1.5%
High school graduate	30.7%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kittitas	Snoqualmie Pass
Drove alone	77.0%	64.1%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	5.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	24.9%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kittitas	Snoqualmie Pass
1-unit, detached	74.5%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	5.4%
20 or more units	7.5%	22.6%
Mobile home & other	16.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kittitas	Snoqualmie Pass
Poverty rate	13.0%	2.8%
Average household size	1.89	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1978	2000