Kittitas vs South Cle Elum

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

Kittitas and South Cle Elum 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 707 in South Cle Elum). Kittitas has the higher median household income ($66,150 vs $60,268 in South Cle Elum). South Cle Elum has the higher median home value ($375,000 vs $278,100 in Kittitas).

Population, income & housing

	Kittitas	South Cle Elum
Population	1,186	707
Median age	49.6 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,150	$60,268
Median home value	$278,100	$375,000
Median gross rent	$1,253	$1,193
Housing units	678	348
Homeownership rate	69.7%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kittitas	South Cle Elum
Population	1,503 → 1,186 (-21.1%)	653 → 707 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$46,319 → $66,150 (+42.8%)	$58,571 → $60,268 (+2.9%)
Median home value	$154,600 → $278,100 (+79.9%)	$190,500 → $375,000 (+96.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,016 → $1,253 (+23.3%)	$1,111 → $1,193 (+7.4%)

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

South Cle Elum

Population

653707

Median household income

$58,571$60,268

Median home value

$190,500$375,000

Median gross rent

$1,111$1,193

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kittitas	South Cle Elum
Under 5	3.0%	15.1%
5 to 17	9.8%	6.2%
18 to 24	9.9%	11.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	18.5%
35 to 44	8.7%	5.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	5.5%
55 to 64	23.6%	20.2%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.5%
75 and over	7.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kittitas	South Cle Elum
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	85.0%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.0%
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%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kittitas	South Cle Elum
No high school diploma	11.6%	11.6%
High school graduate	30.7%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kittitas	South Cle Elum
Drove alone	77.0%	76.9%
Carpooled	8.1%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	5.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	8.6%
Other means	1.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kittitas	South Cle Elum
1-unit, detached	74.5%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	4.9%
20 or more units	7.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.8%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Kittitas	South Cle Elum
Poverty rate	13.0%	32.0%
Average household size	1.89	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1978	1962