Bingen vs Goldendale

A side-by-side comparison of Bingen and Goldendale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Goldendale has the higher population (3,458 vs 865 in Bingen). Bingen has the higher median household income ($82,000 vs $41,621 in Goldendale). Bingen has the higher median home value ($333,600 vs $194,100 in Goldendale).

Population, income & housing

	Bingen	Goldendale
Population	865	3,458
Median age	42.0 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,000	$41,621
Median home value	$333,600	$194,100
Median gross rent	$1,631	$892
Housing units	349	1,797
Homeownership rate	65.2%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	14.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bingen	Goldendale
Population	644 → 865 (+34.3%)	3,459 → 3,458 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$54,327 → $82,000 (+50.9%)	$47,000 → $41,621 (-11.4%)
Median home value	$215,400 → $333,600 (+54.9%)	$156,900 → $194,100 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,014 → $1,631 (+60.8%)	$747 → $892 (+19.4%)

Bingen

Population

644865

Median household income

$54,327$82,000

Median home value

$215,400$333,600

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,631

Goldendale

Population

3,4593,458

Median household income

$47,000$41,621

Median home value

$156,900$194,100

Median gross rent

$747$892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bingen	Goldendale
Under 5	4.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	11.8%	12.9%
18 to 24	12.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.5%	16.2%
35 to 44	20.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	21.7%	3.5%
55 to 64	7.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	7.5%	13.5%
75 and over	3.6%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bingen	Goldendale
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	27.3%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bingen	Goldendale
No high school diploma	12.1%	8.8%
High school graduate	38.1%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bingen	Goldendale
Drove alone	63.6%	87.7%
Carpooled	3.0%	6.8%
Public transit	5.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	5.1%	1.8%
Worked from home	20.2%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bingen	Goldendale
1-unit, detached	85.4%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Bingen	Goldendale
Poverty rate	1.3%	28.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1950	1968