Bingen vs White Salmon

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

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

White Salmon has the higher population (2,533 vs 865 in Bingen). Bingen has the higher median household income ($82,000 vs $73,406 in White Salmon). White Salmon has the higher median home value ($566,300 vs $333,600 in Bingen).

Population, income & housing

	Bingen	White Salmon
Population	865	2,533
Median age	42.0 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$82,000	$73,406
Median home value	$333,600	$566,300
Median gross rent	$1,631	$1,280
Housing units	349	1,380
Homeownership rate	65.2%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	49.7%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bingen	White Salmon
Population	644 → 865 (+34.3%)	2,554 → 2,533 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$54,327 → $82,000 (+50.9%)	$55,652 → $73,406 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$215,400 → $333,600 (+54.9%)	$339,700 → $566,300 (+66.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,014 → $1,631 (+60.8%)	$1,045 → $1,280 (+22.5%)

Bingen

Population

644865

Median household income

$54,327$82,000

Median home value

$215,400$333,600

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,631

White Salmon

Population

2,5542,533

Median household income

$55,652$73,406

Median home value

$339,700$566,300

Median gross rent

$1,045$1,280

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bingen	White Salmon
Under 5	4.6%	3.6%
5 to 17	11.8%	11.5%
18 to 24	12.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	7.2%
35 to 44	20.5%	8.7%
45 to 54	21.7%	16.5%
55 to 64	7.7%	17.3%
65 to 74	7.5%	20.7%
75 and over	3.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bingen	White Salmon
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	80.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	27.3%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bingen	White Salmon
No high school diploma	12.1%	9.0%
High school graduate	38.1%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bingen	White Salmon
Drove alone	63.6%	61.3%
Carpooled	3.0%	0.0%
Public transit	5.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	11.6%
Bicycle	5.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	23.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bingen	White Salmon
1-unit, detached	85.4%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Bingen	White Salmon
Poverty rate	1.3%	3.6%
Average household size	2.51	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1950	1976