Dallesport vs Goldendale

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

Dallesport 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 1,434 in Dallesport). Dallesport has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $41,621 in Goldendale). Dallesport has the higher median home value ($355,400 vs $194,100 in Goldendale).

Population, income & housing

	Dallesport	Goldendale
Population	1,434	3,458
Median age	48.2 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,500	$41,621
Median home value	$355,400	$194,100
Median gross rent	$1,350	$892
Housing units	612	1,797
Homeownership rate	72.1%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	14.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallesport	Goldendale
Population	1,515 → 1,434 (-5.3%)	3,459 → 3,458 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$54,609 → $67,500 (+23.6%)	$47,000 → $41,621 (-11.4%)
Median home value	$179,000 → $355,400 (+98.5%)	$156,900 → $194,100 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$897 → $1,350 (+50.5%)	$747 → $892 (+19.4%)

Dallesport

Population

1,5151,434

Median household income

$54,609$67,500

Median home value

$179,000$355,400

Median gross rent

$897$1,350

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)

	Dallesport	Goldendale
Under 5	9.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	12.9%
18 to 24	3.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	2.9%	16.2%
35 to 44	15.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	3.5%
55 to 64	19.1%	13.6%
65 to 74	15.3%	13.5%
75 and over	6.9%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallesport	Goldendale
White (non-Hispanic)	66.1%	87.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.8%
Asian	3.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.6%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallesport	Goldendale
No high school diploma	14.7%	8.8%
High school graduate	23.6%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallesport	Goldendale
Drove alone	80.9%	87.7%
Carpooled	4.3%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	7.3%	1.3%
Other means	4.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallesport	Goldendale
1-unit, detached	67.2%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	29.2%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Dallesport	Goldendale
Poverty rate	17.3%	28.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1989	1968