Goldendale vs Klickitat

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

Goldendale and Klickitat 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 456 in Klickitat). Klickitat has the higher median household income ($63,182 vs $41,621 in Goldendale). Goldendale has the higher median home value ($194,100 vs $166,500 in Klickitat).

Population, income & housing

	Goldendale	Klickitat
Population	3,458	456
Median age	42.1 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,621	$63,182
Median home value	$194,100	$166,500
Median gross rent	$892	$931
Housing units	1,797	188
Homeownership rate	54.8%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	14.2%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goldendale	Klickitat
Population	3,459 → 3,458 (-0.0%)	243 → 456 (+87.7%)
Median household income	$47,000 → $41,621 (-11.4%)	$36,050 → $63,182 (+75.3%)
Median home value	$156,900 → $194,100 (+23.7%)	$125,000 → $166,500 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $892 (+19.4%)	$792 → $931 (+17.6%)

Goldendale

Population

3,4593,458

Median household income

$47,000$41,621

Median home value

$156,900$194,100

Median gross rent

$747$892

Klickitat

Population

243456

Median household income

$36,050$63,182

Median home value

$125,000$166,500

Median gross rent

$792$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goldendale	Klickitat
Under 5	5.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	12.9%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	1.5%
25 to 34	16.2%	22.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	3.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	8.6%
65 to 74	13.5%	13.6%
75 and over	14.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goldendale	Klickitat
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.8%	2.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goldendale	Klickitat
No high school diploma	8.8%	12.6%
High school graduate	48.1%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goldendale	Klickitat
Drove alone	87.7%	65.4%
Carpooled	6.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	12.6%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	5.7%
Other means	0.8%	7.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goldendale	Klickitat
1-unit, detached	67.1%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	2.7%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Goldendale	Klickitat
Poverty rate	28.0%	10.3%
Average household size	2.05	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	20	32
Median year structure built	1968	1953