Chehalis vs Mossyrock

A side-by-side comparison of Chehalis and Mossyrock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chehalis has the higher population (7,536 vs 980 in Mossyrock). Chehalis has the higher median household income ($68,021 vs $43,281 in Mossyrock). Chehalis has the higher median home value ($330,800 vs $196,700 in Mossyrock).

Population, income & housing

	Chehalis	Mossyrock
Population	7,536	980
Median age	34.1 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,021	$43,281
Median home value	$330,800	$196,700
Median gross rent	$1,055	$871
Housing units	3,028	357
Homeownership rate	48.1%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chehalis	Mossyrock
Population	7,497 → 7,536 (+0.5%)	684 → 980 (+43.3%)
Median household income	$42,209 → $68,021 (+61.2%)	$31,438 → $43,281 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$182,000 → $330,800 (+81.8%)	$86,200 → $196,700 (+128.2%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $1,055 (+21.7%)	$666 → $871 (+30.8%)

Chehalis

Population

7,4977,536

Median household income

$42,209$68,021

Median home value

$182,000$330,800

Median gross rent

$867$1,055

Mossyrock

Population

684980

Median household income

$31,438$43,281

Median home value

$86,200$196,700

Median gross rent

$666$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chehalis	Mossyrock
Under 5	7.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.5%	32.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	4.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	9.9%
45 to 54	8.6%	9.5%
55 to 64	9.9%	11.0%
65 to 74	7.4%	9.1%
75 and over	8.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chehalis	Mossyrock
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	53.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.6%
Asian	0.6%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	27.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chehalis	Mossyrock
No high school diploma	9.6%	26.2%
High school graduate	30.0%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chehalis	Mossyrock
Drove alone	70.0%	87.1%
Carpooled	15.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	5.2%
Other means	0.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chehalis	Mossyrock
1-unit, detached	60.6%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	19.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	34.7%

Poverty & households

	Chehalis	Mossyrock
Poverty rate	15.9%	24.3%
Average household size	2.52	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1963	1974