Coulee Dam vs Okanogan

A side-by-side comparison of Coulee Dam and Okanogan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Okanogan has the higher population (2,477 vs 1,457 in Coulee Dam). Okanogan has the higher median household income ($73,273 vs $67,868 in Coulee Dam). Okanogan has the higher median home value ($238,500 vs $212,900 in Coulee Dam).

Population, income & housing

	Coulee Dam	Okanogan
Population	1,457	2,477
Median age	42.0 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,868	$73,273
Median home value	$212,900	$238,500
Median gross rent	$952	$1,052
Housing units	690	1,138
Homeownership rate	66.5%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coulee Dam	Okanogan
Population	1,209 → 1,457 (+20.5%)	2,587 → 2,477 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$56,447 → $67,868 (+20.2%)	$45,976 → $73,273 (+59.4%)
Median home value	$153,800 → $212,900 (+38.4%)	$148,700 → $238,500 (+60.4%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $952 (+26.4%)	$674 → $1,052 (+56.1%)

Coulee Dam

Population

1,2091,457

Median household income

$56,447$67,868

Median home value

$153,800$212,900

Median gross rent

$753$952

Okanogan

Population

2,5872,477

Median household income

$45,976$73,273

Median home value

$148,700$238,500

Median gross rent

$674$1,052

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coulee Dam	Okanogan
Under 5	4.3%	2.5%
5 to 17	13.0%	21.8%
18 to 24	16.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	9.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	17.8%
55 to 64	7.5%	7.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	13.8%
75 and over	11.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coulee Dam	Okanogan
White (non-Hispanic)	48.4%	72.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	37.4%	2.5%
Asian	1.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	13.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coulee Dam	Okanogan
No high school diploma	4.7%	11.4%
High school graduate	23.4%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coulee Dam	Okanogan
Drove alone	79.5%	66.3%
Carpooled	7.3%	24.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	3.3%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	5.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coulee Dam	Okanogan
1-unit, detached	82.8%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	4.4%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Coulee Dam	Okanogan
Poverty rate	12.0%	11.9%
Average household size	2.22	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	15	13
Median year structure built	1952	1972