Coulee Dam vs Omak

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

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

Omak has the higher population (4,931 vs 1,457 in Coulee Dam). Omak has the higher median household income ($75,911 vs $67,868 in Coulee Dam). Omak has the higher median home value ($240,400 vs $212,900 in Coulee Dam).

Population, income & housing

	Coulee Dam	Omak
Population	1,457	4,931
Median age	42.0 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,868	$75,911
Median home value	$212,900	$240,400
Median gross rent	$952	$828
Housing units	690	2,175
Homeownership rate	66.5%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coulee Dam	Omak
Population	1,209 → 1,457 (+20.5%)	4,774 → 4,931 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$56,447 → $67,868 (+20.2%)	$40,714 → $75,911 (+86.4%)
Median home value	$153,800 → $212,900 (+38.4%)	$112,600 → $240,400 (+113.5%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $952 (+26.4%)	$702 → $828 (+17.9%)

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

Omak

Population

4,7744,931

Median household income

$40,714$75,911

Median home value

$112,600$240,400

Median gross rent

$702$828

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coulee Dam	Omak
Under 5	4.3%	3.7%
5 to 17	13.0%	24.9%
18 to 24	16.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	8.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	16.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.0%
55 to 64	7.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	5.6%
75 and over	11.1%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coulee Dam	Omak
White (non-Hispanic)	48.4%	70.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	37.4%	4.6%
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%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	18.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coulee Dam	Omak
No high school diploma	4.7%	12.6%
High school graduate	23.4%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coulee Dam	Omak
Drove alone	79.5%	65.1%
Carpooled	7.3%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	13.6%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	4.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coulee Dam	Omak
1-unit, detached	82.8%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	13.2%
20 or more units	2.3%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Coulee Dam	Omak
Poverty rate	12.0%	22.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	15	11
Median year structure built	1952	1973