Coulee Dam vs Twisp

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

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

Coulee Dam has the higher population (1,457 vs 997 in Twisp). Coulee Dam has the higher median household income ($67,868 vs $44,607 in Twisp). Twisp has the higher median home value ($332,400 vs $212,900 in Coulee Dam).

Population, income & housing

	Coulee Dam	Twisp
Population	1,457	997
Median age	42.0 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,868	$44,607
Median home value	$212,900	$332,400
Median gross rent	$952	$848
Housing units	690	504
Homeownership rate	66.5%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coulee Dam	Twisp
Population	1,209 → 1,457 (+20.5%)	982 → 997 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$56,447 → $67,868 (+20.2%)	$48,750 → $44,607 (-8.5%)
Median home value	$153,800 → $212,900 (+38.4%)	$165,900 → $332,400 (+100.4%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $952 (+26.4%)	$710 → $848 (+19.4%)

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

Twisp

Population

982997

Median household income

$48,750$44,607

Median home value

$165,900$332,400

Median gross rent

$710$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coulee Dam	Twisp
Under 5	4.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	13.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	16.5%	4.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	7.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	7.5%	11.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	18.9%
75 and over	11.1%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coulee Dam	Twisp
White (non-Hispanic)	48.4%	67.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	37.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.4%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	28.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coulee Dam	Twisp
No high school diploma	4.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	23.4%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coulee Dam	Twisp
Drove alone	79.5%	71.7%
Carpooled	7.3%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	19.6%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.9%
Other means	1.2%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coulee Dam	Twisp
1-unit, detached	82.8%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	8.7%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	28.0%

Poverty & households

	Coulee Dam	Twisp
Poverty rate	12.0%	13.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	15	14
Median year structure built	1952	1972