Pateros vs Tonasket

A side-by-side comparison of Pateros and Tonasket: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tonasket has the higher population (976 vs 648 in Pateros). Pateros has the higher median household income ($66,333 vs $38,273 in Tonasket). Pateros has the higher median home value ($234,700 vs $206,300 in Tonasket).

Population, income & housing

	Pateros	Tonasket
Population	648	976
Median age	32.0 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,333	$38,273
Median home value	$234,700	$206,300
Median gross rent	$850	$737
Housing units	284	470
Homeownership rate	86.2%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pateros	Tonasket
Population	653 → 648 (-0.8%)	1,214 → 976 (-19.6%)
Median household income	$60,078 → $66,333 (+10.4%)	$36,008 → $38,273 (+6.3%)
Median home value	$182,100 → $234,700 (+28.9%)	$161,700 → $206,300 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $850 (+27.4%)	$706 → $737 (+4.4%)

Pateros

Population

653648

Median household income

$60,078$66,333

Median home value

$182,100$234,700

Median gross rent

$667$850

Tonasket

Population

1,214976

Median household income

$36,008$38,273

Median home value

$161,700$206,300

Median gross rent

$706$737

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pateros	Tonasket
Under 5	8.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	21.9%	13.2%
18 to 24	10.5%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	4.3%
35 to 44	17.4%	11.4%
45 to 54	14.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	6.6%	20.2%
65 to 74	6.6%	14.0%
75 and over	1.7%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pateros	Tonasket
White (non-Hispanic)	51.1%	78.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	2.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	42.6%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pateros	Tonasket
No high school diploma	26.7%	14.1%
High school graduate	29.5%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pateros	Tonasket
Drove alone	75.6%	63.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	6.4%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	11.9%
Worked from home	7.4%	7.7%
Other means	5.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pateros	Tonasket
1-unit, detached	66.2%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.6%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	30.6%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Pateros	Tonasket
Poverty rate	23.0%	16.5%
Average household size	3.09	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1976	1961