Chinook vs South Bend

A side-by-side comparison of Chinook and South Bend: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South Bend has the higher population (1,856 vs 557 in Chinook). Chinook has the higher median household income ($132,792 vs $43,333 in South Bend). Chinook has the higher median home value ($331,100 vs $235,500 in South Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Chinook	South Bend
Population	557	1,856
Median age	53.7 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$132,792	$43,333
Median home value	$331,100	$235,500
Median gross rent	—	$912
Housing units	267	811
Homeownership rate	100.0%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chinook	South Bend
Population	154 → 557 (+261.7%)	1,500 → 1,856 (+23.7%)
Median household income	$60,086 → $132,792 (+121.0%)	$41,250 → $43,333 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$319,100 → $331,100 (+3.8%)	$122,700 → $235,500 (+91.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$548 → $912 (+66.4%)

Chinook

Population

154557

Median household income

$60,086$132,792

Median home value

$319,100$331,100

South Bend

Population

1,5001,856

Median household income

$41,250$43,333

Median home value

$122,700$235,500

Median gross rent

$548$912

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chinook	South Bend
Under 5	5.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	5.4%	14.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.1%
25 to 34	14.5%	6.4%
35 to 44	3.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	23.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	28.4%	19.3%
65 to 74	4.7%	14.9%
75 and over	14.5%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chinook	South Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	56.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.7%
Asian	0.0%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	22.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chinook	South Bend
No high school diploma	7.6%	18.4%
High school graduate	42.9%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chinook	South Bend
Drove alone	29.7%	63.6%
Carpooled	42.1%	21.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chinook	South Bend
1-unit, detached	100.0%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Chinook	South Bend
Poverty rate	0.0%	27.7%
Average household size	2.62	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1938	1966