Ione vs Metaline

A side-by-side comparison of Ione and Metaline: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ione has the higher population (382 vs 133 in Metaline). Metaline has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $49,750 in Ione). Metaline has the higher median home value ($255,000 vs $241,400 in Ione).

Population, income & housing

	Ione	Metaline
Population	382	133
Median age	57.4 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,750	$60,625
Median home value	$241,400	$255,000
Median gross rent	$750	—
Housing units	199	80
Homeownership rate	74.0%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	15.2%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ione	Metaline
Population	375 → 382 (+1.9%)	105 → 133 (+26.7%)
Median household income	$42,813 → $49,750 (+16.2%)	$63,750 → $60,625 (-4.9%)
Median home value	$134,700 → $241,400 (+79.2%)	$171,900 → $255,000 (+48.3%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $750 (+25.0%)	—

Ione

Population

375382

Median household income

$42,813$49,750

Median home value

$134,700$241,400

Median gross rent

$600$750

Metaline

Population

105133

Median household income

$63,750$60,625

Median home value

$171,900$255,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ione	Metaline
Under 5	2.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	5.8%	6.8%
18 to 24	14.1%	11.3%
25 to 34	8.4%	7.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	7.1%	1.5%
55 to 64	27.5%	24.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	24.8%
75 and over	12.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ione	Metaline
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.1%	12.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ione	Metaline
No high school diploma	2.3%	9.8%
High school graduate	31.2%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ione	Metaline
Drove alone	77.0%	74.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	14.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	11.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ione	Metaline
1-unit, detached	70.4%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.1%	23.8%

Poverty & households

	Ione	Metaline
Poverty rate	3.9%	18.0%
Average household size	2.11	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	18	10
Median year structure built	1965	1959