Metaline vs Metaline Falls

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

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

Metaline Falls has the higher population (288 vs 133 in Metaline). Metaline has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $40,179 in Metaline Falls). Metaline Falls has the higher median home value ($291,700 vs $255,000 in Metaline).

Population, income & housing

	Metaline	Metaline Falls
Population	133	288
Median age	57.2 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$40,179
Median home value	$255,000	$291,700
Median gross rent	—	$673
Housing units	80	205
Homeownership rate	87.3%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Metaline	Metaline Falls
Population	105 → 133 (+26.7%)	208 → 288 (+38.5%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $60,625 (-4.9%)	$23,750 → $40,179 (+69.2%)
Median home value	$171,900 → $255,000 (+48.3%)	$130,600 → $291,700 (+123.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$515 → $673 (+30.7%)

Metaline

Population

105133

Median household income

$63,750$60,625

Median home value

$171,900$255,000

Metaline Falls

Population

208288

Median household income

$23,750$40,179

Median home value

$130,600$291,700

Median gross rent

$515$673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Metaline	Metaline Falls
Under 5	5.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	6.8%	15.3%
18 to 24	11.3%	1.4%
25 to 34	7.5%	2.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	1.5%	6.3%
55 to 64	24.8%	22.6%
65 to 74	24.8%	25.7%
75 and over	6.0%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Metaline	Metaline Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	75.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	8.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.8%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Metaline	Metaline Falls
No high school diploma	9.8%	3.0%
High school graduate	30.4%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Metaline	Metaline Falls
Drove alone	74.3%	62.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.3%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	14.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Metaline	Metaline Falls
1-unit, detached	76.3%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	25.9%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Metaline	Metaline Falls
Poverty rate	18.0%	5.9%
Average household size	2.11	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	10	18
Median year structure built	1959	1938