Prairie Heights vs Wauna

A side-by-side comparison of Prairie Heights and Wauna: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wauna has the higher population (4,831 vs 4,817 in Prairie Heights). Prairie Heights has the higher median household income ($129,438 vs $108,000 in Wauna). Prairie Heights has the higher median home value ($485,800 vs $464,000 in Wauna).

Population, income & housing

	Prairie Heights	Wauna
Population	4,817	4,831
Median age	40.5 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$129,438	$108,000
Median home value	$485,800	$464,000
Median gross rent	$1,859	$1,589
Housing units	1,657	1,892
Homeownership rate	95.5%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairie Heights	Wauna
Population	4,187 → 4,817 (+15.0%)	4,294 → 4,831 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$100,327 → $129,438 (+29.0%)	$83,700 → $108,000 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$290,500 → $485,800 (+67.2%)	$334,000 → $464,000 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,349 → $1,859 (+37.8%)	$1,292 → $1,589 (+23.0%)

Prairie Heights

Population

4,1874,817

Median household income

$100,327$129,438

Median home value

$290,500$485,800

Median gross rent

$1,349$1,859

Wauna

Population

4,2944,831

Median household income

$83,700$108,000

Median home value

$334,000$464,000

Median gross rent

$1,292$1,589

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prairie Heights	Wauna
Under 5	6.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	15.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	14.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	17.1%	17.0%
65 to 74	7.5%	14.4%
75 and over	2.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairie Heights	Wauna
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	7.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prairie Heights	Wauna
No high school diploma	5.5%	6.4%
High school graduate	36.6%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairie Heights	Wauna
Drove alone	81.2%	75.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	8.4%
Public transit	1.2%	1.2%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.7%	13.6%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairie Heights	Wauna
1-unit, detached	85.9%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Prairie Heights	Wauna
Poverty rate	2.6%	6.4%
Average household size	3.04	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1993	1987