Cheney vs Spokane

A side-by-side comparison of Cheney and Spokane: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Spokane has the higher population (229,228 vs 12,830 in Cheney). Spokane has the higher median household income ($65,745 vs $47,039 in Cheney). Cheney has the higher median home value ($330,300 vs $326,200 in Spokane).

Population, income & housing

	Cheney	Spokane
Population	12,830	229,228
Median age	23.9 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,039	$65,745
Median home value	$330,300	$326,200
Median gross rent	$1,075	$1,141
Housing units	5,051	102,062
Homeownership rate	31.0%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.8%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheney	Spokane
Population	12,165 → 12,830 (+5.5%)	217,353 → 229,228 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$40,573 → $47,039 (+15.9%)	$50,306 → $65,745 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$203,500 → $330,300 (+62.3%)	$187,600 → $326,200 (+73.9%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,075 (+20.4%)	$866 → $1,141 (+31.8%)

Cheney

Population

12,16512,830

Median household income

$40,573$47,039

Median home value

$203,500$330,300

Median gross rent

$893$1,075

Spokane

Population

217,353229,228

Median household income

$50,306$65,745

Median home value

$187,600$326,200

Median gross rent

$866$1,141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheney	Spokane
Under 5	5.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	8.7%	15.0%
18 to 24	41.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	15.9%	17.3%
35 to 44	7.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	5.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	5.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.0%	10.0%
75 and over	4.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheney	Spokane
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	78.5%
Black or African American	2.7%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	1.0%
Asian	2.1%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.8%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	8.3%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheney	Spokane
No high school diploma	5.9%	6.6%
High school graduate	18.5%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheney	Spokane
Drove alone	67.6%	68.3%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.5%
Public transit	3.3%	2.9%
Walked	11.3%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.2%	13.8%
Other means	0.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheney	Spokane
1-unit, detached	37.7%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	19.9%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	19.4%	11.2%
20 or more units	17.1%	13.5%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Cheney	Spokane
Poverty rate	34.6%	14.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1989	1961