Cheney vs Spokane Valley

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

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

Spokane Valley has the higher population (105,460 vs 12,830 in Cheney). Spokane Valley has the higher median household income ($70,722 vs $47,039 in Cheney). Spokane Valley has the higher median home value ($344,300 vs $330,300 in Cheney).

Population, income & housing

	Cheney	Spokane Valley
Population	12,830	105,460
Median age	23.9 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,039	$70,722
Median home value	$330,300	$344,300
Median gross rent	$1,075	$1,247
Housing units	5,051	45,263
Homeownership rate	31.0%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.8%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheney	Spokane Valley
Population	12,165 → 12,830 (+5.5%)	97,562 → 105,460 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$40,573 → $47,039 (+15.9%)	$51,961 → $70,722 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$203,500 → $330,300 (+62.3%)	$204,700 → $344,300 (+68.2%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,075 (+20.4%)	$946 → $1,247 (+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 Valley

Population

97,562105,460

Median household income

$51,961$70,722

Median home value

$204,700$344,300

Median gross rent

$946$1,247

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheney	Spokane Valley
Under 5	5.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	8.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	41.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.9%	16.6%
35 to 44	7.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	5.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	5.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	6.0%	10.1%
75 and over	4.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheney	Spokane Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	82.7%
Black or African American	2.7%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.6%
Asian	2.1%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.7%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	8.3%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheney	Spokane Valley
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.4%
High school graduate	18.5%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheney	Spokane Valley
Drove alone	67.6%	74.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	8.8%
Public transit	3.3%	1.3%
Walked	11.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.2%	12.8%
Other means	0.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheney	Spokane Valley
1-unit, detached	37.7%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	19.9%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	19.4%	12.8%
20 or more units	17.1%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Cheney	Spokane Valley
Poverty rate	34.6%	12.9%
Average household size	2.37	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1989	1978