Spokane vs Spokane Valley

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

Spokane 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 has the higher population (229,228 vs 105,460 in Spokane Valley). Spokane Valley has the higher median household income ($70,722 vs $65,745 in Spokane). Spokane Valley has the higher median home value ($344,300 vs $326,200 in Spokane).

Population, income & housing

	Spokane	Spokane Valley
Population	229,228	105,460
Median age	37.2 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,745	$70,722
Median home value	$326,200	$344,300
Median gross rent	$1,141	$1,247
Housing units	102,062	45,263
Homeownership rate	58.3%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spokane	Spokane Valley
Population	217,353 → 229,228 (+5.5%)	97,562 → 105,460 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$50,306 → $65,745 (+30.7%)	$51,961 → $70,722 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$187,600 → $326,200 (+73.9%)	$204,700 → $344,300 (+68.2%)
Median gross rent	$866 → $1,141 (+31.8%)	$946 → $1,247 (+31.8%)

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

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)

	Spokane	Spokane Valley
Under 5	5.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	15.0%	15.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	17.3%	16.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.1%
75 and over	6.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spokane	Spokane Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	82.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.6%
Asian	2.8%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.7%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.2%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spokane	Spokane Valley
No high school diploma	6.6%	5.4%
High school graduate	23.9%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spokane	Spokane Valley
Drove alone	68.3%	74.5%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.8%
Public transit	2.9%	1.3%
Walked	3.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.8%	12.8%
Other means	1.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spokane	Spokane Valley
1-unit, detached	64.4%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	12.8%
20 or more units	13.5%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Spokane	Spokane Valley
Poverty rate	14.6%	12.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1961	1978