Chewelah vs Kettle Falls

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

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

Chewelah has the higher population (2,552 vs 1,703 in Kettle Falls). Chewelah has the higher median household income ($55,516 vs $49,750 in Kettle Falls). Chewelah has the higher median home value ($226,900 vs $215,100 in Kettle Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Chewelah	Kettle Falls
Population	2,552	1,703
Median age	48.4 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,516	$49,750
Median home value	$226,900	$215,100
Median gross rent	$907	$807
Housing units	1,293	862
Homeownership rate	67.8%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chewelah	Kettle Falls
Population	2,623 → 2,552 (-2.7%)	1,769 → 1,703 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$39,618 → $55,516 (+40.1%)	$45,337 → $49,750 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$166,000 → $226,900 (+36.7%)	$162,700 → $215,100 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$541 → $907 (+67.7%)	$632 → $807 (+27.7%)

Chewelah

Population

2,6232,552

Median household income

$39,618$55,516

Median home value

$166,000$226,900

Median gross rent

$541$907

Kettle Falls

Population

1,7691,703

Median household income

$45,337$49,750

Median home value

$162,700$215,100

Median gross rent

$632$807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chewelah	Kettle Falls
Under 5	4.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	12.3%	13.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.9%
25 to 34	9.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	18.3%	17.7%
65 to 74	17.0%	13.8%
75 and over	10.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chewelah	Kettle Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.3%	0.0%
Some other race	4.3%	1.1%
Two or more races	8.2%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chewelah	Kettle Falls
No high school diploma	10.2%	13.8%
High school graduate	33.1%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chewelah	Kettle Falls
Drove alone	72.5%	89.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	3.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	12.6%	2.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chewelah	Kettle Falls
1-unit, detached	70.6%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	16.9%
20 or more units	3.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Chewelah	Kettle Falls
Poverty rate	18.1%	16.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1975	1979