Chewelah vs Loon Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Chewelah and Loon Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Chewelah and Loon Lake 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 927 in Loon Lake). Loon Lake has the higher median household income ($71,285 vs $55,516 in Chewelah). Loon Lake has the higher median home value ($313,200 vs $226,900 in Chewelah).

Population, income & housing

	Chewelah	Loon Lake
Population	2,552	927
Median age	48.4 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,516	$71,285
Median home value	$226,900	$313,200
Median gross rent	$907	$939
Housing units	1,293	614
Homeownership rate	67.8%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chewelah	Loon Lake
Population	2,623 → 2,552 (-2.7%)	780 → 927 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$39,618 → $55,516 (+40.1%)	$51,875 → $71,285 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$166,000 → $226,900 (+36.7%)	$209,000 → $313,200 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$541 → $907 (+67.7%)	$438 → $939 (+114.4%)

Chewelah

Population

2,6232,552

Median household income

$39,618$55,516

Median home value

$166,000$226,900

Median gross rent

$541$907

Loon Lake

Population

780927

Median household income

$51,875$71,285

Median home value

$209,000$313,200

Median gross rent

$438$939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chewelah	Loon Lake
Under 5	4.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.3%	10.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	2.8%
25 to 34	9.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	5.7%
55 to 64	18.3%	21.9%
65 to 74	17.0%	25.2%
75 and over	10.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chewelah	Loon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.3%	0.0%
Some other race	4.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chewelah	Loon Lake
No high school diploma	10.2%	3.1%
High school graduate	33.1%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chewelah	Loon Lake
Drove alone	72.5%	69.6%
Carpooled	10.3%	2.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	22.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chewelah	Loon Lake
1-unit, detached	70.6%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	30.9%

Poverty & households

	Chewelah	Loon Lake
Poverty rate	18.1%	5.7%
Average household size	2.17	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1975	1990