Chewelah vs Northport

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

Chewelah and Northport 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 207 in Northport). Chewelah has the higher median household income ($55,516 vs $42,917 in Northport). Chewelah has the higher median home value ($226,900 vs $128,100 in Northport).

Population, income & housing

	Chewelah	Northport
Population	2,552	207
Median age	48.4 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,516	$42,917
Median home value	$226,900	$128,100
Median gross rent	$907	$737
Housing units	1,293	184
Homeownership rate	67.8%	56.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chewelah	Northport
Population	2,623 → 2,552 (-2.7%)	363 → 207 (-43.0%)
Median household income	$39,618 → $55,516 (+40.1%)	$27,708 → $42,917 (+54.9%)
Median home value	$166,000 → $226,900 (+36.7%)	$94,400 → $128,100 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$541 → $907 (+67.7%)	$742 → $737 (-0.7%)

Chewelah

Population

2,6232,552

Median household income

$39,618$55,516

Median home value

$166,000$226,900

Median gross rent

$541$907

Northport

Population

363207

Median household income

$27,708$42,917

Median home value

$94,400$128,100

Median gross rent

$742$737

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chewelah	Northport
Under 5	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.3%	11.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	3.9%
25 to 34	9.4%	13.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	18.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	18.3%	15.5%
65 to 74	17.0%	20.3%
75 and over	10.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chewelah	Northport
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chewelah	Northport
No high school diploma	10.2%	8.5%
High school graduate	33.1%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chewelah	Northport
Drove alone	72.5%	63.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	19.2%
Public transit	0.8%	5.8%
Walked	3.1%	11.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chewelah	Northport
1-unit, detached	70.6%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	1.6%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Chewelah	Northport
Poverty rate	18.1%	8.2%
Average household size	2.17	1.56
Mean commute (minutes)	18	36
Median year structure built	1975	1955