Chewelah vs Suncrest

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

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

Suncrest has the higher population (5,590 vs 2,552 in Chewelah). Suncrest has the higher median household income ($101,964 vs $55,516 in Chewelah). Suncrest has the higher median home value ($469,600 vs $226,900 in Chewelah).

Population, income & housing

	Chewelah	Suncrest
Population	2,552	5,590
Median age	48.4 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,516	$101,964
Median home value	$226,900	$469,600
Median gross rent	$907	—
Housing units	1,293	2,104
Homeownership rate	67.8%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chewelah	Suncrest
Population	2,623 → 2,552 (-2.7%)	5,263 → 5,590 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$39,618 → $55,516 (+40.1%)	$88,843 → $101,964 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$166,000 → $226,900 (+36.7%)	$276,100 → $469,600 (+70.1%)
Median gross rent	$541 → $907 (+67.7%)	$1,064 → $664 (-37.6%)

Chewelah

Population

2,6232,552

Median household income

$39,618$55,516

Median home value

$166,000$226,900

Median gross rent

$541$907

Suncrest

Population

5,2635,590

Median household income

$88,843$101,964

Median home value

$276,100$469,600

Median gross rent

$1,064$664

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chewelah	Suncrest
Under 5	4.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	12.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	7.4%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	16.3%
55 to 64	18.3%	15.7%
65 to 74	17.0%	17.7%
75 and over	10.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chewelah	Suncrest
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.3%	0.0%
Some other race	4.3%	2.3%
Two or more races	8.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chewelah	Suncrest
No high school diploma	10.2%	4.5%
High school graduate	33.1%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chewelah	Suncrest
Drove alone	72.5%	79.0%
Carpooled	10.3%	6.2%
Public transit	0.8%	0.9%
Walked	3.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	11.1%
Other means	0.7%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chewelah	Suncrest
1-unit, detached	70.6%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
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%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Chewelah	Suncrest
Poverty rate	18.1%	6.9%
Average household size	2.17	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	18	40
Median year structure built	1975	1994