Colville vs Kettle Falls

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

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

Colville has the higher population (4,979 vs 1,703 in Kettle Falls). Kettle Falls has the higher median household income ($49,750 vs $49,375 in Colville). Colville has the higher median home value ($247,800 vs $215,100 in Kettle Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Colville	Kettle Falls
Population	4,979	1,703
Median age	44.7 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,375	$49,750
Median home value	$247,800	$215,100
Median gross rent	$878	$807
Housing units	2,421	862
Homeownership rate	57.1%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colville	Kettle Falls
Population	4,777 → 4,979 (+4.2%)	1,769 → 1,703 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$42,869 → $49,375 (+15.2%)	$45,337 → $49,750 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$160,600 → $247,800 (+54.3%)	$162,700 → $215,100 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $878 (+24.4%)	$632 → $807 (+27.7%)

Colville

Population

4,7774,979

Median household income

$42,869$49,375

Median home value

$160,600$247,800

Median gross rent

$706$878

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)

	Colville	Kettle Falls
Under 5	6.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	13.2%	13.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	9.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	11.4%
35 to 44	9.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	17.7%
65 to 74	13.0%	13.8%
75 and over	13.6%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colville	Kettle Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.6%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colville	Kettle Falls
No high school diploma	8.4%	13.8%
High school graduate	34.6%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colville	Kettle Falls
Drove alone	71.0%	89.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	3.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	13.8%	2.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colville	Kettle Falls
1-unit, detached	70.4%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	16.9%
20 or more units	9.9%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Colville	Kettle Falls
Poverty rate	20.2%	16.8%
Average household size	2.11	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1970	1979