Kettle Falls vs Suncrest

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

Kettle Falls 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 1,703 in Kettle Falls). Suncrest has the higher median household income ($101,964 vs $49,750 in Kettle Falls). Suncrest has the higher median home value ($469,600 vs $215,100 in Kettle Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Kettle Falls	Suncrest
Population	1,703	5,590
Median age	44.3 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,750	$101,964
Median home value	$215,100	$469,600
Median gross rent	$807	—
Housing units	862	2,104
Homeownership rate	56.5%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kettle Falls	Suncrest
Population	1,769 → 1,703 (-3.7%)	5,263 → 5,590 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$45,337 → $49,750 (+9.7%)	$88,843 → $101,964 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$162,700 → $215,100 (+32.2%)	$276,100 → $469,600 (+70.1%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $807 (+27.7%)	$1,064 → $664 (-37.6%)

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

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)

	Kettle Falls	Suncrest
Under 5	6.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	13.7%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	7.4%
35 to 44	9.2%	9.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	16.3%
55 to 64	17.7%	15.7%
65 to 74	13.8%	17.7%
75 and over	4.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kettle Falls	Suncrest
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	2.3%
Two or more races	7.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kettle Falls	Suncrest
No high school diploma	13.8%	4.5%
High school graduate	25.5%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kettle Falls	Suncrest
Drove alone	89.3%	79.0%
Carpooled	3.9%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	3.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kettle Falls	Suncrest
1-unit, detached	61.5%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Kettle Falls	Suncrest
Poverty rate	16.8%	6.9%
Average household size	2.12	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	18	40
Median year structure built	1979	1994