College Place vs Waitsburg

A side-by-side comparison of College Place and Waitsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

College Place has the higher population (9,828 vs 940 in Waitsburg). Waitsburg has the higher median household income ($72,917 vs $59,768 in College Place). College Place has the higher median home value ($335,000 vs $266,700 in Waitsburg).

Population, income & housing

	College Place	Waitsburg
Population	9,828	940
Median age	29.9 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,768	$72,917
Median home value	$335,000	$266,700
Median gross rent	$1,118	$820
Housing units	3,438	466
Homeownership rate	64.8%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	College Place	Waitsburg
Population	9,182 → 9,828 (+7.0%)	1,243 → 940 (-24.4%)
Median household income	$49,347 → $59,768 (+21.1%)	$63,167 → $72,917 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$197,200 → $335,000 (+69.9%)	$177,800 → $266,700 (+50.0%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $1,118 (+20.9%)	$678 → $820 (+20.9%)

College Place

Population

9,1829,828

Median household income

$49,347$59,768

Median home value

$197,200$335,000

Median gross rent

$925$1,118

Waitsburg

Population

1,243940

Median household income

$63,167$72,917

Median home value

$177,800$266,700

Median gross rent

$678$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	College Place	Waitsburg
Under 5	5.9%	2.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.4%
18 to 24	20.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	7.2%	15.7%
55 to 64	7.1%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.5%
75 and over	7.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	College Place	Waitsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	71.7%	82.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	2.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.6%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	19.9%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	College Place	Waitsburg
No high school diploma	11.2%	16.4%
High school graduate	16.2%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	College Place	Waitsburg
Drove alone	65.4%	79.9%
Carpooled	10.2%	8.1%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	11.3%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	9.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	College Place	Waitsburg
1-unit, detached	58.6%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	9.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	College Place	Waitsburg
Poverty rate	10.7%	12.2%
Average household size	2.69	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	13	36
Median year structure built	1983	1965