Touchet vs Waitsburg

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

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

Waitsburg has the higher population (940 vs 345 in Touchet). Touchet has the higher median household income ($83,036 vs $72,917 in Waitsburg). Touchet has the higher median home value ($330,400 vs $266,700 in Waitsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Touchet	Waitsburg
Population	345	940
Median age	46.7 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,036	$72,917
Median home value	$330,400	$266,700
Median gross rent	—	$820
Housing units	149	466
Homeownership rate	87.9%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Touchet	Waitsburg
Population	449 → 345 (-23.2%)	1,243 → 940 (-24.4%)
Median household income	$81,845 → $83,036 (+1.5%)	$63,167 → $72,917 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$171,000 → $330,400 (+93.2%)	$177,800 → $266,700 (+50.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,045 → $1,114 (+6.6%)	$678 → $820 (+20.9%)

Touchet

Population

449345

Median household income

$81,845$83,036

Median home value

$171,000$330,400

Median gross rent

$1,045$1,114

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)

	Touchet	Waitsburg
Under 5	3.8%	2.4%
5 to 17	13.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	10.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	8.7%	11.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.7%
55 to 64	26.1%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.5%
75 and over	3.5%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Touchet	Waitsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	58.0%	82.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	2.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	36.8%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Touchet	Waitsburg
No high school diploma	7.3%	16.4%
High school graduate	28.6%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	48.4%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Touchet	Waitsburg
Drove alone	82.8%	79.9%
Carpooled	6.7%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	9.9%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Touchet	Waitsburg
1-unit, detached	66.4%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.1%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Touchet	Waitsburg
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.2%
Average household size	2.45	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	1968	1965