Palouse vs Pullman

A side-by-side comparison of Palouse and Pullman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pullman has the higher population (31,939 vs 1,131 in Palouse). Palouse has the higher median household income ($92,875 vs $45,097 in Pullman). Pullman has the higher median home value ($401,700 vs $261,000 in Palouse).

Population, income & housing

	Palouse	Pullman
Population	1,131	31,939
Median age	43.1 yrs	22.8 yrs
Median household income	$92,875	$45,097
Median home value	$261,000	$401,700
Median gross rent	$933	$1,010
Housing units	474	14,174
Homeownership rate	86.0%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.2%	62.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palouse	Pullman
Population	1,028 → 1,131 (+10.0%)	33,598 → 31,939 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$66,250 → $92,875 (+40.2%)	$31,487 → $45,097 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$169,700 → $261,000 (+53.8%)	$272,400 → $401,700 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$540 → $933 (+72.8%)	$833 → $1,010 (+21.2%)

Palouse

Population

1,0281,131

Median household income

$66,250$92,875

Median home value

$169,700$261,000

Median gross rent

$540$933

Pullman

Population

33,59831,939

Median household income

$31,487$45,097

Median home value

$272,400$401,700

Median gross rent

$833$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palouse	Pullman
Under 5	4.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.9%	8.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	45.7%
25 to 34	8.1%	15.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	8.8%
45 to 54	16.4%	5.8%
55 to 64	14.9%	5.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	3.7%
75 and over	5.5%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palouse	Pullman
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	67.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.3%
Asian	1.6%	10.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	5.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.0%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palouse	Pullman
No high school diploma	1.5%	2.1%
High school graduate	17.0%	10.4%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	30.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palouse	Pullman
Drove alone	68.4%	57.8%
Carpooled	15.1%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	4.8%
Walked	2.8%	14.7%
Bicycle	1.8%	2.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	9.8%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palouse	Pullman
1-unit, detached	81.0%	27.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	15.3%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	36.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.3%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Palouse	Pullman
Poverty rate	2.9%	32.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	22	14
Median year structure built	1943	1986