Palouse vs Tekoa

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

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

Palouse has the higher population (1,131 vs 714 in Tekoa). Palouse has the higher median household income ($92,875 vs $47,083 in Tekoa). Palouse has the higher median home value ($261,000 vs $225,000 in Tekoa).

Population, income & housing

	Palouse	Tekoa
Population	1,131	714
Median age	43.1 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	$92,875	$47,083
Median home value	$261,000	$225,000
Median gross rent	$933	$805
Housing units	474	367
Homeownership rate	86.0%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.2%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palouse	Tekoa
Population	1,028 → 1,131 (+10.0%)	731 → 714 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$66,250 → $92,875 (+40.2%)	$55,000 → $47,083 (-14.4%)
Median home value	$169,700 → $261,000 (+53.8%)	$123,100 → $225,000 (+82.8%)
Median gross rent	$540 → $933 (+72.8%)	$570 → $805 (+41.2%)

Palouse

Population

1,0281,131

Median household income

$66,250$92,875

Median home value

$169,700$261,000

Median gross rent

$540$933

Tekoa

Population

731714

Median household income

$55,000$47,083

Median home value

$123,100$225,000

Median gross rent

$570$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palouse	Tekoa
Under 5	4.8%	2.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.5%
25 to 34	8.1%	4.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	9.0%
45 to 54	16.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	16.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	16.7%
75 and over	5.5%	20.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palouse	Tekoa
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	85.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	1.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palouse	Tekoa
No high school diploma	1.5%	8.4%
High school graduate	17.0%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palouse	Tekoa
Drove alone	68.4%	84.1%
Carpooled	15.1%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	3.9%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	3.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palouse	Tekoa
1-unit, detached	81.0%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Palouse	Tekoa
Poverty rate	2.9%	11.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1943	1960