Selah vs Sunnyside

A side-by-side comparison of Selah and Sunnyside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sunnyside has the higher population (16,329 vs 8,301 in Selah). Selah has the higher median household income ($74,757 vs $53,350 in Sunnyside). Selah has the higher median home value ($366,100 vs $207,200 in Sunnyside).

Population, income & housing

	Selah	Sunnyside
Population	8,301	16,329
Median age	34.2 yrs	27.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,757	$53,350
Median home value	$366,100	$207,200
Median gross rent	$1,465	$1,065
Housing units	3,542	4,689
Homeownership rate	56.6%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Selah	Sunnyside
Population	7,856 → 8,301 (+5.7%)	16,559 → 16,329 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$58,120 → $74,757 (+28.6%)	$42,780 → $53,350 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$224,800 → $366,100 (+62.9%)	$129,400 → $207,200 (+60.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,027 → $1,465 (+42.6%)	$722 → $1,065 (+47.5%)

Selah

Population

7,8568,301

Median household income

$58,120$74,757

Median home value

$224,800$366,100

Median gross rent

$1,027$1,465

Sunnyside

Population

16,55916,329

Median household income

$42,780$53,350

Median home value

$129,400$207,200

Median gross rent

$722$1,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Selah	Sunnyside
Under 5	6.7%	9.2%
5 to 17	19.6%	31.0%
18 to 24	11.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	10.0%	8.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	4.8%
75 and over	4.4%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Selah	Sunnyside
White (non-Hispanic)	60.7%	11.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.2%
Asian	2.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	28.1%	86.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Selah	Sunnyside
No high school diploma	14.8%	45.2%
High school graduate	29.7%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Selah	Sunnyside
Drove alone	89.0%	78.4%
Carpooled	3.7%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	2.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Selah	Sunnyside
1-unit, detached	65.1%	53.9%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	7.6%
20 or more units	11.4%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Selah	Sunnyside
Poverty rate	11.9%	17.4%
Average household size	2.51	3.64
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1986	1975