Selah vs Toppenish

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

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

Toppenish has the higher population (8,746 vs 8,301 in Selah). Selah has the higher median household income ($74,757 vs $67,766 in Toppenish). Selah has the higher median home value ($366,100 vs $214,200 in Toppenish).

Population, income & housing

	Selah	Toppenish
Population	8,301	8,746
Median age	34.2 yrs	27.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,757	$67,766
Median home value	$366,100	$214,200
Median gross rent	$1,465	$977
Housing units	3,542	2,419
Homeownership rate	56.6%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Selah	Toppenish
Population	7,856 → 8,301 (+5.7%)	8,873 → 8,746 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$58,120 → $74,757 (+28.6%)	$50,089 → $67,766 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$224,800 → $366,100 (+62.9%)	$130,100 → $214,200 (+64.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,027 → $1,465 (+42.6%)	$704 → $977 (+38.8%)

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

Toppenish

Population

8,8738,746

Median household income

$50,089$67,766

Median home value

$130,100$214,200

Median gross rent

$704$977

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Selah	Toppenish
Under 5	6.7%	10.4%
5 to 17	19.6%	22.7%
18 to 24	11.5%	12.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	15.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	10.0%	8.3%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.0%
75 and over	4.4%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Selah	Toppenish
White (non-Hispanic)	60.7%	5.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	2.5%
Asian	2.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	28.1%	90.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Selah	Toppenish
No high school diploma	14.8%	42.8%
High school graduate	29.7%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Selah	Toppenish
Drove alone	89.0%	73.2%
Carpooled	3.7%	20.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.2%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	3.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Selah	Toppenish
1-unit, detached	65.1%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	7.9%
20 or more units	11.4%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Selah	Toppenish
Poverty rate	11.9%	17.6%
Average household size	2.51	3.66
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1986	1965