Selah vs Union Gap

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

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

Selah has the higher population (8,301 vs 6,511 in Union Gap). Selah has the higher median household income ($74,757 vs $58,958 in Union Gap). Selah has the higher median home value ($366,100 vs $186,200 in Union Gap).

Population, income & housing

	Selah	Union Gap
Population	8,301	6,511
Median age	34.2 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,757	$58,958
Median home value	$366,100	$186,200
Median gross rent	$1,465	$1,111
Housing units	3,542	2,256
Homeownership rate	56.6%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Selah	Union Gap
Population	7,856 → 8,301 (+5.7%)	6,163 → 6,511 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$58,120 → $74,757 (+28.6%)	$41,310 → $58,958 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$224,800 → $366,100 (+62.9%)	$107,800 → $186,200 (+72.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,027 → $1,465 (+42.6%)	$868 → $1,111 (+28.0%)

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

Union Gap

Population

6,1636,511

Median household income

$41,310$58,958

Median home value

$107,800$186,200

Median gross rent

$868$1,111

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Selah	Union Gap
Under 5	6.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.6%	20.1%
18 to 24	11.5%	14.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	10.0%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	6.2%
75 and over	4.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Selah	Union Gap
White (non-Hispanic)	60.7%	32.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	5.4%
Asian	2.5%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	28.1%	56.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Selah	Union Gap
No high school diploma	14.8%	32.9%
High school graduate	29.7%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Selah	Union Gap
Drove alone	89.0%	75.9%
Carpooled	3.7%	17.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	5.3%
Other means	1.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Selah	Union Gap
1-unit, detached	65.1%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.4%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Selah	Union Gap
Poverty rate	11.9%	12.8%
Average household size	2.51	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1986	1970