Selah vs Wapato

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

Selah and Wapato 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 4,577 in Wapato). Selah has the higher median household income ($74,757 vs $51,341 in Wapato). Selah has the higher median home value ($366,100 vs $177,600 in Wapato).

Population, income & housing

	Selah	Wapato
Population	8,301	4,577
Median age	34.2 yrs	24.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,757	$51,341
Median home value	$366,100	$177,600
Median gross rent	$1,465	$931
Housing units	3,542	1,269
Homeownership rate	56.6%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Selah	Wapato
Population	7,856 → 8,301 (+5.7%)	5,041 → 4,577 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$58,120 → $74,757 (+28.6%)	$40,772 → $51,341 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$224,800 → $366,100 (+62.9%)	$112,400 → $177,600 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,027 → $1,465 (+42.6%)	$687 → $931 (+35.5%)

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

Wapato

Population

5,0414,577

Median household income

$40,772$51,341

Median home value

$112,400$177,600

Median gross rent

$687$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Selah	Wapato
Under 5	6.7%	8.3%
5 to 17	19.6%	29.8%
18 to 24	11.5%	13.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	8.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	10.0%	9.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	5.1%
75 and over	4.4%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Selah	Wapato
White (non-Hispanic)	60.7%	3.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	4.0%
Asian	2.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	28.1%	89.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Selah	Wapato
No high school diploma	14.8%	46.1%
High school graduate	29.7%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	14.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Selah	Wapato
Drove alone	89.0%	72.6%
Carpooled	3.7%	21.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	1.9%
Other means	1.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Selah	Wapato
1-unit, detached	65.1%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	17.4%
20 or more units	11.4%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Selah	Wapato
Poverty rate	11.9%	22.0%
Average household size	2.51	3.74
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1986	1968