Selah vs Yakima

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

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

Yakima has the higher population (96,810 vs 8,301 in Selah). Selah has the higher median household income ($74,757 vs $59,228 in Yakima). Selah has the higher median home value ($366,100 vs $273,400 in Yakima).

Population, income & housing

	Selah	Yakima
Population	8,301	96,810
Median age	34.2 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,757	$59,228
Median home value	$366,100	$273,400
Median gross rent	$1,465	$1,075
Housing units	3,542	37,328
Homeownership rate	56.6%	53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Selah	Yakima
Population	7,856 → 8,301 (+5.7%)	93,413 → 96,810 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$58,120 → $74,757 (+28.6%)	$44,950 → $59,228 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$224,800 → $366,100 (+62.9%)	$173,000 → $273,400 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,027 → $1,465 (+42.6%)	$820 → $1,075 (+31.1%)

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

Yakima

Population

93,41396,810

Median household income

$44,950$59,228

Median home value

$173,000$273,400

Median gross rent

$820$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Selah	Yakima
Under 5	6.7%	8.0%
5 to 17	19.6%	19.8%
18 to 24	11.5%	9.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	9.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.2%
75 and over	4.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Selah	Yakima
White (non-Hispanic)	60.7%	43.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.8%
Asian	2.5%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.6%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	28.1%	47.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Selah	Yakima
No high school diploma	14.8%	21.7%
High school graduate	29.7%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Selah	Yakima
Drove alone	89.0%	79.4%
Carpooled	3.7%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.1%	6.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Selah	Yakima
1-unit, detached	65.1%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	8.8%
20 or more units	11.4%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Selah	Yakima
Poverty rate	11.9%	17.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1986	1972