Sunnyside vs Toppenish

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

Sunnyside and Toppenish 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 8,746 in Toppenish). Toppenish has the higher median household income ($67,766 vs $53,350 in Sunnyside). Toppenish has the higher median home value ($214,200 vs $207,200 in Sunnyside).

Population, income & housing

	Sunnyside	Toppenish
Population	16,329	8,746
Median age	27.2 yrs	27.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,350	$67,766
Median home value	$207,200	$214,200
Median gross rent	$1,065	$977
Housing units	4,689	2,419
Homeownership rate	59.8%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sunnyside	Toppenish
Population	16,559 → 16,329 (-1.4%)	8,873 → 8,746 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$42,780 → $53,350 (+24.7%)	$50,089 → $67,766 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$129,400 → $207,200 (+60.1%)	$130,100 → $214,200 (+64.6%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $1,065 (+47.5%)	$704 → $977 (+38.8%)

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

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)

	Sunnyside	Toppenish
Under 5	9.2%	10.4%
5 to 17	31.0%	22.7%
18 to 24	7.2%	12.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	15.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	8.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	8.9%	8.3%
65 to 74	4.8%	8.0%
75 and over	5.4%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sunnyside	Toppenish
White (non-Hispanic)	11.9%	5.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	2.5%
Asian	0.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	86.5%	90.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sunnyside	Toppenish
No high school diploma	45.2%	42.8%
High school graduate	30.5%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sunnyside	Toppenish
Drove alone	78.4%	73.2%
Carpooled	17.4%	20.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.2%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	3.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sunnyside	Toppenish
1-unit, detached	53.9%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	7.9%
20 or more units	8.4%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Sunnyside	Toppenish
Poverty rate	17.4%	17.6%
Average household size	3.64	3.66
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1975	1965