Sunnyside vs Yakima

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

Sunnyside 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 16,329 in Sunnyside). Yakima has the higher median household income ($59,228 vs $53,350 in Sunnyside). Yakima has the higher median home value ($273,400 vs $207,200 in Sunnyside).

Population, income & housing

	Sunnyside	Yakima
Population	16,329	96,810
Median age	27.2 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,350	$59,228
Median home value	$207,200	$273,400
Median gross rent	$1,065	$1,075
Housing units	4,689	37,328
Homeownership rate	59.8%	53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sunnyside	Yakima
Population	16,559 → 16,329 (-1.4%)	93,413 → 96,810 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$42,780 → $53,350 (+24.7%)	$44,950 → $59,228 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$129,400 → $207,200 (+60.1%)	$173,000 → $273,400 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $1,065 (+47.5%)	$820 → $1,075 (+31.1%)

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

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)

	Sunnyside	Yakima
Under 5	9.2%	8.0%
5 to 17	31.0%	19.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	14.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	8.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	8.9%	9.4%
65 to 74	4.8%	9.2%
75 and over	5.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sunnyside	Yakima
White (non-Hispanic)	11.9%	43.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.8%
Asian	0.7%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.8%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	86.5%	47.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sunnyside	Yakima
No high school diploma	45.2%	21.7%
High school graduate	30.5%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sunnyside	Yakima
Drove alone	78.4%	79.4%
Carpooled	17.4%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.4%	6.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sunnyside	Yakima
1-unit, detached	53.9%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	8.8%
20 or more units	8.4%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Sunnyside	Yakima
Poverty rate	17.4%	17.0%
Average household size	3.64	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1975	1972