Terrace Heights vs Yakima

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

Terrace Heights 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 9,480 in Terrace Heights). Terrace Heights has the higher median household income ($79,525 vs $59,228 in Yakima). Terrace Heights has the higher median home value ($325,000 vs $273,400 in Yakima).

Population, income & housing

	Terrace Heights	Yakima
Population	9,480	96,810
Median age	39.1 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$79,525	$59,228
Median home value	$325,000	$273,400
Median gross rent	$1,124	$1,075
Housing units	4,409	37,328
Homeownership rate	65.8%	53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Terrace Heights	Yakima
Population	8,507 → 9,480 (+11.4%)	93,413 → 96,810 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$60,669 → $79,525 (+31.1%)	$44,950 → $59,228 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$222,200 → $325,000 (+46.3%)	$173,000 → $273,400 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,025 → $1,124 (+9.7%)	$820 → $1,075 (+31.1%)

Terrace Heights

Population

8,5079,480

Median household income

$60,669$79,525

Median home value

$222,200$325,000

Median gross rent

$1,025$1,124

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)

	Terrace Heights	Yakima
Under 5	3.9%	8.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	19.8%
18 to 24	4.8%	9.3%
25 to 34	20.6%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.0%	9.4%
65 to 74	14.8%	9.2%
75 and over	5.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Terrace Heights	Yakima
White (non-Hispanic)	65.7%	43.7%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.8%
Asian	1.5%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	25.9%	47.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Terrace Heights	Yakima
No high school diploma	11.7%	21.7%
High school graduate	24.6%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Terrace Heights	Yakima
Drove alone	85.2%	79.4%
Carpooled	4.3%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.7%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Terrace Heights	Yakima
1-unit, detached	65.9%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	8.8%
20 or more units	9.4%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Terrace Heights	Yakima
Poverty rate	10.2%	17.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1991	1972