Toppenish vs Union Gap

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

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

Toppenish has the higher population (8,746 vs 6,511 in Union Gap). Toppenish has the higher median household income ($67,766 vs $58,958 in Union Gap). Toppenish has the higher median home value ($214,200 vs $186,200 in Union Gap).

Population, income & housing

	Toppenish	Union Gap
Population	8,746	6,511
Median age	27.3 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,766	$58,958
Median home value	$214,200	$186,200
Median gross rent	$977	$1,111
Housing units	2,419	2,256
Homeownership rate	55.5%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Toppenish	Union Gap
Population	8,873 → 8,746 (-1.4%)	6,163 → 6,511 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$50,089 → $67,766 (+35.3%)	$41,310 → $58,958 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $214,200 (+64.6%)	$107,800 → $186,200 (+72.7%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $977 (+38.8%)	$868 → $1,111 (+28.0%)

Toppenish

Population

8,8738,746

Median household income

$50,089$67,766

Median home value

$130,100$214,200

Median gross rent

$704$977

Union Gap

Population

6,1636,511

Median household income

$41,310$58,958

Median home value

$107,800$186,200

Median gross rent

$868$1,111

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Toppenish	Union Gap
Under 5	10.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	22.7%	20.1%
18 to 24	12.6%	14.3%
25 to 34	15.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	8.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	8.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.0%	6.2%
75 and over	3.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Toppenish	Union Gap
White (non-Hispanic)	5.0%	32.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	5.4%
Asian	1.0%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	90.4%	56.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Toppenish	Union Gap
No high school diploma	42.8%	32.9%
High school graduate	29.8%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Toppenish	Union Gap
Drove alone	73.2%	75.9%
Carpooled	20.0%	17.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Toppenish	Union Gap
1-unit, detached	72.6%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Toppenish	Union Gap
Poverty rate	17.6%	12.8%
Average household size	3.66	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1965	1970