Toppenish vs Wapato

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

Toppenish and Wapato 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 4,577 in Wapato). Toppenish has the higher median household income ($67,766 vs $51,341 in Wapato). Toppenish has the higher median home value ($214,200 vs $177,600 in Wapato).

Population, income & housing

	Toppenish	Wapato
Population	8,746	4,577
Median age	27.3 yrs	24.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,766	$51,341
Median home value	$214,200	$177,600
Median gross rent	$977	$931
Housing units	2,419	1,269
Homeownership rate	55.5%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Toppenish	Wapato
Population	8,873 → 8,746 (-1.4%)	5,041 → 4,577 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$50,089 → $67,766 (+35.3%)	$40,772 → $51,341 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $214,200 (+64.6%)	$112,400 → $177,600 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $977 (+38.8%)	$687 → $931 (+35.5%)

Toppenish

Population

8,8738,746

Median household income

$50,089$67,766

Median home value

$130,100$214,200

Median gross rent

$704$977

Wapato

Population

5,0414,577

Median household income

$40,772$51,341

Median home value

$112,400$177,600

Median gross rent

$687$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Toppenish	Wapato
Under 5	10.4%	8.3%
5 to 17	22.7%	29.8%
18 to 24	12.6%	13.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	8.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	8.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	8.3%	9.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	5.1%
75 and over	3.2%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Toppenish	Wapato
White (non-Hispanic)	5.0%	3.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	4.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	90.4%	89.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Toppenish	Wapato
No high school diploma	42.8%	46.1%
High school graduate	29.8%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	14.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Toppenish	Wapato
Drove alone	73.2%	72.6%
Carpooled	20.0%	21.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.5%
Walked	2.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Toppenish	Wapato
1-unit, detached	72.6%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	17.4%
20 or more units	1.5%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Toppenish	Wapato
Poverty rate	17.6%	22.0%
Average household size	3.66	3.74
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1965	1968