Adams County vs Klickitat County

A side-by-side comparison of Adams County and Klickitat County: population, income, housing, and more.

Adams County and Klickitat County are counties in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Klickitat County has the higher population (23,082 vs 20,690 in Adams County). Klickitat County has the higher median household income ($70,400 vs $65,042 in Adams County). Klickitat County has the higher median home value ($388,700 vs $251,300 in Adams County).

Population, income & housing

	Adams County	Klickitat County
Population	20,690	23,082
Median age	29.2 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,042	$70,400
Median home value	$251,300	$388,700
Median gross rent	$901	$1,119
Housing units	6,844	10,722
Homeownership rate	69.1%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams County	Klickitat County
Population	19,594 → 20,690 (+5.6%)	21,721 → 23,082 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$48,294 → $65,042 (+34.7%)	$55,773 → $70,400 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$154,500 → $251,300 (+62.7%)	$261,000 → $388,700 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $901 (+9.6%)	$847 → $1,119 (+32.1%)

Adams County

Population

19,59420,690

Median household income

$48,294$65,042

Median home value

$154,500$251,300

Median gross rent

$822$901

Klickitat County

Population

21,72123,082

Median household income

$55,773$70,400

Median home value

$261,000$388,700

Median gross rent

$847$1,119

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams County	Klickitat County
Under 5	8.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	26.3%	13.9%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	9.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	7.7%	15.9%
75 and over	4.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams County	Klickitat County
White (non-Hispanic)	32.1%	79.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	64.1%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams County	Klickitat County
No high school diploma	30.1%	10.1%
High school graduate	29.3%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams County	Klickitat County
Drove alone	71.1%	66.1%
Carpooled	18.4%	6.5%
Public transit	0.5%	2.6%
Walked	3.1%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.7%	16.0%
Other means	2.1%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams County	Klickitat County
1-unit, detached	61.4%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.6%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	22.6%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Adams County	Klickitat County
Poverty rate	20.5%	13.7%
Average household size	3.23	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1976	1983