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Population (year 2000): 3,049. Estimated population in July 2006: 3,165 (+3.8% change)
 

Males: 1,503  (49.3%)
Females: 1,546  (50.7%)

Grays Harbor County

Median resident age:  33.9 years
Washington median age:  35.3 years

Zip codes: 98541.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $34,800 (it was $32,031 in 2000)
Elma  $34,800
Washington:  $49,262

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $133,900 (it was $99,500 in 2000)
Elma  $133,900
Washington:  $227,700

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Races in Elma:

  • White Non-Hispanic (89.3%)
  • Two or more races (3.9%)
  • Hispanic (3.6%)
  • American Indian (3.2%)
  • Other race (1.6%)
  • Other Asian (0.7%)
  • Black (0.6%)

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Ancestries: United States (15.4%), German (12.2%), Irish (11.6%), English (8.5%), Norwegian (5.8%), French (4.6%).

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Incorporated in 1890

Elevation: 50 feet

Land area: 1.68 square miles.

Population density: 1882 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Elma

  • High school or higher: 80.1%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.8%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.4%
  • Unemployed: 10.2%
  • Mean travel time to work: 23.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Elma city

  • Never married: 21.8%
  • Now married: 51.2%
  • Separated: 1.4%
  • Widowed: 6.1%
  • Divorced: 19.4%

72 residents are foreign born (1.0% Asia, 1.0% Latin America, 0.3% North America).

This city:  2.4%
Washington:  10.4%



According to our research there were 12 registered sex offenders living in Elma, Washington in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Elma to the number of sex offenders is 264 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Elma:  1.1% ($1,058)
Washington:  1.1% ($1,915)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Lakewood, WA (61.5 miles , pop. 58,211).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Seattle, WA (85.3 miles , pop. 563,374).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (958.0 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Satsop, WA (4.5 miles ), Malone-Porter, WA (6.7 miles ), Brady, WA (8.0 miles ), McCleary, WA (10.0 miles ), Montesano, WA (13.2 miles ), Wynoochee, WA (13.5 miles ), Oakville, WA (16.5 miles ), North River, WA (20.1 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 36 buildings, average cost: $42,300
  • 1997: 4 buildings, average cost: $134,600
  • 1998: 4 buildings, average cost: $81,400
  • 1999: 1 building, cost: $85,600
  • 2000: 7 buildings, average cost: $91,400
  • 2001: 8 buildings, average cost: $102,500
  • 2002: 10 buildings, average cost: $96,000
  • 2003: 13 buildings, average cost: $90,000
  • 2004: 5 buildings, average cost: $92,500
  • 2005: 6 buildings, average cost: $92,500
  • 2006: 6 buildings, average cost: $92,500
  • 2007: 5 buildings, average cost: $99,500

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Latitude: 47.01 N, Longitude: 123.41 W


44 people in other group homes

Area code: 360

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Population change in the 1990s: -23 (-0.7%).


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Most common industries for males:



  • Public administration (14%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
  • Construction (9%)
  • Wood products (8%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Paper (5%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Accommodation and food services (18%)
  • Health care (14%)
  • Educational services (9%)
  • Food and beverage stores (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Public administration (4%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Fire fighting and prevention workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Customer service representatives (8%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
  • Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (6%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)


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Crime in Elma by Year

Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Rapes 011112
    per 100,000 0.031.931.931.631.362.2
Robberies 110311
    per 100,000 32.331.90.094.731.331.1
Assaults 501222
    per 100,000 161.40.031.963.162.662.2
Burglaries 193037176755
    per 100,000 613.3955.71179.8536.62095.71709.1
Thefts 12312499106211192
    per 100,000 3970.33950.33156.93346.06599.95966.4
Auto thefts 8151072928
    per 100,000 258.2477.9318.9221.0907.1870.1
Arson 210110
    per 100,000 64.631.90.031.631.30.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 239.8) 264.4298.2266.3255.4530.2499.4

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 8 (7 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  2.21
US city average:  3.00

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Hospitals/medical centers near Elma:
  • MARK REED HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; MCCLEARY, WA)
  • GRAYS HARBOR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; ABERDEEN, WA)
  • MASON GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 26 miles; SHELTON, WA)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Elma:
  • OLYMPIA (about 36 miles; OLYMPIA, WA; ID: OLM)
  • GRAY AAF (about 59 miles; FORT LEWIS/TACOMA, WA; ID: GRF)
  • MCCHORD AFB (about 66 miles; TACOMA, WA; ID: TCM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Elma:
  • ELMA MUNI (about 2 miles; ELMA, WA; ID: 4W8)
  • SANDERSON FIELD (about 25 miles; SHELTON, WA; ID: SHN)
  • R & K SKYRANCH (about 26 miles; ROCHESTER, WA; ID: 8W9)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Elma:
  • SOUTH PUGET SOUND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 27 miles; OLYMPIA, WA; Full-time enrollment: 2,908)
  • EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE (about 31 miles; OLYMPIA, WA; FT enrollment: 3,749)
  • PIERCE COLLEGE AT FORT STEILACOOM (about 61 miles; LAKEWOOD, WA; FT enrollment: 5,921)
  • TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 63 miles; TACOMA, WA; FT enrollment: 3,710)
  • CLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 64 miles; LAKEWOOD, WA; FT enrollment: 3,819)
  • LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE (about 66 miles; LONGVIEW, WA; FT enrollment: 2,237)
  • OLYMPIC COLLEGE (about 66 miles; BREMERTON, WA; FT enrollment: 3,889)
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Parks in Elma include: Murry Park (1), Ladysmith Park (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Tourist attraction: D J Darts & Hobby (Amusement & Theme Parks; 4741 USHighway 12).

Hotels: Parkhurst Motel (208 East Main Street), Coin-Op Laundry (208 East Main Street), Elma Microtel Inn (800 East Main Street).

Court: Elma City - Municipal Court Clerk's Ofc (City Hall).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Elma and their reported violations in the past:

GOLD BEACH AVIATION (Population served: 64, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 14 routine major monitoring violations
PORTER GENERAL STORE (Population served: 45, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 12 routine major monitoring violations
  • 2 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:
This city:  2.5 people
Washington:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  64.0%
Whole state:  66.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  8.7%
Whole state:  6.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.4% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  19.4%
Whole state:  10.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  7.2%
Whole state:  4.6%

Elma compared to Washington state average:

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  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Elma (2007 data):
  • Sterling Savings Bank: South Third Street Branch at 106 South Third Street, branch established on 1998-06-15. Info updated 2006-12-19: Bank assets: $9,550.3 mil, Deposits: $6,518.2 mil, headquarters in Spokane, WA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 175 total offices, Holding Company: Sterling Financial Corporation
  • Timberland Bank: Elma Branch at 313 Waldrip Street, branch established on 1978-12-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $590.7 mil, Deposits: $434.6 mil, headquarters in Hoquiam, WA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 22 total offices, Holding Company: Timberland Bancorp, Inc.
  • Anchor Mutual Savings Bank: 02 - Elma Branch at Third And Eaton Streets, branch established on 1907-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $608.4 mil, Deposits: $443.5 mil, headquarters in Aberdeen, WA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 19 total offices



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Elma government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - All Other: $892,000
    Solid Waste Management: $349,000
    Sewerage: $16,000
  • Construction - Regular Highways: $533,000
    General: $294,000
  • Current Operations - Police Protection: $556,000
    General - Other: $517,000
    Regular Highways: $459,000
    Solid Waste Management: $359,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $148,000
    Financial Administration: $104,000
    Fire Protection: $66,000
    Central Staff Services: $53,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $46,000
    Libraries: $39,000
    Parks & Recreation: $34,000
    Water Utilities: $26,000
    Corrections - Other: $23,000
    Sewerage: $16,000
    Health Services - Other: $3,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $487,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $40,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $123,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $60,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $849,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $450,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $335,000
    Water Utilities: $45,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $64,000
    Water Utilities: $15,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $96,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $95,000
    Special Assessments: $3,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $1,449,000
    Police Protection: $49,000
    Fire Protection: $15,000
    Libraries: $13,000
    Financial Administration: $5,000
    Protective Inspection & Regulation, NEC: $2,000
    Natural Resource - Other: $2,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,920,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $26,000
  • State Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,625,000
    Highways: $566,000
    General Support: $27,000
  • Tax - Property: $489,000
    Total General Sales: $347,000
    Public Utilities: $189,000
    NEC: $38,000
    Other Selective Sales: $21,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $875,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $4,000

6.95% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,438 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.95%
Washington average:  7.86%

0.08% of residents moved from foreign countries ($252 average AGI)
Grays Harbor County:  0.08%
Washington average:  0.26%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Thurston County, WA  1.15% ($37,328 average AGI)
from King County, WA  0.76% ($40,573)
from Pierce County, WA  0.65% ($35,902)


6.44% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,320 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.44%
Washington average:  7.07%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($237 average AGI)
Grays Harbor County:  0.05%
Washington average:  0.16%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Thurston County, WA  1.22% ($34,961 average AGI)
to King County, WA  0.60% ($36,367)
to Pierce County, WA  0.45% ($29,543)


Strongest AM radio stations in Elma:
  • KMAS (1030 AM; 10 kW; SHELTON, WA; Owner: SOUND BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KIRO (710 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KTTH (770 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KGNW (820 AM; 50 kW; BURIEN-SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
  • KJR (950 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA)
  • KOMO (1000 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - SEATTLE RADIO, L.L.C.)
  • KYCW (1090 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • KKOL (1300 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
  • KIXI (880 AM; 50 kW; MERCER ISLAND/SEATTL, WA; Owner: BELLEVUE RADIO, INC.)
  • KPOJ (620 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KXRO (1320 AM; 5 kW; ABERDEEN, WA; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
  • KPAM (860 AM; 50 kW; TROUTDALE, OR; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-OREGON, INC.)
  • KXL (750 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: ROSE CITY RADIO CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Elma:
  • KFMY (97.7 FM; RAYMOND, WA; Owner: SOUTH SOUND BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • KAYO-FM (99.3 FM; ELMA, WA; Owner: SOUTH SOUND BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • KGY-FM (96.9 FM; MCCLEARY, WA; Owner: KGY, INC.)
  • KRXY (94.5 FM; SHELTON, WA; Owner: PREMIER BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • KMNT (102.9 FM; CENTRALIA, WA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KSWW (102.1 FM; MONTESANO, WA; Owner: JODESHA BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KJET (105.7 FM; SOUTH BEND, WA; Owner: JODESHA BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • K216DH (91.1 FM; CATHLAMET, WA; Owner: TILLICUM FOUNDATION)
  • KRQT (107.1 FM; CASTLE ROCK, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM LONGVIEW LICENSE, LLC)
  • K220HE (91.9 FM; CHEHALIS, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • KITI-FM (95.1 FM; WINLOCK, WA; Owner: PREMIER BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • KXXK (95.3 FM; HOQUIAM, WA; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
  • KDUX-FM (104.7 FM; ABERDEEN, WA; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
  • K205EN (88.9 FM; ABERDEEN, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • K207DB (89.3 FM; ABERDEEN, WA; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)


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