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Grant County

Population in July 2007: 1,509.
Males: 797  (52.8%)
Females: 712  (47.2%)
Median resident age:  37.4 years
Washington median age:  35.3 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $52,500 (it was $43,851 in 2000)
Gloyd  $52,500
Washington:  $55,591

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $224,200 (it was $165,000 in 2000)
Gloyd  $224,200
Washington:  $300,800

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Races in Gloyd:

  • White Non-Hispanic (87.4%)
  • Hispanic (9.7%)
  • Other race (6.5%)
  • Two or more races (3.8%)
  • Black (0.7%)
  • American Indian (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Gloyd: 79.9 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Land area: 102.1 square miles.

Population density: 15 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




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For population 25 years and over in Gloyd

  • High school or higher: 89.1%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.1%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.6%
  • Unemployed: 7.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 18.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Gloyd CCD

  • Never married: 22.4%
  • Now married: 64.1%
  • Separated: 1.4%
  • Widowed: 5.1%
  • Divorced: 8.4%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:  1.5%
Washington:  10.4%

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

Gloyd:  1.0% ($1,625)
Washington:  1.1% ($1,915)
Gloyd satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Kennewick, WA (72.2 miles , pop. 54,693).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: East Seattle, WA (197.8 miles , pop. 480,100).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (911.7 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Moses Lake North, WA (4.0 miles ), Cascade Valley, WA (6.3 miles ), Moses Lake, WA (8.1 miles ), Lakeview, WA (16.0 miles ), Soap Lake, WA (16.0 miles ), Ephrata, WA (17.2 miles ), Wilson Creek, WA (18.4 miles ), Krupp, WA (25.3 miles) .

Latitude: 47.24 N, Longitude: 119.31 W


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Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (24%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
  • Food (4%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
  • Educational services (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Educational services (18%)
  • Health care (12%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (6%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Construction laborers (10%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (8%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (7%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
  • Other healthcare support occupations (6%)
  • Business operations specialists (5%)
  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)


Hospitals/medical centers near Gloyd:
  • SAMARITAN HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; MOSES LAKE, WA)
  • COLUMBIA BASIN HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; EPHRATA, WA)
  • OTHELLO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 35 miles; OTHELLO, WA)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Gloyd:
  • GRANT CO INTL (about 3 miles; MOSES LAKE, WA; ID: MWH)
  • PANGBORN MEMORIAL (about 63 miles; WENATCHEE, WA; ID: EAT)
  • TRI-CITIES (about 70 miles; PASCO, WA; ID: PSC)
Other public-use airports nearest to Gloyd:
  • MOSES LAKE MUNI (about 9 miles; MOSES LAKE, WA; ID: W20)
  • EPHRATA MUNI (about 14 miles; EPHRATA, WA; ID: EPH)
  • WILSON CREEK (about 20 miles; WILSON CREEK, WA; ID: 5W1)

Amtrak stations near Gloyd:
  • 11 miles: MOSES LAKE (1819 KITTLESON RD.) - Bus Station
  • 18 miles: EPHRATA (24 ALDER ST. NW). Services: fully wheelchair accessible, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, intercity bus service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Gloyd:
  • COLUMBIA BASIN COLLEGE (about 63 miles; PASCO, WA; Full-time enrollment: 3,529)
  • WENATCHEE VALLEY COLLEGE (about 72 miles; WENATCHEE, WA; FT enrollment: 2,074)
  • CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 83 miles; ELLENSBURG, WA; FT enrollment: 7,420)
  • YAKIMA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 97 miles; YAKIMA, WA; FT enrollment: 2,906)
  • WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 119 miles; PULLMAN, WA; FT enrollment: 18,110)
  • EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 120 miles; CHENEY, WA; FT enrollment: 7,852)
  • WALLA WALLA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 121 miles; WALLA WALLA, WA; FT enrollment: 2,812)

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Lakes and reservoirs: Willow Lake (A), South Willow Lake (B), Glyn Lake (C), Lake Lyon (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Creek: Rocky Ford Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Park in Gloyd: North Columbia Basin State Wildlife Recreation Area - Gloyd Seeps Unit (1). Display/hide its location on the map

 

Average household size:
This place:  3.0 people
Washington:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  70.8%
Whole state:  66.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  5.5%
Whole state:  6.1%

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

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  4.2%
Whole state:  10.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  2.2%
Whole state:  4.6%

Gloyd compared to Washington state average:
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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Most commonly used house heating fuel:


6.61% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,980 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.61%
Washington average:  7.86%

0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($149 average AGI)
Grant County:  0.05%
Washington average:  0.26%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from King County, WA  0.72% ($38,412 average AGI)
from Spokane County, WA  0.51% ($26,556)
from Adams County, WA  0.41% ($29,634)


6.85% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,395 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.85%
Washington average:  7.07%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Spokane County, WA  0.71% ($31,086 average AGI)
to King County, WA  0.47% ($30,026)
to Benton County, WA  0.41% ($34,910)


Strongest AM radio stations in Gloyd:
  • KTBI (810 AM; daytime; 50 kW; EPHRATA, WA; Owner: TACOMA BROADCASTERS, INCORPORATED)
  • KWIQ (1020 AM; 3 kW; MOSES LAKE NORTH, WA; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
  • KBSN (1470 AM; 5 kW; MOSES LAKE, WA; Owner: KSEM, INC.)
  • KULE (730 AM; 1 kW; EPHRATA, WA; Owner: BUTTERFIELD BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KFLD (870 AM; 10 kW; PASCO, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KGA (1510 AM; 50 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KPQ (560 AM; 5 kW; WENATCHEE, WA; Owner: WESTCOAST BROADCASTING CO.)
  • KIRO (710 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KIXI (880 AM; 50 kW; MERCER ISLAND/SEATTL, WA; Owner: BELLEVUE RADIO, INC.)
  • KONA (610 AM; 5 kW; KENNEWICK-RICHLAND-P, WA; Owner: COMMONWEALTH LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
  • KTTH (770 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KZTS (1210 AM; 10 kW; SUNNYSIDE, WA; Owner: BUTTERFIELD BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KYAK (930 AM; 10 kW; YAKIMA, WA)

Strongest FM radio stations in Gloyd:
  • KRCW (96.3 FM; ROYAL CITY, WA; Owner: FARMWORKER EDUCATIONAL RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
  • KULE-FM (92.3 FM; EPHRATA, WA; Owner: BUTTERFIELD BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KLWS (91.5 FM; MOSES LAKE, WA; Owner: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • KTAC (93.9 FM; EPHRATA, WA; Owner: TACOMA BROADCASTERS, INCORPORATED)
  • KMLW (88.3 FM; MOSES LAKE, WA; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
  • KDRM (99.3 FM; MOSES LAKE, WA; Owner: KSEM, INC.)
  • KWWW-FM (96.7 FM; QUINCY, WA; Owner: FISHER RADIO REGIONAL GROUP, INC..)
  • K257DN (99.3 FM; BREWSTER, WA; Owner: BREWSTER GRANGE #1018)
  • KZML (95.9 FM; QUINCY, WA; Owner: BUTTERFIELD BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KWLN (103.3 FM; WILSON CREEK, WA; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
  • KEYG-FM (98.5 FM; GRAND COULEE, WA; Owner: WHEELER BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KWIQ-FM (100.3 FM; MOSES LAKE, WA; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
  • KZLN-FM (97.5 FM; OTHELLO, WA; Owner: WHEELER BROADCASTING, INC)
  • K212DB (90.3 FM; MOSES LAKE, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)





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