For population 25 years and over in Walla Walla East:
High school or higher: 90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 33.4%
Graduate or professional degree: 10.9%
Unemployed: 7.7%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 14.6 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Walla Walla East CDP:
Never married: 19.4%
Now married: 64.3%
Separated: 1.8%
Widowed: 6.6%
Divorced: 7.9%
157 residents are foreign born (3.5% Latin America, 1.1% Europe, 1.0% North America, 0.7% Asia).
This place:
6.3%
Washington:
10.4%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $2,489 (1.1%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $2,099 (1.3%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Kennewick, WA (42.1 miles , pop. 54,693).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: East Seattle, WA (212.0 miles , pop. 480,100).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (828.1 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
Walla Walla East-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Washington state average. It is 49% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 11/28/1991 at 01:08:58, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, 4.0 ML, 4.3 MD, Depth: 5.9 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 4.8 miles away from the city center On 7/14/1992 at 20:01:51, a magnitude 4.1 (3.8 ML, 4.1 MD, Depth: 7.2 mi) earthquake occurred 4.6 miles away from Walla Walla East center On 8/7/1992 at 17:23:17, a magnitude 3.9 (3.7 ML, 3.9 MD, Depth: 0.4 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 63.3 miles away from the city center On 6/28/1998 at 07:35:32, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 MD, 3.6 ML, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 75.0 miles away from the city center On 5/18/2008 at 22:19:55, a magnitude 3.7 (3.3 MW, 3.7 MD, Depth: 12.5 mi) earthquake occurred 60.1 miles away from Walla Walla East center On 12/20/2006 at 09:43:26, a magnitude 3.4 (3.4 MD, Depth: 8.5 mi) earthquake occurred 10.3 miles away from the city center Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Pierce County (19) is greater than the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 18 Emergencies Declared: 1
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 10, Storms: 10, Mudslides: 4, Landslides: 3, Winter Storms: 3, Heavy Rains: 2, Winds: 2, Earthquakes: 2, Floods: 2, Hurricane: 1, Volcanic Eruption: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals/medical centers near Walla Walla East:
PROVIDENCE ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Church, provides emergency services, about 12 miles away; WALLA WALLA, WA)
WALLA WALLA GENERAL HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Church, provides emergency services, about 12 miles away; WALLA WALLA, WA)
WALLA WALLA VA MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care - Veterans Administration, Government Federal, about 12 miles away; WALLA WALLA, WA)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Walla Walla East:
Walla Walla Community College (about 2 miles; Walla Walla, WA; Full-time enrollment: 2,727)
Columbia Basin College (about 42 miles; Pasco, WA; FT enrollment: 3,351)
Eastern Oregon University (about 58 miles; La Grande, OR; FT enrollment: 2,178)
Lewis-Clark State College (about 66 miles; Lewiston, ID; FT enrollment: 2,534)
Washington State University (about 72 miles; Pullman, WA; FT enrollment: 21,748)
University of Idaho (about 77 miles; Moscow, ID; FT enrollment: 9,625)
Eastern Washington University (about 105 miles; Cheney, WA; FT enrollment: 9,533)
Pierce County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 9.8%
(6.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 72.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
This place:
2.5 people
Washington:
2.4 people
Percentage of family households:
This place:
78.1%
Whole state:
65.6%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:
3.2%
Whole state:
6.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Religion statistics for Walla Walla East (based on Pierce County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 29.77%
Here
29.8%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Catholic Church
LDS (Mormon) Church
Assemblies of God
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Adherents
29.7%
9.7%
8.9%
7.4%
4.8%
Congregations
6.3%
11.1%
5.7%
6.6%
5.7%
Name
Southern Baptist Convention
Charismatic Churches Independent
Lutheran Church
United Methodist Church
Other
Adherents
4.2%
3.7%
3.6%
3.3%
24.7%
Congregations
6.1%
1.1%
2.5%
6.3%
48.6%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 132
Pierce County:
1.71 / 10,000 pop.
Washington:
2.06 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 13
This county:
0.17 / 10,000 pop.
State:
0.19 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 105
Pierce County:
1.36 / 10,000 pop.
Washington:
1.18 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 152
Pierce County:
1.97 / 10,000 pop.
State:
2.67 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 511
Here:
6.61 / 10,000 pop.
State:
8.26 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
This county:
8.4%
Washington:
7.7%
Adult obesity rate:
Pierce County:
29.3%
Washington:
25.7%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
This county:
14.1%
State:
13.9%
8.78% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($39,193 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
8.78%
Washington average:
7.86%
0.41% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,479 average AGI)
Pierce County:
0.41%
Washington average:
0.26%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
