For population 25 years and over in West Clarkston-Highland:
High school or higher: 85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.8%
Graduate or professional degree: 6.0%
Unemployed: 5.4%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 15.9 minutes
For population 15 years and over in West Clarkston-Highland CDP:
Never married: 21.0%
Now married: 53.1%
Separated: 3.1%
Widowed: 7.7%
Divorced: 15.1%
73 residents are foreign born
This place:
1.6%
Washington:
10.4%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $1,419 (1.0%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $1,394 (1.0%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Spokane, WA (89.5 miles , pop. 195,629).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: East Seattle, WA (255.0 miles , pop. 480,100).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (854.7 miles , pop. 3,694,820).
West Clarkston-Highland-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Washington state average. It is 76% 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 66.6 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 66.2 miles away from West Clarkston-Highland center On 6/28/1998 at 07:35:32, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 MD, 3.6 ML, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 12.0 miles away from the city center On 8/17/1994 at 06:56:49, a magnitude 4.1 (3.6 ML, 4.1 ML, Depth: 1.0 mi) earthquake occurred 95.6 miles away from the city center On 11/11/2001 at 16:00:29, a magnitude 4.0 (4.0 MD, Depth: 2.9 mi) earthquake occurred 90.4 miles away from West Clarkston-Highland center On 11/8/1997 at 09:15:06, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 ML, 3.5 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 79.1 miles away from the city center Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Spokane County (13) is near the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 9 Emergencies Declared: 3
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 4, Storms: 4, Snows: 2, Fires: 2, Floods: 2, Winter Storms: 2, Heavy Rain: 1, Landslide: 1, Mudslide: 1, Drought: 1, Hurricane: 1, Volcanic Eruption: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals/medical centers near West Clarkston-Highland:
TRI-STATE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (Critical Access Hospitals, Government - Local, provides emergency services, about 2 miles away; CLARKSTON, WA)
ST JOSEPH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Church, provides emergency services, about 4 miles away; LEWISTON, ID)
PULLMAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (Critical Access Hospitals, Government - Hospital District or Authority, provides emergency services, about 24 miles away; PULLMAN, WA)
Amtrak station near West Clarkston-Highland:
5 miles: LEWISTON (3120 NORTH-SOUTH HWY.) - Bus Station . Services: public payphones, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to West Clarkston-Highland:
Lewis-Clark State College (about 2 miles; Lewiston, ID; Full-time enrollment: 2,534)
University of Idaho (about 23 miles; Moscow, ID; FT enrollment: 9,625)
Washington State University (about 24 miles; Pullman, WA; FT enrollment: 21,748)
Walla Walla Community College (about 63 miles; Walla Walla, WA; FT enrollment: 2,727)
Eastern Washington University (about 80 miles; Cheney, WA; FT enrollment: 9,533)
North Idaho College (about 90 miles; Coeur d'Alene, ID; FT enrollment: 3,090)
Spokane Community College (about 90 miles; Spokane, WA; FT enrollment: 4,944)
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2008 was 31.0. This is better than average.
City:
31.0
U.S.:
38.3
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 15.4%
(13.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 69.9% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 100.0% for American Indian residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
This place:
2.3 people
Washington:
2.4 people
Percentage of family households:
This place:
62.9%
Whole state:
65.6%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:
7.1%
Whole state:
6.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Religion statistics for West Clarkston-Highland (based on Spokane County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 36.11%
Here
36.1%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Catholic Church
LDS (Mormon) Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Southern Baptist Convention
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Adherents
37.9%
9.4%
7.1%
5.7%
5.3%
Congregations
8.4%
12.3%
6.8%
5.2%
5.8%
Name
Non-Charismatic Churches Independent
United Methodist Church
Lutheran Church
Assemblies of God
Other
Adherents
3.9%
3.7%
2.9%
2.9%
21.1%
Congregations
1.9%
5.8%
2.9%
4.9%
45.8%
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: 82
Spokane County:
1.80 / 10,000 pop.
Washington:
2.06 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 8
This county:
0.18 / 10,000 pop.
State:
0.19 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 28
Spokane County:
0.61 / 10,000 pop.
Washington:
1.18 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 118
Spokane County:
2.59 / 10,000 pop.
State:
2.67 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 281
Here:
6.16 / 10,000 pop.
State:
8.26 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
This county:
8.2%
Washington:
7.7%
Adult obesity rate:
Spokane County:
27.2%
Washington:
25.7%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
This county:
9.7%
State:
13.9%
6.39% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($39,237 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
6.39%
Washington average:
7.86%
0.15% of residents moved from foreign countries ($672 average AGI)
Spokane County:
0.15%
Washington average:
0.26%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
