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Chelan County

Population in July 2007: 1,781.
Males: 869  (48.8%)
Females: 912  (51.2%)

Median resident age:  42.6 years
Washington median age:  35.3 years

Zip codes: 98801.

Estimated median household income in 2009: $55,544 (it was $44,028 in 2000)
West Wenatchee:

$55,544
Washington:

$56,548
Estimated per capita income in 2009: $22,774

West Wenatchee CDP income, earnings, and wages data

Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $300,300 (it was $164,400 in 2000)
West Wenatchee:

$300,300
Washington:

$287,200
Mean prices in 2009: All housing units: $281,435; Detached houses: $281,435

Median gross rent in 2009: $673.

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  • White alone - 1,410 (90.0%)
  • Hispanic - 156 (10.0%)

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Mar. 2012 cost of living index in West Wenatchee: 95.2 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (20.5%), Irish (13.4%), English (13.0%), Norwegian (4.7%), United States (4.6%), Swedish (4.3%).

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Land area: 3.95 square miles.

Population density: 451 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in West Wenatchee:

  • High school or higher: 84.6%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 23.3%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 9.2%
  • Unemployed: 9.6%
  • Mean travel time to work (commute): 16.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in West Wenatchee CDP:

  • Never married: 17.1%
  • Now married: 61.3%
  • Separated: 0.0%
  • Widowed: 6.2%
  • Divorced: 15.4%

102 residents are foreign born (4.0% Latin America, 1.6% North America).

This place:  6.1%
Washington:  10.4%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $2,531 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $1,940 (1.0%)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Yakima, WA (58.8 miles , pop. 71,845).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: East Seattle, WA (85.9 miles , pop. 480,100).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (929.2 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Wenatchee, WA (1.2 miles ), Sunnyslope, WA (1.6 miles ), East Wenatchee, WA (1.7 miles ), East Wenatchee Bench, WA (1.9 miles ), South Wenatchee, WA (2.0 miles ), Cashmere, WA (2.8 miles ), Malaga, WA (2.9 miles ), Rock Island, WA (3.2 miles ).

Latitude: 47.44 N, Longitude: 120.35 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 509

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Unemployment in August 2012:
Here:

7.3%
Washington:

8.5%

Unemployment by year (%)

Most common industries in 2005-2009 (%)
Males Females
  • Construction (17%)
  • Manufacturing (15%)
  • Wholesale trade (13%)
  • Retail trade (12%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Transportation and warehousing (7%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
  • Health care and social assistance (30%)
  • Wholesale trade (11%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (9%)
  • Educational services (9%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (8%)
  • Other services, except public administration (8%)
  • Public administration (8%)
Most common occupations (%)
Males Females
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (15%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
  • Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Cashiers (10%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (10%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)

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Earthquake activity:

West Wenatchee-area historical earthquake activity is below Washington state average. It is 75% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/29/1965 at 15:28:43, a magnitude 6.6 (6.6 UK, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 93.4 miles away from the city center, causing $28,000,000 total damage
On 5/3/1996 at 04:04:22, a magnitude 5.5 (5.2 MB, 5.3 MD, 5.5 ML, Depth: 2.5 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 70.8 miles away from West Wenatchee center
On 1/29/1995 at 03:11:22, a magnitude 5.1 (5.1 MB, 4.5 MS, 5.1 MW, 5.0 MD, Depth: 10.7 mi) earthquake occurred 94.6 miles away from the city center
On 10/8/2006 at 02:48:26, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 MB, 4.3 MW, 4.5 MD, Depth: 2.4 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 71.6 miles away from the city center
On 6/24/1997 at 14:23:12, a magnitude 4.6 (3.9 MB, 4.6 MD, Depth: 4.9 mi) earthquake occurred 68.4 miles away from West Wenatchee center
On 6/18/1994 at 07:01:07, a magnitude 4.3 (3.9 MB, 4.2 ML, 4.3 MD, Depth: 0.1 mi) earthquake occurred 45.0 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

Natural disasters:

The number of natural disasters in Chelan County (20) is a lot greater than the US average (12).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 8
Emergencies Declared: 2

Causes of natural disasters: Fires: 10, Floods: 5, Storms: 4, Winter Storms: 2, Landslide: 1, Mudslide: 1, Wind: 1, Drought: 1, Earthquake: 1, Hurricane: 1, Volcanic Eruption: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
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Hospitals/medical centers near West Wenatchee:

  • WENATCHEE VALLEY HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Proprietary, provides emergency services, about 2 miles away; WENATCHEE, WA)
  • KITTITAS VALLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (Critical Access Hospitals, Government - Hospital District or Authority, provides emergency services, about 30 miles away; ELLENSBURG, WA)
  • LAKE CHELAN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (Critical Access Hospitals, Government - Hospital District or Authority, provides emergency services, about 33 miles away; CHELAN, WA)

Amtrak stations near West Wenatchee:

  • 3 miles: WENATCHEE (FOOT OF KITTIAS ST.) . Services: fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, full-service food facilities, free short-term parking, call for taxi service, intercity bus service, public transit connection.
  • 19 miles: LEAVENWORTH (NW TRAILWAYS/LINK TRANSIT BUS STOP) - Bus Station

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to West Wenatchee:

  • Wenatchee Valley College (about 1 miles; Wenatchee, WA; Full-time enrollment: 2,169)
  • Central Washington University (about 32 miles; Ellensburg, WA; FT enrollment: 9,652)
  • Yakima Valley Community College (about 60 miles; Yakima, WA; FT enrollment: 2,757)
  • Bellevue College (about 85 miles; Bellevue, WA; FT enrollment: 6,870)
  • Green River Community College (about 87 miles; Auburn, WA; FT enrollment: 5,056)
  • University of Washington-Bothell Campus (about 89 miles; Bothell, WA; FT enrollment: 2,021)
  • Highline Community College (about 92 miles; Des Moines, WA; FT enrollment: 3,722)

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Notable location: Washington State University Tree Fruit Experiment Station (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Church in West Wenatchee: Wenatchee Free Methodist Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

 
Chelan County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
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Air Quality Index (AQI)

Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2003 was 19.7. This is better than average. Closest monitor was 0.7 miles away from the city center.
City:

19.7
U.S.:

24.6


Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 5.7%
(6.3% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)

Average household size:
This place:  2.7 people
Washington:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  81.1%
Whole state:  66.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  3.7%
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: 0.2% of all households

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in West Wenatchee, WA


3 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms

West Wenatchee compared to Washington state average:

  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in above state average.
  • Number of rooms per house above state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.


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Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


West Wenatchee travel time to work - commute
West Wenatchee mode of transportation to work chart

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Electricity (97%)
  • Wood (3%)


2008 Presidential Election results in Chelan County Washington:
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Religion statistics for West Wenatchee (based on Chelan County data)

Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 39.79%
Here39.8%
USA50.2%

Adherents


Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations

NameCatholic ChurchUnited Methodist ChurchLDS (Mormon) ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaSouthern Baptist Convention
Adherents36.9%7.9%7.0%6.6%6.0%
Congregations4.9%7.3%7.3%6.1%4.9%
NameAssemblies of GodFree Methodist Church of North AmericaSeventh-Day Adventist ChurchPresbyterian Church (USA)Other
Adherents5.7%3.8%3.8%2.9%19.6%
Congregations11.0%1.2%6.1%3.7%47.6%
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: 20
Chelan County:

2.83 / 10,000 pop.
Washington:

2.06 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 8
Chelan County:

1.13 / 10,000 pop.
Washington:

1.18 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 26
Chelan County:

3.68 / 10,000 pop.
State:

2.67 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 87
Here:

12.31 / 10,000 pop.
State:

8.26 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
This county:

7.6%
Washington:

7.7%
Adult obesity rate:
Chelan County:

21.6%
Washington:

25.7%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
This county:

20.2%
State:

13.9%

8.28% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,140 average adjusted gross income)

Here:

8.28%
Washington average:

7.86%

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($333 average AGI)
Chelan County:

0.04%
Washington average:

0.26%


Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Douglas County, WA  2.31% ($33,401 average AGI)
from King County, WA  0.90% ($62,502)
from Snohomish County, WA  0.63% ($48,695)


8.37% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($34,399 average adjusted gross income)

Here:

8.37%
Washington average:

7.07%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($151 average AGI)
Chelan County:

0.05%
Washington average:

0.16%


Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Douglas County, WA  2.72% ($37,856 average AGI)
to King County, WA  0.80% ($32,764)
to Spokane County, WA  0.41% ($25,554)

Strongest AM radio stations in West Wenatchee:

  • KPQ (560 AM; 5 kW; WENATCHEE, WA; Owner: WESTCOAST BROADCASTING CO.)
  • KKRT (900 AM; 1 kW; WENATCHEE, WA; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
  • KWWX (1340 AM; 1 kW; WENATCHEE, WA; Owner: FISHER RADIO REGIONAL GROUP, INC..)
  • KTBI (810 AM; daytime; 50 kW; EPHRATA, WA; Owner: TACOMA BROADCASTERS, INCORPORATED)
  • KIXI (880 AM; 50 kW; MERCER ISLAND/SEATTL, WA; Owner: BELLEVUE RADIO, 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.)
  • KRKO (1380 AM; 50 kW; EVERETT, WA; Owner: S-R BROADCASTING, CO.)
  • KYCW (1090 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • KKOL (1300 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in West Wenatchee:

  • KKRV (104.7 FM; WENATCHEE, WA; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
  • KPQ-FM (102.1 FM; WENATCHEE, WA; Owner: WESCOAST BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KNWR (90.7 FM; ELLENSBURG, WA; Owner: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • KOHO-FM (101.1 FM; LEAVENWORTH, WA; Owner: ICICLE BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KPLW (89.9 FM; WENATCHEE, WA; Owner: GROWING CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION)
  • KZPH (106.7 FM; CASHMERE, WA; Owner: FISHER RADIO REGIONAL GROUP, INC.)
  • K257DN (99.3 FM; BREWSTER, WA; Owner: BREWSTER GRANGE #1018)
  • K204DD (88.7 FM; WENATCHEE, WA; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • K207CS (89.3 FM; WENATCHEE, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • KWWW-FM (96.7 FM; QUINCY, WA; Owner: FISHER RADIO REGIONAL GROUP, INC..)
  • KZML (95.9 FM; QUINCY, WA; Owner: BUTTERFIELD BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KXLE-FM (95.3 FM; ELLENSBURG, WA; Owner: KXLE, INC.)
  • KQBE (103.1 FM; ELLENSBURG, WA; Owner: PEAK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • K232CV (94.3 FM; ELLENSBURG, WA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KOZI-FM (93.5 FM; CHELAN, WA; Owner: ICICLE BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KRCW (96.3 FM; ROYAL CITY, WA; Owner: FARMWORKER EDUCATIONAL RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
  • KCSH (88.9 FM; ELLENSBURG, WA; Owner: LIFETALK RADIO, INC.)
  • KLWS (91.5 FM; MOSES LAKE, WA; Owner: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • K221BI (92.1 FM; EAST WENATCHEE, WA; Owner: JOHN BYERS)
  • K265BD (100.9 FM; WENATCHEE, WA; Owner: SUSAN J. SMITH)

TV broadcast stations around West Wenatchee:

  • K34EM (Channel 34; WENATCHEE, WA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • KWCC-LP (Channel 47; WENATCHEE, ETC., WA; Owner: APPLE VALLEY TV ASSOCIATION, INC.)
  • K57BA (Channel 57; BAKER FLATS AREA, WA; Owner: APPLE VALLEY TV ASSOCIATION, INC.)
  • K59BF (Channel 59; BAKER FLATS AREA, WA; Owner: APPLE VALLEY TV ASSOCIATION, INC.)
  • K09CL (Channel 9; ROCK ISLAND, ETC., WA; Owner: APPLE VALLEY TV ASSOCIATION, INC.)
  • K11CS (Channel 11; ROCK ISLAND, ETC., WA; Owner: APPLE VALLEY TV ASSOCIATION, INC.)
  • K09FF (Channel 9; SQUILCHUCK STATE PAR, WA; Owner: APPLE VALLEY TV ASSOCIATION, INC.)
  • K11FJ (Channel 11; SQUILCHUCK STATE PAR, WA; Owner: APPLE VALLEY TV ASSOCIATION, INC.)
  • K13CQ (Channel 13; ROCK ISLAND, ETC., WA; Owner: APPLE VALLEY TV ASSOCIATION, INC.)
  • K13EZ (Channel 13; SQUILCHUCK STATE PAR, WA; Owner: APPLE VALLEY TV ASSOCIATION, INC.)
  • K08CG (Channel 8; MALAGA, ETC., WA; Owner: APPLE VALLEY TV ASSOCIATION, INC.)
  • K10CM (Channel 10; MALAGA, ETC., WA; Owner: APPLE VALLEY TV ASSOCIATION, INC.)
  • K12CF (Channel 12; MALAGA, ETC., WA; Owner: APPLE VALLEY TV ASSOCIATION, INC.)
  • K61AY (Channel 61; BAKER FLATS AREA, WA; Owner: SPOKANE SCHOOL DISTRICT 81/KSPS TV)
  • K51AE (Channel 51; MONITOR, ETC., WA; Owner: APPLE VALLEY TV ASSOCIATION, INC.)
  • K53AH (Channel 53; MONITOR, ETC., WA; Owner: APPLE VALLEY TV ASSOCIATION, INC.)
  • K55BN (Channel 55; MONITOR, ETC., WA; Owner: APPLE VALLEY TV ASSOCIATION, INC.)
  • K14BF (Channel 14; WENATCHEE, WA; Owner: WESCOAST BROADCASTING CO.)
  • K24EX (Channel 24; WENATCHEE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE TELEVISION, INC.)


Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009
(Based on 2 partial tracts)
A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA
Home Purchase Loans		B) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans		C) Refinancings
D) Home Improvement Loans
E) Loans on Dwellings For 5+ Families
F) Non-occupant Loans on
< 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D)		G) Loans On Manufactured
Home Dwelling (A B C & D)
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED7$209,34615$211,72388$207,6496$141,5831$1,658,6007$145,5244$90,708
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED0$01$134,83011$229,0301$31,5700$01$125,7401$124,220
APPLICATIONS DENIED1$215,9104$122,76527$216,1692$109,8850$02$155,7453$70,473
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN1$185,2001$308,36018$203,9500$00$01$198,5401$156,650
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS0$01$72,1703$216,8830$00$00$00$0
Choose year:  2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004

Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 9608.00 , 9609.00

Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009
(Based on 2 partial tracts)
A) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans		B) Refinancings
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED3$266,5372$189,680
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED1$233,5600$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED1$143,8400$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN0$00$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS0$00$0
Choose year:  2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004

Detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 9608.00 , 9609.00

Conventional Home Purchase Loans

Conventional Home Purchase Loans - Value

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