Coulee Dam, WA
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None of the households in Coulee Dam, WA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.
Most people in Coulee Dam, WA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 14.8 minutes. The average car ownership in Coulee Dam, WA was 2 cars per household.
The economy of Coulee Dam, WA employs 688 people. The largest industries in Coulee Dam, WA are Public Administration (223 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (68 people), and Educational Services (65 people), and the highest paying industries are Utilities ($118,542), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($117,917), and Construction ($105,625).
The most common job groups, by number of people living in Coulee Dam, WA, are Management Occupations (119 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (95 people), and Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations (72 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Coulee Dam, WA.
This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Washington (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.
The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.
The most common employment sectors for those who live in Coulee Dam, WA, are Public Administration (223 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (68 people), and Educational Services (65 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Coulee Dam, WA, though some of these residents may live in Coulee Dam, WA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($118,472), Public Administration ($111,250), and Construction ($105,625).
The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Public Administration ($82,917), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($81,667), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($53,429).
As of February 2023, there are 3.58M people employed in Washington. This represents a 3.62% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.
Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.3%.
The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Washington.
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Washington went to Kamala Harris with 57.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (39%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.4%).
Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell are the senators currently representing the state of Washington. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
Washington is currently represented by 10 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Washington went to Kamala Harris with 57.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (39%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.4%).
The following chart shows the popular vote results in Washington for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.
Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell are the senators currently representing Washington.
In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
The following chart shows elected senators in Washington over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.
Washington is currently represented by 10 members in the U.S. house.
Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Washington have changed over time starting in 2008.
The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.
In 2022, 0.975% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.954% of women were in the same situation.
This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.
The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (1.41M), Some college (1.4M), and Bachelors Degree (1.33M).
This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.
People in Coulee Dam, WA have an average commute time of 14.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Coulee Dam, WA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.
The following map shows all of the places in Coulee Dam, WA colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).
The following chart displays the households in Coulee Dam, WA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $60k - $75k range.
In 2022, the income inequality in Washington was 0.47 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.285% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Washington was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Washington in comparison to the national average.
This chart shows the number of workers in Washington across various wage buckets compared to the national average.
In 2023, 79.5% of workers in Coulee Dam, WA drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (7.27%) and those who walked to work (5.81%).
The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.
Using averages, employees in Coulee Dam, WA have a shorter commute time (14.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 0.919% of the workforce in Coulee Dam, WA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows how the median household income in Coulee Dam, WA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
The following chart displays the households in Coulee Dam, WA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Coulee Dam, WA have 2 cars.
N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Coulee Dam, WA (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.
The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Coulee Dam, WA is Native American, followed by White and Black.
The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.
N/A% of the population of Coulee Dam, WA has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.
In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .
By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.
The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.
The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Coulee Dam, WA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
