Kelso, WA
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None of the households in Kelso, 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 Kelso, WA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 21.3 minutes. The average car ownership in Kelso, WA was 2 cars per household.
The economy of Kelso, WA employs N/A people. The largest industries in Kelso, WA are , and the highest paying industries are Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($95,117), Public Administration ($69,167), and Transportation & Warehousing ($55,441).
The most common job groups, by number of people living in Kelso, WA, are . This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Kelso, 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 Kelso, WA, are . This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Kelso, WA, though some of these residents may live in Kelso, 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 Public Administration ($68,472), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($60,536), and Construction ($55,357).
The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Public Administration ($73,750), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($51,250), and Manufacturing ($50,481).
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 Kelso, WA have an average commute time of 21.3 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Kelso, WA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.
This chart shows the percentage of owner in Kelso, WA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.
The following map shows all of the places in Kelso, WA colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).
The following chart displays the households in Kelso, 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 N/A 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, 87.1% of workers in Kelso, WA drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (6.09%) and those who carpooled to work (4.64%).
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 Kelso, WA have a shorter commute time (21.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 1.22% of the workforce in Kelso, WA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows how the median household income in Kelso, WA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
The following chart displays the households in Kelso, WA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Kelso, WA have 2 cars.
19.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Kelso, WA (2.45k out of 12.6k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 35 - 44, followed by Males 55 - 64 and then Females 25 - 34.
The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Kelso, WA is false, followed by false and false.
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.
90.8% of the population of Kelso, WA has health coverage, with 32.1% on employee plans, 30.8% on Medicaid, 11.6% on Medicare, 14.4% on non-group plans, and 1.98% on military or VA plans.
Primary care physicians in Cowlitz County, WA see 1713 patients per year on average, which represents a 5.35% increase from the previous year (1626 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1690 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 196 patients per year.
Primary care physicians in Cowlitz County, WA see an average of 1,713 patients per year. This represents a 5.35% increase from the previous year (1,626 patients).
The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Cowlitz County, WA in comparison to its neighboring geographies.
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 Kelso, WA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
