Yelm, WA

Census Place

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2021 Population

10,205

10.2% 1-year growth

US Senator

N/APatty Murray

Democratic Party

US Senator

N/AMaria Cantwell

Democratic Party

2021 Poverty Rate

5.97%

4.88% 1-year increase

2021 Median Household Income

$83,027

7.41% 1-year growth

About

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Yelm, WA are White (Non-Hispanic) (71.8%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (8.59%), Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander (Non-Hispanic) (5.77%), White (Hispanic) (4.94%), and Two+ (Hispanic) (3.54%).

None of the households in Yelm, 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 Yelm, WA N/A, and the average commute time was 36.3 minutes. The average car ownership in Yelm, WA was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

In 2021, there were 8.36 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (7.33k people) in Yelm, WA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 877 Two+ (Non-Hispanic) and 589 Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Yelm, WA

White (Non-Hispanic)
7.33k ± 532
Two+ (Non-Hispanic)
877 ± 314
Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander (Non-Hispanic)
589 ± 369

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Hispanic Population

1.16k people

11.3% of the people in Yelm, WA are hispanic (1.16k people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in Yelm, WA as a share of the total population.

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Economy

The economy of Yelm, WA employs N/A people. The largest industries in Yelm, WA are Retail Trade (706 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (683 people), and Public Administration (504 people), and the highest paying industries are N/A.

Employment

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The most common job groups, by number of people living in Yelm, WA, are Sales & Related Occupations (446 people), Construction & Extraction Occupations (421 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (396 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Yelm, WA.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Washington (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

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Industries

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The most common employment sectors for those who live in Yelm, WA, are Retail Trade (706 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (683 people), and Public Administration (504 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Yelm, WA, though some of these residents may live in Yelm, WA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

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Working Population

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Educational Attainment

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Race

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Housing & Living

People in Yelm, WA have an average commute time of 36.3 minutes, and they N/A. Car ownership in Yelm, WA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Equity

Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the places in Yelm, WA colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

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Median Household Income

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The following chart displays the households in Yelm, 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.

Wage Distribution

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This chart shows the number of workers in Yelm, WA across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

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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.

Commute Time

36.3 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Yelm, WA have a longer commute time (36.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.8 minutes). Additionally, 6.9% of the workforce in Yelm, WA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Yelm, WA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Yelm, WA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Yelm, WA have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

5.97% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Yelm, WA (609 out of 10.2k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of N/A%. 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 Yelm, WA is White, followed by Two Or More and Asian.

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.

Social Needs

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Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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