What is the population of Kittitas city?

Kittitas city has 1,186 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #371 of 639 in Washington.

What is the median household income in Kittitas city?

Median household income in Kittitas city is $66,150 a year, 15.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kittitas city?

Median gross rent is $1,253 a month and the median home value is $278,100, so rent absorbs about 22.7% of median household income.

Is Kittitas city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kittitas city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Kittitas, WA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Kittitas, Washington (Kittitas, WA — Census place “Kittitas city”) is 1,186 residents, ranking #371 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $66,150, the median home is worth $278,100 and median gross rent runs $1,253 a month. Looking for the Kittitas Washington ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Kittitas, WA: 98934.

Population: 1,186Kittitas city residents
Median household income: $66,150Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $278,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,253Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 49.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 69.7%Owner-occupied households

Kittitas ZIP codes (Washington)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Kittitas.

The Kittitas WA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

98934

What the numbers mean in Kittitas city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Kittitas city median would spend about 22.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13% of residents and 69.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Kittitas city, WA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Kittitas city is a small town in Washington, with 1,186 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #371 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 42% of them. The median age here is 49.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Kittitas city earn a median of $66,150 a year, 15.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 27% below the $90,592 median for the 393 Washington cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 13% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Kittitas city is valued at $278,100, 8.3% below the national figure and 41% below the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,253 a month, 10.9% below the national figure, or roughly $15,036 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 69.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Kittitas city?: Kittitas city has 1,186 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #371 of 639 in Washington.
What is the median household income in Kittitas city?: Median household income in Kittitas city is $66,150 a year, 15.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kittitas city?: Median gross rent is $1,253 a month and the median home value is $278,100, so rent absorbs about 22.7% of median household income.
Is Kittitas city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kittitas city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Kittitas city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.