Chelan County, Washington

• White (non-Hispanic) 52,097 65.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 23,247 29.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 333 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 661 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,754 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 473 0.6%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 110 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 497 0.6%

• Under 18 18,109 22.6%
• 18–24 6,237 7.8%
• 25–44 20,172 25.2%
• 45–64 18,885 23.6%
• 65 and over 16,769 20.9%

Median household income

$79,974

90% interval $73,547–$86,401

−$19,335 vs WA · 17th of 39

Below poverty line

10.2%

90% interval 8.2%–12.2%

+0.2 pp vs WA · 31st of 39

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.6%

−0.41 pp vs. state

County GDP

$7.1B

0.83% of state

Avg. annual pay

$59,473

Establishments

3,253

• Education & health services 10,900 24.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 7,992 17.9%
• Natural resources & mining 7,805 17.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 5,680 12.7%
• Construction 2,551 5.7%
• Professional & business services 2,334 5.2%
• Public administration 2,075 4.6%
• Manufacturing 1,985 4.4%
• Financial activities 1,542 3.5%
• Other services 1,071 2.4%
• Information 387 0.9%

The sectors listed cover 99.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

64.6%

+0.8 pp vs WA · 33rd of 39

Median gross rent

$1,226

−$534 vs WA · 17th of 39

Owner-occupied

20,363

Renter-occupied

11,157

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $87,189/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $31,683/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 22,363 53.4%
• Democratic 18,397 43.9%
• Other / third-party 1,133 2.7%

• Spanish 17,828 23.5%
• German or other West Germanic 223 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 203 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 174 0.2%
• Vietnamese 112 0.1%
• Chinese 98 0.1%
• Tagalog 78 0.1%
• Korean 41 0.1%
• Arabic 7 0.0%

Households

31,520

Family households

20,790

66.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

6,015

28.9% of families

Single-mother families

1,524

7.3% of families

Veterans

3,989

6.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 36,689 46.4%
• Catholic 7,929 10.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,424 5.6%
• Mainline Protestant 2,743 3.5%
• Black Protestant 300 0.4%
• Orthodox 77 0.1%

Health insured

89.5%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

10.5%

±1.2 pp

7th of 39

With a disability

15.7%

±1 pp

23rd of 39

Bachelor's or higher

31.2%

±1.6 pp

−8.4 pp vs WA · 16th of 39

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.3%

90% interval 11.1%–13.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

17th Superior Court District

Judges

3 (Superior Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal + family + juvenile + probate jurisdiction); vintage 2026 courts.wa.gov; cross-checked against RCW § 2.08.064. District Court judges (limited jurisdiction: misdemeanors, traffic, small civil up to $100K) are separately allocated and not counted here. Municipal Court judges (city-level traffic + misdemeanor) also separate.)

Court seats

Wenatchee

Traffic fatalities

7

11.28 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7