City safety & data profile
Walla WallaWA
Walla Walla, WA is a 32K-resident city in Walla Walla County with a median household income of $66,748.
Walla Walla County, Washington. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Walla Walla, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Walla Walla has a population larger than 66% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $393,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 32K
- Population (place)
- Top 34%
- By size
- $66,748
- Median income (place)
- $393,600
- Median home (place)
- 14.3%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Walla Walla
Walla Walla posts a median household income higher than 32% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 recent safety alert is on record and 1 hospital serves the Walla Walla area.
- Bottom 33%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- safety alert on record
- 1
- hospital in & near Walla Walla
Composite score · Walla Walla, WA
38/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
See the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Walla Walla income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$66,748 Bottom 32% higher than 32% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
WA cities ranked by population
Ranked by headcount across the 109 WA places Areazine tracks with both population and income data. Tooltip carries the income rank.
- Seattle
Seattle, WA
780,995 residents
- Spokane 229,447
Spokane, WA
229,447 residents
- Tacoma 222,906
Tacoma, WA
222,906 residents
- Vancouver 196,442
Vancouver, WA
196,442 residents
- Bellevue 139,820
Bellevue, WA
139,820 residents
- Kent 126,952
Kent, WA
126,952 residents
- Everett 108,010
Everett, WA
108,010 residents
- Renton 100,242
Renton, WA
100,242 residents
- Federal Way 95,171
Federal Way, WA
95,171 residents
- Spokane Valley 94,919
Spokane Valley, WA
94,919 residents
What this shows Seattle tops this pool by population; the income lead belongs to Sammamish instead.
Top earners by city in WA
Median household income among the same 109-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Sammamish
Sammamish, WA
$239,690 median
- Mercer Island
Mercer Island, WA
$219,069 median
- Snoqualmie
Snoqualmie, WA
$214,107 median
- Cottage Lake
Cottage Lake, WA
$213,106 median
- Mill Creek East
Mill Creek East, WA
$192,937 median
- Maltby
Maltby, WA
$185,457 median
- Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WA
$185,369 median
- Bainbridge Island
Bainbridge Island, WA
$172,188 median
- Bellevue
Bellevue, WA
$165,576 median
- Woodinville
Woodinville, WA
$164,398 median
What this shows Sammamish leads this pool on median income; Seattle is the population leader instead.
The quick read
Reading Walla Walla, WA beyond the headline numbers
Walla Walla sits inside Walla Walla County, Washington, at roughly 46.06°N, -118.34°W. Population 32,237, $66,748 median household income. Median home value $393,600, median rent $1,323. Poverty rate 14.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Walla Walla, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER. Climate: 54.3°F annual average, 18.8" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 29.9% in Walla Walla, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.
7.6% unemployment puts Walla Walla in the toughest quarter of reporting cities for job availability.
The median home in Walla Walla costs around 5.9 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.
Poverty in Walla Walla, WA stands at 14.3%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
27.6% of Walla Walla adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
Median rent in Walla Walla, WA runs $1,323/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.
13.3% of Walla Walla workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Walla Walla from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
Looking Back a Decade 2013–2024
County-level trend (Walla Walla County): Walla Walla's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
The Economic Picture
What stands out most about Walla Walla's economic profile: median household income at $66,748, 25% below the average across tracked places. A second figure worth noting: poverty rate at 14.3%, 15% above the tracked-city average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 14.3% +15% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 7.6% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 27.6% |
| Work From Home | 13.3% |
| Public Transit | 0.5% |
Population Snapshot
Community Health 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 1 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20241.5% below national average
Metro area: Walla Walla, WA (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
Flood Claims on Record
FEMA NFIP, county-level38 flood insurance claims have been filed in Walla Walla County since 2016, with $1.1M paid out by the NFIP.
The NFIP record does not attribute most of this county's claims to one named flood event.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Walla Walla? 1
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet WA-WALLA-WALLA · Walla Walla
Walla Walla: 1 tagged alert; lead category NWS weather alert.
- VOL-TRACE 1 on record
- WX-LED 100% weather
- DESK-MIX NOAA
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston
- RANK-MID #77 tagged volume
Tagged alert mix: Walla Walla
Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag
- Weather Alerts
Weather Alerts
1
What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Walla Walla.
Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Walla Walla; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Washington state hubs · Methodology
Similar alert activity elsewhere 4
Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Walla Walla, both outside Washington so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WA (14.3% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WA ($66,748 here).
Compare Walla Walla with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Cities Close By 8
What to do with Walla Walla's numbers
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Walla Walla area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Walla Walla against Washington peers on any ranking lens. Explore Washington
Place-level figures for population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) come from U.S. Census ACS; health data is CDC PLACES; hospital counts cover facilities in and around the city. Any county-level trend is labeled as such.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Walla Walla County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.