Yakima

Population & Demographics

Yakima, WA

Yakima is home to 96,961 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 40,268 resident workers commute each day.

WashingtonCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
96,961
people
Population

96,961 residents

Median age 34.3 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Yakima population & demographics

Who lives in Yakima — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
96,961
Median age
34.3yrs
Median household income
$62,815
Median home value
$297,600
Median gross rent
$1,117/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
20.8%
Poverty rate
16.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Yakima

How Yakima breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino49.4%
White42.7%
Two or more races4.0%
Asian1.3%
Black1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.6%
Some other race0.4%

Race across Yakima

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Yakima.

Yakima at a glance
Employed Residents
40,268
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
4.5mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
48.7%
Share working within the area
Work from home
7.6%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Union Gap
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Yakima proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Yakima commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

81 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Yakima

40,268 commutes, one dot at a time

Yakima

Where 40,268 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Yakima, by worker count.

1Yakima0.0 mi19,612
2Union Gap3.3 mi1,874
3Selah4.0 mi803
4Seattle110.6 mi769
5Ahtanum4.4 mi736
6Terrace Heights4.5 mi587
7Moxee7.9 mi553
8Richland63.9 mi404

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Yakima.

1Yakima0.0 mi19,612
2Terrace Heights4.5 mi1,729
3Selah4.0 mi1,519
4Union Gap3.3 mi1,204
5Ahtanum4.4 mi821
6Moxee7.9 mi721
7Sunnyside31.5 mi646
8Toppenish18.5 mi604

Top industries

The sectors that employ Yakima’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance24.1%
AGAgriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting13.4%
RTRetail Trade11.6%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.7%
EDEducational Services7.4%
MFManufacturing6.6%
PAPublic Administration6.5%
WSWholesale Trade3.4%
COConstruction3.4%
Connectivity

Internet options for Yakima

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

8 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps91%
5 Gbps73%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Yakima

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).