Pasco

Population & Demographics

Pasco, WA

Pasco is home to 79,575 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 35,494 resident workers commute each day.

WashingtonCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
79,575
people
Population

79,575 residents

Median age 30.3 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Pasco population & demographics

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

Population
79,575
Median age
30.3yrs
Median household income
$85,586
Median home value
$376,300
Median gross rent
$1,227/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
21.4%
Poverty rate
12.6%

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 Pasco

How Pasco 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 Latino58.5%
White34.0%
Two or more races3.0%
Black1.8%
Asian1.8%
Some other race0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%

Race across Pasco

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 Pasco.

Pasco at a glance
Employed Residents
35,494
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
7.2mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
24.2%
Share working within the area
Work from home
7.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Richland
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Pasco 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 Pasco 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

65 / 100

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

Pasco

35,494 commutes, one dot at a time

Pasco

Where 35,494 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Pasco0.0 mi8,578
2Richland7.2 mi6,986
3Kennewick3.7 mi6,004
4Seattle178.6 mi614
5Yakima71.0 mi590
6Walla Walla40.8 mi402
7West Richland10.9 mi390
8Burbank7.4 mi388

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Pasco.

1Pasco0.0 mi8,578
2Kennewick3.7 mi4,834
3Richland7.2 mi2,648
4West Richland10.9 mi701
5Finley6.5 mi398
6Walla Walla40.8 mi291
7Yakima71.0 mi269
8Spokane127.9 mi236

Top industries

The sectors that employ Pasco’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%)
RTRetail Trade14.1%
EDEducational Services13.5%
MFManufacturing13.2%
COConstruction8.7%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance8.5%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.7%
WSWholesale Trade7.3%
TRTransportation and Warehousing6.9%
AGAgriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting4.3%
Connectivity

Internet options for Pasco

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 Gbps93%
5 Gbps11%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Pasco

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).