Vancouver

Population & Demographics

Vancouver, WA

Vancouver is home to 195,300 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 90,112 resident workers commute each day.

WashingtonCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
195,300
people
Population

195,300 residents

Median age 37.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Vancouver population & demographics

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

Population
195,300
Median age
37.9yrs
Median household income
$81,338
Median home value
$462,400
Median gross rent
$1,702/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
32.4%
Poverty rate
10.2%

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 Vancouver

How Vancouver 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).

White65.3%
Hispanic or Latino16.8%
Two or more races7.0%
Asian5.3%
Black3.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1.5%
Some other race0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.5%

Race across Vancouver

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 Vancouver.

Vancouver at a glance
Employed Residents
90,112
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
7.8mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
34.7%
Share working within the area
Work from home
17.6%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Portland
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Vancouver 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 Vancouver 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.

63
Commute Score

63 / 100

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

Vancouver

90,112 commutes, one dot at a time

Vancouver

Where 90,112 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Vancouver0.0 mi31,262
2Portland7.8 mi16,674
3Seattle138.0 mi3,173
4Camas8.8 mi2,440
5Hazel Dell4.4 mi2,053
6Gresham11.8 mi1,438
7Mount Vista7.5 mi1,322
8Salmon Creek6.0 mi1,164

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Vancouver.

1Vancouver0.0 mi31,262
2Portland7.8 mi6,536
3Orchards4.9 mi4,492
4Hazel Dell4.4 mi3,413
5Camas8.8 mi3,366
6Five Corners3.7 mi3,318
7Salmon Creek6.0 mi3,121
8Battle Ground10.5 mi2,569

Top industries

The sectors that employ Vancouver’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 Assistance18.3%
RTRetail Trade9.9%
EDEducational Services9.8%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.9%
MFManufacturing8.1%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services6.0%
COConstruction5.9%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.2%
WSWholesale Trade4.2%
Connectivity

Internet options for Vancouver

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

6 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps51%
8 Gbps49%
See all internet providers in Vancouver

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).