Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $1,695 (1.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $1,498 (0.9%)
Area name: Wenatchee, WA MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Chelan County is $497 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $628 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $847 a month.
Cities in this county include: Cascade-Fairwood
, Wenatchee
, Chelan
, Cashmere
, Sunnyslope
, Leavenworth
, West Wenatchee
, Entiat
, Malaga
, Manson
.
Neighboring
counties: Douglas County
, King County
, Kittitas County
, Okanogan County
, Skagit County
, Snohomish County
.
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Chelan County: Manly
Wham Campground
(A),
High Bridge Campground
(B),
High Bridge Guard Station
(C),
Packrat Camp
(D),
Holden Campground
(E),
Manson Boat Launch
(F),
Horse Camp
(G),
Lake Creek Campground
(H),
Alphine Campground
(I),
Alpine Lookout
(J),
Alpine Meadows Campground
(K),
Huckleberry Ford
(L),
Huckleberry Ford Campground
(M),
Hugo Siding
(N),
Hunters Trail Sheler
(O),
Ice Creek Camp
(P),
Ice Creek Shelter
(Q),
Ida Creek Campground
(R),
Antilon Lake Campground
(S),
Maple Creek Campground
(T)
Cemeteries: Chelan
Fraternal Cemetery
(1),
Mountain View Cemetery
(2),
Riverview Cemetery
(3),
Peshastin Cemetery
(4),
Leavenworth Cemetery
(5),
Entiat Cemetery
(6),
Stemilt Hill Cemetery
(7)
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Kettling
Lake
(A),
Bannock Lakes
(B),
Coney Lake
(C),
Battalion Lake
(D),
Roses Lake
(E),
Coon Lake
(F),
French Potholes
(G),
Waddell Lake
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Ibex
Creek
(A),
Hunts Creek
(B),
Miners Run Creek
(C),
Devils Club Creek
(D),
Cedar Creek
(E),
Skinney Creek
(F),
Hoxsey Creek
(G),
Sturm Creek
(H),
Minnow Creek
(I)
Parks in Chelan County include: Wenatchee
River County Park
(1),
Fir Creek Recreation Area
(2),
Nalon Creek Game Reserve
(3),
Twenty-Five Mile Creek State Park
(4),
Chelan County Park
(5),
Lake Chelan State Park
(6),
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
(7),
Ice Caves State Park
(8),
Squilchuck State Park
(9)
Beach: Minneapolis
Beach
(A).
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
3.5% | | Washington: | 4.3% |
Current college students: 2,623
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 79.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 21.9%
Number of foreign born residents: 8,608 (28% naturalized citizens)
| Chelan
County: |
12.9% | | Whole
state: |
10.4% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 2,104
- 1990
to 1994: 2,204
- 1985
to 1989: 1,482
- 1980
to 1984: 1,020
- 1975
to 1979: 624
- 1970
to 1974: 367
- 1970
to 1974: 192
- 1965
to 1969: 615
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Mean travel time to work: 17.7 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 87.7%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 20,224
- One,
attached: 810
- Two:
1,161
- 3
or 4: 1,376
- 5
to 9: 822
- 10
to 19: 785
- 20
or more: 1,251
- Mobile
homes: 3,776
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 202
Housing units in Chelan County with a mortgage: 8,202 (980 second mortgage, 718 home equity loan, 29 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,886 Agriculture
in Chelan County
Average size of farms: 94 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $142000
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $4492.81
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.13%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 2.89%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $111800
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 32.69%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 90.84%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $52320
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 75.44%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 1.25
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 1.57%
All wheat for grain: 1978 harvested acres
Vegetables: 28 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 32621 acres
Most
common industries for males:
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- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Construction
(11%)
- Accommodation
and food services (7%)
- Grocery
and related product merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Health
care (5%)
- Educational
services (5%)
- Utilities
(4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (16%)
- Educational
services (12%)
- Accommodation
and food services (11%)
- Grocery
and related product merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Social
assistance (5%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Public
administration (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Agricultural
workers including supervisors (8%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females |
- Agricultural
workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered
nurses (4%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(82%)
- Canada
(5%)
- El
Salvador (2%)
- Germany
(2%)
- United
Kingdom (1%)
- Guatemala
(1%)
- Thailand
(1%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Chelan County:
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- German
(17%)
- English
(11%)
- United
States or American (9%)
- Irish
(7%)
- Norwegian
(5%)
- Scottish
(3%)
- Swedish
(2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 20,558 (73%)
- Carpooled:
3,925 (14%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 261 (1%)
- Streetcar
or trolley car: 11 (0%)
- Subway
or elevated: 23 (0%)
- Railroad:
8 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
81 (0%)
- Bicycle:
148 (1%)
- Walked:
1,269 (5%)
- Other
means: 194 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 1,500 (5%)
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People
in group quarters in Chelan County, Washington
- 301
people in nursing homes
- 248
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 192
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 90
people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 71
people in other group homes
- 53
people in other workers' dormitories
- 39
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 31
people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 22
people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 13
people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 13
people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 11
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 8
people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 2
people in other nonhousehold living situations
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $49,385.
8.28% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,140 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
8.28% | | Washington
average: |
7.86% |
0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($333 average AGI)
| Chelan
County: |
0.04% | | Washington
average: | 0.26% |
5.91% relocated from other counties in Washington ($29,367 average AGI)
2.33% relocated from other states ($11,441 average AGI)
| Chelan
County: |
2.33% | | Washington
average: | 3.90% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Douglas County, WA
|
2.31% ($33,401 average AGI) |
| from
King County, WA
|
0.90% ($62,502) |
| from
Snohomish County, WA
|
0.63% ($48,695) |
| from
Grant County, WA
|
0.28% ($42,217) |
| from
Okanogan County, WA
|
0.27% ($25,185) |
| from
Spokane County, WA
|
0.19% ($34,457) |
| from
Pierce County, WA
|
0.18% ($48,512) |
8.37% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($34,399 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
8.37% | | Washington
average: |
7.07% |
0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($151 average AGI)
| Chelan
County: |
0.05% | | Washington
average: | 0.16% |
6.19% relocated to other counties in Washington ($25,163 average AGI)
2.13% relocated to other states ($9,084 average AGI)
| Chelan
County: |
2.13% | | Washington
average: | 3.17% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Douglas County, WA
|
2.72% ($37,856 average AGI) |
| to
King County, WA
|
0.80% ($32,764) |
| to
Spokane County, WA
|
0.41% ($25,554) |
| to
Snohomish County, WA
|
0.39% ($40,379) |
| to
Okanogan County, WA
|
0.22% ($27,673) |
| to
Grant County, WA
|
0.22% ($15,151) |
| to
Pierce County, WA
|
0.20% ($33,388) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.0
Births
per 1000 population in Chelan County
|
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 8.6
Deaths
per 1000 population in Chelan County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 4.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 4.3
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Chelan County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 7,970 (7,047 aged, 923 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 20%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 65,544
- In
family households: 56,284 (14,378 male householders, 2,930 female householders)
14,483
spouses, 20,585 children (18,860 natural, 476 adopted, 1,249 stepchildren), 827 grandchildren, 464 brothers or sisters, 284 parents, 1,028 other relatives, 1,305 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 9,260 (3,465 male householders (2,624 living alone)), 4,189 female householders (3,643 living alone)), 1,606 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 1,072 (698 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 7,520 2-persons, 3,386 3-persons, 3,343 4-persons, 1,760 5-persons, 782 6-persons, 517 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 6,267 1-person, 1,164 2-persons, 169 3-persons, 35 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 2 6-persons.
13,362 married couples with children.
3,688 single-parent households (1,116 men, 2,572 women).
80.4% of residents of Chelan County speak English at home.
18.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $363,382,000 ($5267 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $11,637,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $170,497,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $62,444,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,723,000
Federal grants: $74,185,000
Federal procurement contracts: $15,616,000 ($32,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $36,918,000 ($134,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,922,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $22,754,000
Federal Government insurance: $113,725,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 4,900
| Here: |
70 per 1000 residents | | State: |
66 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 3,027
| Here: |
43 per 1000 residents | | State: |
38 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +1,661
| Here: |
+24 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+21 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -257
| Here: |
-4 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+13 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Chelan County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 11.99 millions of gallons per day (85% from ground, 15% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 795
- 1995
to 1998: 3,217
- 1990
to 1994: 2,968
- 1980
to 1989: 4,338
- 1970
to 1979: 5,174
- 1960
to 1969: 3,300
- 1950
to 1959: 3,443
- 1940
to 1949: 2,350
- 1939
or earlier: 4,822
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Chelan County, Washington:
|
- 1
room: 74
- 2
rooms: 238
- 3
rooms: 821
- 4
rooms: 1,778
- 5
rooms: 3,033
- 6
rooms: 3,051
- 7
rooms: 2,516
- 8
rooms: 1,904
- 9
or more rooms: 2,755
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Chelan County, Washington: |
- 1
room: 587
- 2
rooms: 1,288
- 3
rooms: 1,722
- 4
rooms: 2,061
- 5
rooms: 1,599
- 6
rooms: 786
- 7
rooms: 384
- 8
rooms: 218
- 9
or more rooms: 206
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Chelan County: |
- no
bedroom: 157
- 1
bedroom: 739
- 2
bedrooms: 3,786
- 3
bedrooms: 7,663
- 4
bedrooms: 2,923
- 5
or more bedrooms: 902
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Chelan County: |
- no
bedroom: 702
- 1
bedroom: 2,727
- 2
bedrooms: 3,186
- 3
bedrooms: 1,758
- 4
bedrooms: 343
- 5
or more bedrooms: 135
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Chelan County in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
- no
vehicle: 515
- 1
vehicle: 3,658
- 2
vehicles: 7,305
- 3
vehicles: 3,274
- 4
vehicles: 1,008
- 5
or more vehicles: 410
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Chelan County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 1,448
- 1
vehicle: 3,852
- 2
vehicles: 2,540
- 3
vehicles: 701
- 4
vehicles: 196
- 5
or more vehicles: 114
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54% of Chelan County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Washington.
| Chelan
County: |
53.5% | | State
average: |
50.2% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 36267
- Northeast:
1215
- Midwest:
6082
- South:
3818
- West:
10159
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $133,100 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Electricity
(88%)
- Wood
(5%)
- Utility
gas (4%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Electricity
(91%)
- Wood
(3%)
- Utility
gas (2%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 730
| Here: |
8.5% | | Washington: | 9.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 248
| Here: |
5.4% | | Washington: | 7.0% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 208
| Here: |
9.6% | | Washington: | 15.7% |
Chelan
County government finances in 2004:
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $5,251,000
- Charges
- All Other: $2,154,000
Solid Waste Management: $709,000
Parks & Recreation: $320,000
- Construction
- Regular Highways: $1,498,000
Parks & Recreation: $295,000
General: $195,000
Corrections - Other: $185,000
- Current
Operations - Police Protection: $5,181,000
Regular Highways: $4,099,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $4,041,000
General - Other: $3,868,000
Corrections - Other: $2,478,000
Financial Administration: $1,978,000
Natural Resources - Other: $1,620,000
Central Staff Services: $1,567,000
General Public Buildings: $1,322,000
Solid Waste Management: $844,000
Housing & Community Development: $569,000
Parks & Recreation: $280,000
Health Services - Other: $250,000
Air Transportation: $17,000
Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $5,000
Elementary & Secondary Education: $1,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,875,000
General Support: $882,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $1,724,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - All Other: $3,425,000
Housing & Community Development: $279,000
Highways: $85,000
Education: $17,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $10,640,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $16,317,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $2,435,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $17,994,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $9,800,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $840,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $758,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $1,386,000
Interest Earnings: $1,116,000
Rents: $886,000
Property Sale Other: $14,000
Special Assessments: $12,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $139,000
Regular Highways: $121,000
Corrections - Other: $119,000
General - Other: $100,000
Solid Waste Management: $10,000
Central Staff: $5,000
Parks & Recreation: $3,000
Natural Resource - Other: $1,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $18,752,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $11,394,000
- State
Intergovernmental - All Other: $2,999,000
Highways: $2,682,000
Health & Hospitals: $1,109,000
General Support: $112,000
- Tax
- Property: $12,932,000
Total General Sales: $6,154,000
Other Selective Sales: $1,186,000
NEC: $1,016,000
Motor Vehicle License: $365,000
Public Utilities: $15,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $19,409,000
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