Moses Lake.
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7 tracts·21K people·$310K median·1,169/mi²
White 55 · Hispanic 35 · Multiracial 6 · Black 3 · Asian 1 · Other 1
Married couple 41 · Other 30 · Living alone 30
Retail 22 · Professional 22 · Health 21 · Manufacturing 16 · Leisure 10 · Public admin 5 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 33 · Service 22 · Production · transport 16 · Sales · office 15 · Construction · maintenance 14
Drive alone 81 · Carpool 18 · Work from home 10 · Transit 3 · Walk 2 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Moses Lake is $310,000 (Census ACS) — 0.7× the US median of $458,812.
Moses Lake has 26,083 residents across 4 census tracts and 4 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 32.3; the population is 54.7% White, 34.9% Hispanic or Latino, 6.0% Multiracial, 2.7% Black, 1.0% Asian and 0.8% Other; the average household has 2.5 people; 21.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 15.8% (Census ACS).
Sage Point Elementary School (62%), Vicki I. Groff Elementary School (50%) and Longview Elementary (43%) lead the elementary schools; Columbia Middle School (37%) and Frontier Middle School (28%) lead the middle schools; Moses Lake High School (41%), Vanguard Academy (35%) and Digital Learning Center (21%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,216/month, 23% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Moses Lake is $74,752 a year, 13% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Moses Lake, median rent is $1,216/month and the median home value is $310,000 (Census ACS).
Moses Lake reported 4.6 violent crimes and 42.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 86°F; winter lows average 26°F; there are 70 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 8 inches; snowfall averages 13 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Moses Lake are cold wave (87), volcanic activity (87) and heat wave (87), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.15g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Moses Lake, 2.3% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).