† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupSelahWashingtonUnited States
German15.8%14.5%12.5%
English11.2%12.1%9.5%
Irish9.0%9.8%9.4%
American8.7%3.8%5.3%
French2.7%—1.6%
Norwegian2.7%4.0%—
Italian2.3%3.1%4.8%
Scottish1.8%2.6%1.3%
Mexican26.5%10.8%11.3%
Salvadoran0.3%0.4%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.5%1.8%
Spanish0.2%0.3%—
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
Spaniard0.2%0.4%—
Filipino1.3%1.5%0.9%
Vietnamese0.4%1.1%0.6%
Aztec2.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Selah
Washington
United States
Median age
33
38.5
39.1
Age 18–24
10.9%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.7%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Selah
Washington
United States
Median household income
$74,783
$98,141
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.9%
9.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.5%
39.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Selah
Washington
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
23.9%
21.5%
22.3%
Spanish
21.9%
9.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Selah
Washington
United States
Catholic
—
10.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
20.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
58.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Selah, Washington
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−31.2%
2008
−20.6%
2012
−25.2%
2016
−31.6%
2020
−22.8%
2024
−24.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
36.2%Harris1,279
60.6%Trump2,142
3.2%
R+24.4
R+1.6
R+23.0
3,533
R
37.0%Biden1,397
59.8%Trump2,259
3.2%
R+22.8
D+8.8
R+27.3
3,775
R
30.8%Clinton851
62.4%Trump1,725
6.9%
R+31.6
R+6.4
R+33.7
2,766
R
36.1%Obama1,155
61.3%Romney1,960
2.7%
R+25.2
R+4.6
R+29.0
3,200
R
38.6%Obama1,041
59.2%McCain1,597
2.3%
R+20.6
D+10.6
R+27.9
2,699
R
34.2%Kerry871
65.4%Bush1,664
0.4%
R+31.2
—
R+28.7
2,544
Nestled in the Yakima Valley, Selah's economy is rooted in agriculture and food processing, producing voting patterns that lean conservative in a state that trends otherwise. Turnout here tracks closely with local economic conditions.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 31.6 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 24.4 points.
A population of 8,437, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,783 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ephrata and Rupert.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Selah, Washington voted Republican by 24.4 points (R+24.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,533 votes cast, 1,279 went Democratic and 2,142 went Republican.
How many people live in Selah, Washington?
Selah, Washington has a population of 8,437 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Selah, Washington?
Median household income in Selah, Washington is $74,783 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Selah, Washington?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Selah, Washington from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
