One of the benefits of Wenatchee is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.89 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
The percentage of people in Wenatchee who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.81% of adults in Wenatchee have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Wenatchee in 2022 was $34,656, which is middle income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $138,624 for a family of four. However, Wenatchee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Wenatchee is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wenatchee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wenatchee residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Wenatchee also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.67% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wenatchee include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Wenatchee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Greek.
