City · Chelan County, Washington

Entiat, Washington

Entiat is a city in Chelan County, Washington, part of the Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA metro area. It has 1,284 residents. Entiat, Washington has a quality-of-life score of 56 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #6,938 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Washington it ranks #215 of 395 cities and towns. It ranks best on restaurants and bars (high), grocery stores (high) and gyms and fitness centers (high). It ranks worst on distance to an emergency room (high), natural hazard risk (high) and pharmacies (low).

56Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #6,938 of 15,651 cities and towns
Washington: #215 of 395 in WA
Population: 1,284 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 589.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 5322010

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety42#9,109/15,637
Economy59#6,348/15,631
Housing40#8,983/14,977
Health64#5,645/15,609
Healthcare50#7,766/15,650
Environment25#11,593/15,453
Education24#11,954/15,649
Infrastructure53#7,433/15,650
Community89#1,644/15,651
Leisure & amenities99#116/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Entiat, Washington ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Chelan County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Restaurants and bars · high17.6 /10k
97/100Washington 9.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsChelan County value
Grocery stores · high3.5 /10k
97/100Washington 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsChelan County value
Gyms and fitness centers · high2.2 /10k
94/100Washington 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsChelan County value
Public EV charging ports · high17.6 /10k
93/100Washington 11.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyChelan County value
Mental health providers · high607 /100k
93/100Washington 568 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChelan County value
Hot days · low2 days
93/100Washington 13 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationChelan County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an emergency room · high24.4 mi
1/100Washington 7.1 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesChelan County value
Natural hazard risk · high96.9
3/100Washington 63.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyChelan County value
Pharmacies · low0.6 /10k
5/100Washington 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsChelan County value
Drug overdose deaths · high31.3 /100k
7/100Washington 32.7 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataChelan County value
Suicide rate · high25.0 /100k
9/100Washington 17.0 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataChelan County value
Flu vaccinations · low31.0%
10/100Washington 43.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChelan County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,029 (2015-2019) → 1,284 (2020-2024)
+25%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
12.4% (2015-2019) → 56.7% (2020-2024)
+44 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
30.6 /1k (2021) → 1.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−95%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
19.8% (2015-2019) → 32.9% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateImproving
10.7% (2015-2019) → 0.5% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.3× (2015-2019) → 4.8× (2020-2024)
+47%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Entiat, Washington improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Poverty−7.3 points12.2% → 4.9%

Declined2

Rent burden+44 points12.4% → 56.7%
Price / income+1.5×3.3× → 4.8×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Entiat, Washington between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	28.0 min2015-2019	33.4 min2020-2024	+5.5 min	Within the margin of error	9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%2015-2019	22.6%2020-2024	+7 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Broadband subscriptions	81.8%2015-2019	84.4%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Effective property tax rate	0.87%2015-2019	0.65%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	63%
High school diploma or higher	91.2%2015-2019	89.9%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	4.8×2020-2024	+1.5×	Declined	9%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3922015-2019	0.4322020-2024	+0.040	Within the margin of error	21%
Median household income	$65,1742015-2019	$76,1112020-2024	+17%	Within the margin of error	27%
Poverty rate	12.2%2015-2019	4.9%2020-2024	−7.3 points	Improved	88%
Rent as share of income	19.8%2015-2019	32.9%2020-2024	+13 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Rent-burdened households	12.4%2015-2019	56.7%2020-2024	+44 points	Declined	1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.8%2015-2019	11.6%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	27%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Entiat, Washington five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Entiat, Washington in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Entiat, Washington itself moved −23.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,284 residents (±284)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

526 households (±108)

Entiat, Washington
Washington share

Under $25k8.2%†43
$25k–50k25%†134
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

526 households (±108)

Entiat, Washington
Washington share

Own80%422
Rent20%†104

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

592 workers (±163)

Entiat, Washington
Washington share

Drive alone79%467
Carpool8.3%†49
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Chelan County, the county holding most of Entiat's residents.

Chelan County has 2,782 employer establishments, 346 for every 10,000 residents (1.39× the US rate of 248; 1.34× Washington's), with 32,779 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,246. The Census Bureau also counts 5,655 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,782; 5,655 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 346; US 248 · Washington 258
Paid employees: 32,779
Average annual pay: $56,246; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Chelan County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	278	34.6	2.24×More than typical	2,198	$92,835	295
Restaurants and other eating places	225	28	1.52×More than typical	3,198	$31,162	29
Construction of buildings	170	21.2	2.80×More than typical	550	$56,618	188
Ambulatory health care services	150	18.7	0.90×About typical	2,486	$95,678	262
Lessors of real estate	137	17.1	1.38×More than typical	546	$43,134	810
Full-service restaurants	113	14.1	1.83×More than typical	1,783	$34,859	12
Services to buildings and dwellings	106	13.2	1.96×More than typical	393	$41,656	307
Building equipment contractors	83	10.3	1.72×More than typical	607	$82,980	42
Building finishing contractors	75	9.3	2.46×More than typical	309	$51,948	113
Traveler accommodation	75	9.3	5.17×More than typical	1,481	$35,311	60
Landscaping services	68	8.5	2.42×More than typical	230	$46,326	99
Offices of other health practitioners	68	8.5	1.39×More than typical	349	$46,014	158

Rank places for an industry Open Chelan County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 80,341 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Entiat is mostly in Chelan County.

See federal money in Chelan County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Entiat, Washington is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Kim SchrierD-WA-8 · 100% of residentsWith party 92%Missed 1.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Chelan County68100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA74

Other cities and towns in Chelan County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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