County · Washington

Douglas County, Washington

Douglas County, Washington has a quality-of-life score of 47 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,680 of 3,143 US counties. Within Washington it ranks #30 of 39 counties. It ranks best on new homes permitted (high), injury deaths (low) and life expectancy (high). It ranks worst on cost of buying a home today (high), distance to an emergency room (high) and drug overdose deaths (high).

47Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,680 of 3,143 counties
Washington: #30 of 39 in WA
Population: 46,473 (2025)
Land area: 1,819 mi²
Density: 25.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 53017

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety85#454/3,096
Economy52#1,520/3,143
Housing17#2,615/3,140
Health75#796/3,144
Healthcare27#2,282/3,143
Environment20#2,477/3,108
Education12#2,769/3,144
Infrastructure82#562/3,144
Community55#1,410/3,144
Leisure & amenities56#1,384/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Douglas County, Washington ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

New homes permitted · high12.6 /1k
97/100Washington 4.9 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Injury deaths · low61 /100k
95/100Washington 86 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Life expectancy · high80.3 yrs
93/100Washington 78.7 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Premature death · low6,007 /100k
92/100Washington 7,011 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Adult smoking · low12.0%
91/100Washington 12.2%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Public transit commuters · high1.3%
90/100Washington 3.5%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Cost of buying a home today · high46.7%
4/100Washington 43.5%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Distance to an emergency room · high25.3 mi
5/100Washington 7.1 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Drug overdose deaths · high29.0 /100k
5/100Washington 32.7 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Natural hazard risk · high94.0
5/100Washington 63.52025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Home price to income ratio · high5.4×
6/100Washington 5.8×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Social associations · low4.7 /10k
9/100Washington 8.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

PopulationRising
43,033 (2020) → 46,473 (2025)
+8%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
56.5% (2010 & 2021) → 87.3% (2022 & 2024)
+31 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Traffic deathsWorsening
6.2 /100k (2015-2019) → 12.6 /100k (2020-2024)
+104%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
6.8 /1k (2020) → 13.7 /1k (2025)
+103%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
High ozone daysImproving
4 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Mental health providersImproving
67 /100k (2021) → 120 /100k (2025)
+80%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k

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, Douglas County, Washington improved on 7 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 18 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved7

New businesses+103%6.8 /1k → 13.7 /1k
Weekly wage+28%$814 → $1,045
Unemployment−3.5 points8.7% → 5.2%
Broadband+10 points80.3% → 90.5%
Real income+30%$40,018 → $51,990

Declined4

Traffic deaths+104%6.2 /100k → 12.6 /100k
Rent burden+14 points31.5% → 45.9%
Price / income+1.1×4.3× → 5.4×
Rent / income+4.5 points23.8% → 28.3%

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Douglas County, Washington between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.8 /10k2020	3.9 /10k2025	+39%	Within the margin of error	87%
Average commute time	19.2 min2015-2019	20.1 min2020-2024	+0.9 min	Within the margin of error	37%
Average weekly wage	$8142020	$1,0452025	+28%	Improved	77%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%2015-2019	21.5%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Broadband subscriptions	80.3%2015-2019	90.5%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	52%
Child poverty rate	15.0%2019	13.7%2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Distance to an airport	97 mi2020	97 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Effective property tax rate	0.84%2015-2019	0.76%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Firearm deaths	11.9 /100k2020	13.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+9.2%	Within the margin of error	35%
Grocery stores	2.6 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	−7.4%	Within the margin of error	31%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.7 /10k2020	0.6 /10k2025	−7.4%	Within the margin of error	29%
High school diploma or higher	82.1%2015-2019	82.5%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Home price to income ratio	4.3×2015-2019	5.4×2020-2024	+1.1×	Declined	8%
Homicide rate	3.1 /100k2020	3.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+19%	Within the margin of error	11%
Income adjusted for local prices	$40,0182019	$51,9902024	+30%	Improved	39%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4362015-2019	0.4312020-2024	−0.004	Within the margin of error	62%
Median household income	$63,0862019	$76,7142024	+22%	Improved	32%
New business applications	6.8 /1k2020	13.7 /1k2025	+103%	Improved	92%
Pharmacies	0.9 /10k2020	0.6 /10k2025	−31%	Within the margin of error	14%
Poverty rate	10.9%2019	10.9%2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Property crime rate	1,158 /100k2020	841 /100k2025	−27%	Improved	36%
Public libraries	0.7 /10k2019	0.7 /10k2024	−5%	Within the margin of error	25%
Rent as share of income	23.8%2015-2019	28.3%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Declined	11%
Rent-burdened households	31.5%2015-2019	45.9%2020-2024	+14 points	Declined	5%
Restaurants and bars	6.5 /10k2020	6.7 /10k2025	+2.5%	Within the margin of error	57%
Students per teacher	17.4×2019	17.2×2024	−0.2×	Little change	30%
Suicide rate	14.6 /100k2020	17.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+18%	Within the margin of error	23%
Traffic deaths	6.2 /100k2015-2019	12.6 /100k2020-2024	+104%	Declined	5%
Unemployment rate	8.7%2020	5.2%2025	−3.5 points	Improved	72%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.6%2019	13.3%2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Violent crime rate	73 /100k2020	101 /100k2025	+38%	Within the margin of error	12%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Douglas County, Washington five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Douglas County, 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, Douglas County, Washington itself moved −6.9 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

44,366 residents

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

15,923 households (±330)

Douglas County, Washington
Washington share

Under $25k9.2%1,470
$25k–50k17%2,736
$50k–75k19%3,082

Homes

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

Owners and renters

15,923 households (±330)

Douglas County, Washington
Washington share

Own69%11,031
Rent31%4,892

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

20,760 workers (±670)

Douglas County, Washington
Washington share

Drive alone76%15,801
Carpool8.4%1,739
Public transit1.3%†270

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.

Douglas County has 854 employer establishments, 190 for every 10,000 residents (0.77× the US rate of 248; 0.74× Washington's), with 8,674 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,285. The Census Bureau also counts 2,322 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 854; 2,322 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 190; US 248 · Washington 258
Paid employees: 8,674
Average annual pay: $49,285; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	139	31	2.00×More than typical	620	$67,882	127
Construction of buildings	65	14.5	1.92×More than typical	255	$53,153	80
Restaurants and other eating places	52	11.6	0.63×Fewer than typical	910	$27,589	16
Services to buildings and dwellings	49	10.9	1.62×More than typical	273	$35,663	131
Building finishing contractors	48	10.7	2.82×More than typical	193	$45,259	53
Lessors of real estate	46	10.3	0.83×About typical	101	$39,604	285
Ambulatory health care services	40	8.9	0.43×Fewer than typical	397	$65,771	66
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	37	8.3	2.62×More than typical	119	$46,756	22
Landscaping services	29	6.5	1.85×More than typical	89	$46,551	50
Other specialty trade contractors	28	6.2	2.49×More than typical	164	$93,720	37
Building equipment contractors	26	5.8	0.96×About typical	144	$86,236	15
Truck transportation	26	5.8	1.15×About typical	98	$57,724	37

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 44,843 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $26.9M on contracts performed in Douglas County, Washington: $578 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $26.9M; −40% vs FY2025
Per resident: $578; US $1,994
Sole-source: 4.1%; US 30%
Single offer: 34%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

OLSSON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIC, INC$8M30%
JR MERIT, INC.$6.1M23%
NORTHBANK CIVIL AND MARINE, LLC$4.4M16%
ELEVATED TECHNOLOGIES SERVICES, LLC$3M11%
GE RENEWABLES US LLC$1.3M4.8%

Spending by fiscal year

10.2MFY2017
13MFY2018
17.8MFY2019
11.7MFY2020
12.9MFY2021
26.8MFY2022
45.4MFY2023
37.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$19.7M73%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$3M11%
Justice, public order, and safety activities · 9221$806.5K3.0%
Nonscheduled air transportation · 4812$756.7K2.8%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$721.6K2.7%
Utility system construction · 2371$605.7K

Largest awards

CHIEF JOSEPH DAM GENERATOR REWINDS (1-16)$70.2M
GE RENEWABLES US LLC· Douglas County, WA· Construction & real property· Aug 5, 2022 – Jun 9, 2026· W912DW22C0009
INTAKE AND TAILRACE CRANE REPLACEMENT$20M
REEL COH INC· Douglas County, WA· Construction & real property· May 14, 2021 – Jan 29, 2026· W912DW21C0008
FURNISH AND INSTALL NEW STATOR CORE$14.8M
JR MERIT, INC.· Douglas County, WA· Construction & real property· Sep 2, 2022 – May 20, 2026· W912DW22C0013
REPLACEMENT, DEMOLITION, INSTALLATION, AND/OR REFURBISHMENT OF ISOLATED PHASE BUS SECTIONS AT CHIEF JOSEPH DAM, BRIDGEPORT, WA.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Explore contracts in Douglas County, Washington

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $281.9M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Douglas County, Washington: $6,065 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $281.9M; +4.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,065; US $12,955
Loan face value: $12.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 9.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$184.6M65%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$17.8M6.3%

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Douglas County, Washington compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Douglas County, Washington
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Douglas County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Douglas County, Washington	United States
FY2017	$243	$1,436
FY2018	$306	$1,552
FY2019	$412	$1,654
FY2020	$273	$1,880
FY2021	$294	$1,810
FY2022	$606	$1,917
FY2023	$1,013	$2,079
FY2024	$816	$2,047
FY2025	$958	$2,165
FY2026	$578 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Douglas County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Douglas County, Washington	United States
FY2017	$138	$93.28
FY2018	$164	$105
FY2019	$339	$128
FY2020	$219	$145
FY2021	$165	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Douglas County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Douglas County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$520	$5,748
FY2022	$1,099	$5,221
FY2023	$1,447	$5,364
FY2024	$1,029	$5,501
FY2025	$881	$5,732
FY2026	$909

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Douglas County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Douglas County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$199	$298
FY2022	$356	$357
FY2023	$399	$301
FY2024	$145	$319
FY2025	-$86.00	$360
FY2026	$224

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Douglas County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Douglas County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$12.32	$239
FY2022	$9.31	$185
FY2023	$11.49	$229
FY2024	$37.05	$229
FY2025	$7.14	$249
FY2026	$8.86

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Douglas County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Douglas County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$753	$1,186
FY2022	$190	$465
FY2023	$32.86	$76.52
FY2024	$14.39	$120
FY2025	$83.28	$148
FY2026	$21.13

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Douglas County, Washington
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

Table view

Job growth, Douglas County, Washington and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Douglas County, Washington	United States
2014

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Construction contracts · FY2022

$461 per resident in FY2022, against an earlier average of $205 (2.2× that).

Compared with 9 similar counties

Douglas County, Washington
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/53017

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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.

Douglas County, Washington is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Metro area

The metro or micro area Douglas County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA74Central county

Cities and towns in Douglas County

Places whose residents live mostly in Douglas County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/53017

Year

Douglas County, Washington

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

−7.8 points

−9.5 points to −5.3 points

Year −2

−1.1 points

−0.3 points

−2.6 points to +0.9 points

Year −1

0.0 points

0.0 points to 0.0 points

Year 0

−2.3 points

−1.2 points

−3.1 points to +0.9 points

Year +1

−0.8 points

−2.1 points

−3.0 points to −1.4 points

Year +2

−3.5 points

Year

Douglas County, Washington

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Year

Douglas County, Washington

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Year

Douglas County, Washington

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Calendar years	Douglas County, Washington	United States
2014	−10.4%	−4.2%
2015	−3.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.7%	+3.3%
2018	+5.5%	+6.8%
2019	+10.7%	+10.5%
2020	+20.4%	+19.4%
2021	+28.0%	+26.1%
2022	+32.7%	+30.6%
2023	+41.9%	+35.0%
2024	+46.3%	+41.0%
2025	+54.6%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Douglas County, Washington	United States
2014	−6.7%	−5.5%
2015	−2.8%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.4%	+4.1%
2018	+5.6%	+8.9%
2019	+10.8%	+13.5%
2020	+21.6%	+20.8%
2021	+32.1%	+32.1%
2022	+32.4%	+35.4%
2023	+39.1%	+42.9%
2024	+43.6%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Douglas County, Washington	United States
2014	3.9/1k	3.3/1k
2015	5.5/1k	3.7/1k
2016	4.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	5.1/1k	4.1/1k
2019	8.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	7.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	7.5/1k	5.2/1k
2022	5.3/1k	5.0/1k
2023	6.0/1k	4.5/1k
2024	5.1/1k	4.3/1k
2025	6.5/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Douglas County, Washington	United States
2014	−2.3%	−6.9%
2015	−1.8%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.2%	+4.7%
2018	+25.9%	+7.5%
2019	+20.5%	+14.0%
2020	+23.7%	+16.9%
2021	+24.0%	+21.0%
2022	+60.2%	+29.7%
2023	+33.3%	+34.9%
2024	+46.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Douglas County, Washington	United States
2014	15.5%	15.5%
2015	13.5%	14.7%
2016	12.8%	14.0%
2017	13.4%	13.4%
2018	10.4%	13.1%
2019	10.9%	12.3%
2020	10.5%	11.9%
2021	10.0%	12.8%
2022	8.6%	12.6%
2023	11.8%	12.5%
2024	10.9%	12.1%

Calendar years	Douglas County, Washington	United States
2014	6.9%	6.2%
2015	6.5%	5.3%
2016	7.2%	4.9%
2017	6.0%	4.4%
2018	5.8%	3.9%
2019	6.1%	3.7%
2020	8.7%	8.1%
2021	5.6%	5.4%
2022	4.8%	3.7%
2023	4.7%	3.6%
2024	5.0%	4.0%
2025	5.2%	4.3%

Calendar years	Douglas County, Washington	United States
2014	−13.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−6.0% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+8.4% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+17.9% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+32.6% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+44.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+63.4% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+71.8% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+74.4% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+80.8% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+82.8% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Douglas County, Washington	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	—	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	—	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	—	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	—	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	—	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	—	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Douglas County, Washington	United States
2014	16.3%	13.5%
2015	11.2%	10.9%
2016	9.8%	10.0%
2017	11.3%	10.2%
2018	11.4%	10.4%
2019	11.6%	10.8%
2020	13.8%	10.4%
2021	12.7%	10.2%
2022	13.0%	9.5%
2023	12.8%	9.5%
2024	13.3%	9.8%

Calendar years	Douglas County, Washington	United States
2014	4.8/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.8/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.3/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.7/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.3/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.4/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.8/1k	13.1/1k
2021	8.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.5/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.6/1k	16.2/1k
2024	10.4/1k	15.4/1k
2025	13.7/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Douglas County, Washington	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−4.1 points	−3.5 points	−5.0 points to −2.6 points
Year −2	−6.7 points	−7.6 points	−10.4 points to −3.6 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+1.1 points	+0.9 points	−2.4 points to +3.4 points
Year +1	−1.2 points	−0.6 points	−6.8 points to +3.7 points
Year +2	+0.3 points	−1.2 points	−3.5 points to +0.4 points

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