Selah is a somewhat small city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 8,534 people and four associated neighborhoods, Selah is the 106th largest community in Washington.Selah is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Selah is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Selah who work in office and administrative support (13.74%), management occupations (9.24%), and teaching (8.51%). Also of interest is that Selah has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One of the benefits of Selah is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.26 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. Selah is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The population of Selah overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Selah, 24.85% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Selah in 2022 was $34,722, which is middle income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $138,888 for a family of four. However, Selah contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Selah is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Selah home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Selah residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Selah also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.55% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Selah include German, Irish, English, European, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Selah is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
