Naches is a very small town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 1,090 people and two associated neighborhoods, Naches is the 262nd largest community in Washington.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Naches is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 48.75% of the Naches workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Naches is a town of farmers, fishers, or foresters, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Naches who work in farm management occupations (23.51%), teaching (8.67%), and sales jobs (8.48%). A relatively large number of people in Naches telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.24% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small town, Naches does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Naches who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.71% of adults in Naches have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Naches in 2022 was $27,901, which is low income relative to Washington, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,604 for a family of four. However, Naches contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Naches is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Naches home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Naches residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Naches also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.01% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Naches include German, Irish, English, European, and Scottish. In addition, Naches has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.56%). The most common language spoken in Naches is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
