Selah is a somewhat small city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 8,653 people and four associated neighborhoods, Selah is the 106th largest community in Washington.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Selah is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-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 (15.43%), teaching (7.71%), and sales jobs (7.00%). 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 18.66 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. Being a small city, Selah does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.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, 23.72% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Selah in 2022 was $37,741, which is middle income relative to Washington, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $150,964 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 28.13% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Selah include German, English, Irish, European, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Selah is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
