About Kittitas

Kittitas is a very small city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 1,130 people and just one neighborhood, Kittitas is the 239th largest community in Washington.

When you are in Kittitas, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.5% of Kittitas's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Kittitas is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Kittitas who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.86%), sales jobs (7.38%), and food service (6.49%).

One downside of living in Kittitas is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Kittitas, the average commute to work is 32.23 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Kittitas is a small city, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Kittitas, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.85% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Kittitas 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.

Kittitas Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Kittitas rank slightly lower than the national average. 12.80% of adults 25 and older in Kittitas have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 14.96% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Kittitas in 2000 was $11,589, which is low income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $46,356 for a family of four.

Kittitas is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kittitas home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Kittitas is White, followed by Native American. Kittitas also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.82% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Kittitas include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Kittitas is English. Some people also speak Spanish.