Pomeroy is a very small city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 1,514 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Pomeroy is the 218th largest community in Washington. Pomeroy has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pomeroy is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pomeroy is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Pomeroy who work in sales jobs (16.30%), office and administrative support jobs (10.87%), and teaching (9.78%).

One of the benefits of Pomeroy is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 13.86 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, Pomeroy does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Pomeroy Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Pomeroy who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 14.81% of the adults in Pomeroy have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Pomeroy in 2000 was $15,782, which is lower middle income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $63,128 for a family of four.

The people who call Pomeroy home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Pomeroy is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Pomeroy include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, Scotch-Irish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Pomeroy is English.