A college town anchored in ranching country at the Kittitas Valley's core
Central Washington University's enrollment shapes Ellensburg's demographics and turns out younger voters in a county that otherwise trends conservative, producing split-ticket patterns uncommon in surrounding rural precincts.
| Group | Ellensburg, WA | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 84.4% | 57.4% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(10) | 8.0% | 19.3% |
Multiracial / Other | 3.7% | 4.0% |
▶Asian(6) | 2.2% | 6.0% |
▶Black / African American(8) | 0.9% | 12.2% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(4) | 0.8% | 0.9% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(4) | 0.1% | 0.9% |
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.7% | 40.5% | — | — | |
| 8.1% | 33.9% | — | — | |
| 4.2% | 17.7% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 2.8% | 11.6% | — | — |
| 1.7% | 7.2% | — | — | |
| 0.2% | 0.8% | — | — | |
Non-religiousPopulation | 76.0% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Ellensburg, WA metro area? 161,747 residents across 4 counties.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate vs Governor | R+13.8 | R+25.8 | 12.0pp |
| President vs Governor | R+14.5 | R+25.8 | 11.3pp |
| President vs Senate | R+14.5 | R+13.8 | 0.7pp |