Kpq News Wenatchee Washington (2024)

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Wenatchee has all sorts of indoor and outdoor activities. It has a beautiful scenery all year round. It's big enough to feel city like, but small enough to not be as chaotic as an actual big city. Beautiful area with access to bigger cities like Seattle and Spokane.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.04 square miles (20.82 km²), of which 7.77 square miles (20.12 km²) is land and 0.27 square miles (0.70 km²) is water.

Wenatchee is part of Wenatchee Metro metro area, which is ranked 57 out of 273 cities across the US in terms of cost of living. According to C2ER (the Council for Community and Economic Research), the cost of living in Wenatchee is estimated to be 105.5% of the national average making it an average US city.

Wenatchee Demographics

White: 63.88% Other race: 21.67% Two or more races: 11.6% Black or African American: 1%

In 2022, there were 2.78 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (21.2k people) in Wenatchee, WA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 7.62k Other (Hispanic) and 2.75k Two+ (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups. 33.7% of the people in Wenatchee, WA are hispanic (11.9k people).

Wenatchee: Apple Capital of the World

Apples were shipped to all parts of the world, and more and more people, learning of 'the valley of the apples,' came here to stay. Within 25 years, Wenatchee became the center of the greatest apple-producing region in the world.

First on our list: Wenatchee. Topping both MoneyWise's list of inexpensive places to retire and Forbes' list of the best places to retire in the West, Wenatchee offers a pleasant climate, lovely scenery and affordable housing.

Wenatchee is located on the west side of the Columbia River; neighboring East Wenatchee, a separate town in Douglas County, is across the river on its eastern shore.

The lake has a swimming area, with a large pebble beach (bring water shoes), and an ADA ramp to get down to the water.

During this 54-year period, the Wenatchee-East Wenatchee MSA's population rose from 55,995 in 1969 to 124,118 in 2022, for a net gain of 68,123, or 121.66%.