Clarkston Heights-VinelandWA
7,884 people live in this town in Washington.
Is Clarkston Heights-Vineland a good place to live?
Clarkston Heights-Vineland’s lowest grade is for walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 87% of U.S. towns. This Washington town ranks 166th of 285 in Washington, with a C+ overall. On that grade it does better than 37% of U.S. towns. Where it does best is health: residents are healthier than nearly two thirds of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $386K, 5.3 years of the Lewiston metro’s $72K median household income. It is strong on incomes as well: the median household earns $101K. The town has 1 place on the National Register.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · National Register of Historic Places.
Clarkston Heights-Vineland has grown 15% from 2010 to 2020
6,326 counted in 2010 and 7,275 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Clarkston Heights-Vineland grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Clarkston Heights-Vineland is from typical.
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Moving to Clarkston Heights-Vineland: who provides what
Clarkston Heights-Vineland is unincorporated, so Asotin County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Clarkston Heights-Vineland.
Clarkston Heights-Vineland sends many workers across the state line and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in Washington.
Very high risk in Clarkston Heights-Vineland, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA puts three fifths of Clarkston Heights-Vineland’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 33% to wildfires. The town’s FEMA risk score is 81 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Public schools in Clarkston Heights-Vineland fall behind 51% of Washington districts
Its public schools are run by the Clarkston School District. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heights ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 358 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
Clarkston Heights-Vineland stands out in Washington and nationally: the median age there is higher
People 65 and older are 30% of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (24% statewide). Clarkston Heights-Vineland: 16% of residents are under 18, against 22% in Washington’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. For adults 25 and older locally, the share who hold a bachelor’s degree or more is 36%.
| Clarkston Heights-Vineland | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53.9 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 30% | 16% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 16% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 30% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.9 points. Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women.
| Clarkston Heights-Vineland | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.7% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.2% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.6% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 6.5% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.4% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 13.1% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.3% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.1% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.8% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.7% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
About one in three of Clarkston Heights-Vineland’s working residents commute to Lewiston
37% of working residents cross a state line to work. Clarkston Heights-Vineland has 513 jobs for its 2,834 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Clarkston Heights-Vineland: 2.7% of working residents work locally, where Washington’s towns sit at 5% and U.S. towns at 8%. Its mean commuting time is 18 minutes. Employers in Clarkston Heights-Vineland added 234 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 513. Half of commuters travel less than 4 miles.
| Clarkston Heights-Vineland | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 16% | 15% | 11% |
| Median household income | $101,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.7% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Clarkston Heights-Vineland ranks healthier than two in three of the country’s towns
Within Washington it is less healthy than 62% of the 285 graded towns: Washington sets a high bar. Against the 8,396 U.S. towns with household incomes like Clarkston Heights-Vineland’s, it is less healthy than 51%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Among adults in Clarkston Heights-Vineland, 9% worry about having enough food. Of 31 CDC measures, Clarkston Heights-Vineland beats the Washington average on 7 and trails it on 10. In Clarkston Heights-Vineland, 38% of adults have high blood pressure, and 78% had a checkup this year.
| Clarkston Heights-Vineland | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 33% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 31% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 78% | 71% | 79% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 9.8% | 12% |
| What stands out | Clarkston Heights-Vineland | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.8% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.2% | 9.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.8% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A typical July afternoon in Clarkston Heights-Vineland is hotter than in most of Washington or the rest of the country
The seasons in Clarkston Heights-Vineland: mild winters, warm summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 92°, January nights drop to 29° and about 13 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.2% of Clarkston Heights-Vineland is conserved land
Walkers can cover 3.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The trail density in Clarkston Heights-Vineland is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Clarkston Heights-Vineland | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.2% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Evans Pond Habitat Management Unit Recreation Area | — | 5 |
| 2. Golf Course Pond Habitat Management Unit Recreation Area | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Clarkston Heights-Vineland sells for about $465K at the median
For Clarkston Heights-Vineland, the typical rent is $1,125 a month. In Clarkston Heights-Vineland, 88% of households are owner-occupiers. On the market locally: a median 67 days to sell.
| Clarkston Heights-Vineland | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 88% | 70% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,125 a month | $1,740 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Clarkston Heights-Vineland
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Clarkston Heights-Vineland
About 4 of every 100 Clarkston Heights-Vineland residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
97% of working residents leave Clarkston Heights-Vineland for work
Where Clarkston Heights-Vineland’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Clarkston Heights-Vineland
CDP in Washington, United States
Clarkston Heights-Vineland is a census-designated place (CDP) in Asotin County, Washington, United States. It is part of the Lewiston, ID–WA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,275 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 6.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,070 ft
- ZIP code
- 509
Clarkston Heights-Vineland’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Clarkston Heights-Vineland.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkston Heights-Vineland | #166 | C+ | C+ | — | B− | B+ |
| West Clarkston-Highland | #249 | D | C+ | — | C | C+ |
| Asotin | — | — | B− | — | A+ | A− |
Asotin has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Clarkston Heights-Vineland, West Clarkston-Highland and Asotin report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Clarkston Heights-Vineland with a neighbor →
Questions about Clarkston Heights-Vineland
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Clarkston Heights-Vineland, WA a good place to live?
Clarkston Heights-Vineland grades C+ overall, better than 37% of U.S. towns and #166 of 285 in Washington. It grades B+ for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Clarkston Heights-Vineland, WA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $386,000, 34% below the Washington typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.