IncheliumWA
The town, settled in 1910, counts 455 residents.
Is Inchelium a good place to live?
No town among the 179 in Washington we compare has a lower typical home value than Inchelium. Inchelium’s trail network density is 1.4 miles per square mile, where Washington’s towns sit at 0.8 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Inchelium has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
455 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Inchelium.
A home in Inchelium is worth about $229K, on Zillow’s estimate
Inchelium: 51% of households live in a home they own.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The biggest natural risk in Inchelium is wildfire, at a very high overall level
Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 90% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 61% of Inchelium’s expected hazard losses down to wildfires, and 32% to inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With only 0.4 jobs per working resident, most people in Inchelium work out of town
20% of residents live below the poverty line in Inchelium. The top destinations are Elmer City (14%), Nespelem (3%) and Coulee Dam (3%). In Inchelium, the average trip to work is 18 minutes. Half the trips to work are shorter than 39 miles.
| Inchelium | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 20% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 4.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Inchelium brings snowy winters and pleasant summers
In Inchelium, the peak summer temperature is 86°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A larger share of adults smoke cigarettes in Inchelium than in most of Washington or the rest of the country
The share of adults in Inchelium who say their health is fair or poor: 28%. Of the 286 Washington towns we compare, none has a higher share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Inchelium. Among adults locally, 20% report frequent physical distress and 28% worry about having enough food.
| Inchelium | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 11% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 13% | 14% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 10% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 9.8% | 12% |
| What stands out | Inchelium | WA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing food insecurity | 28.4% | 10.2% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 13.6% | 5.1% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 17.8% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Inchelium
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area and 1 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Inchelium. Close and well known come first.
2 mi National Recreation AreaLake Roosevelt National Recreation Area1.2M visitors a year32 mi Ski area49° North Mountain Resort84 runs · 1,869 ft verticalPhoto credits
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area: Karyn Christner, CC BY 2.0
Moving to Inchelium: who provides what
Inchelium is unincorporated, so Ferry 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.
96% of working residents leave Inchelium for work
Where Inchelium’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Inchelium; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Inchelium residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
About Inchelium
CDP in Washington, United States
Inchelium (Okanagan: N̓čaʔlíwm̓) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Ferry County, Washington, United States on the Colville Indian Reservation. The population was 431 at the 2020 Census. Inchelium was relocated from an earlier site in the early 1940s. Old Inchelium had been located on the banks of the Columbia River before the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam. As the waters rose behind the dam, the town had to be moved. A description of life in the last years of Old Inchelium and of the move can be found in Lawney Reyes' memoir White Grizzly Bear's Legacy: Learning to be Indian and his history/memoir B Street: The Notorious Playground of Coulee Dam. Inchelium is the demographic heart…
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- Area
- 27 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,568 ft
- ZIP code
- 99138
- Area code
- 509
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