Chelan-Douglas Trends Blog

Welcome to the first Blog post for the Chelan-Douglas Trends project!

We just updated 21 indicators! Click on a link and the specific indicator on the Trends website will open in a new tab.

In the Economic Vitality category:

2.1.3 Overall Average Annual Wage

2.1.4 Average Annual Wage in Top-5 Employing Sectors

2.1.5 Share of Total Overall Income Earned by Household Income Level

2.2.3 Total Annual Taxable Retail Sales & Annual Growth Rate

2.2.4 Quarterly Taxable Retail Sales & Annual Growth Rate from Same Quarter of Previous Year

2.2.6 Total Value (in Millions) of Merchandise Exports & Share of Washington State's Total Exports

2.2.7 Metro Area Regional Price Parity (Cost of Living Index)

2.3.3 Share of Employment in Top-5 Employing Sectors

2.3.4 Concentration of Employment in Top Five 2-Digit NAICS Industry Sectors

2.4.1 Total Number of Residential Building Permits & Number per 1,000 Residents

2.5.3 Total Number of Food & Beverage Manufacturers & Their Share of the Labor Force

In the Education category:

3.1.5 Total and Share of Students Completing At Least One Dual Credit Course

3.1.7 9th & 10th Grade Dropouts as a Share of Their 5-Year Cohort

3.1.8 11th & 12th Grade Dropouts as a Share of Their 5-Year Cohort

3.1.9 Total Expenditures per Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Student at Public K-12 Schools

3.1.10 Local Levy Revenue per Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Pupil and Total Levy Revenue Generated as a Percent of Total Personal Income (TPI)

In the Health category:

5.2.2 Share of 10th Graders Who Last Used Tobacco/E-Cig/Vape Pens in the Last 30-Days (now shows all forms of youth tobacco use - previously this indicator offered just cigarette smoking)

5.3.4 Share of Adults Who Report Binge Drinking in the Last 30 Days.

5.4.3 Total Number of Licensed Physicians (MDs & DOs) and Rate per 1,000 Residents

5.4.4 Number of Dentists Eligible to Bill Medicaid and Number per 10,000 Residents Enrolled in Medicaid

In the Housing category:

6.2.6 Median Rent as a Percentage of Annual Average Earnings for Entry-Level Jobs

Thank you!