Being a small city, Kelso does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Kelso with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.38% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Kelso in 2022 was $27,832, which is low income relative to Washington, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,328 for a family of four. However, Kelso contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Kelso is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kelso home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kelso residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Kelso also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.11% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kelso include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Kelso is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
