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Fort Lewis, WA

13,983 Population
10.3 square miles 1,359 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23 ±0.5 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$23,123 ±$1,665 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $61,286 ±$389
  • about half the amount in Washington: $51,493 ±$245
$54,902 ±$4,267 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $112,594 ±$909
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $94,952 ±$476

16.4% ±3.9% (1,611  ±417) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 8.4% 332,072 (±0.2% / ±8,221)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 753,455 (±0.2% / ±11,430)

11.8 minutes ±1.4 (94,120  ±12,791) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-fifths of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 29.6 48,532,780 (±0.1 / ±305,413)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Washington: 27 83,194,470 (±0.1 / ±402,464)

Families

3,221 ±287 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,586,350 ±3,413
  • Washington: 3,020,558 ±5,770
3.1 ±0.2 (9,836  ±1,025) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.5 3,948,877 (±0 / ±709)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,588,019

19.1% ±5.7% (672  ±212) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 5.1% 50,647 (±0.2% / ±1,950)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,720 (±0.1% / ±2,435)

Housing

3,713 ±288 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,681,971 ±386
  • Washington: 3,262,667 ±447

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

32.5% ±5.2% (4,382  ±781.8) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 16% 636,506 (±0.3% / ±10,390.2)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,157,574 (±0.2% / ±13,781.2)

Social

96.8% ±4.1% (5,013  ±541.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 93.4% 2,660,423 (±0.4% / ±12,064.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 92.2% 4,987,606 (±0.3% / ±16,795.6)
22.5% ±4.6% (1,167  ±264.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 46.3% 1,319,923 (±0.3% / ±8,092.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 38.8% 2,097,154 (±0.2% / ±10,784.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.4% ±2.8% (1,320  ±407) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 20.4% 820,232
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,170,683

20.7% ±5.9% (720  ±224) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 6.7% 211,008 (±0.1% / ±3,479)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 8.1% 486,714 (±0.1% / ±4,612)
720 Total veterans ±224 561 Male ±191 159 Female ±85

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