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Fort Lewis, WA

15,167 Population
10.3 square miles 1,474.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.9 ±0.5 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.1
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,633 ±$1,718 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $63,994 ±$409
  • about half the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,796 ±$4,348 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $115,177 ±$719
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.3% ±5% (1,383  ±542) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 8.5% 341,005 (±0.2% / ±7,092)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

11.4 minutes ±1.1 (97,665  ±11,060) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-fifths of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 29.2 46,776,328 (±0.1 / ±326,527)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,254 ±321 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,608,596 ±3,508
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.2 ±0.2 (10,441  ±1,229) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.5 3,989,134 (±0 / ±877)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

19.8% ±6.1% (732  ±243) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 4.8% 48,571 (±0.2% / ±1,551)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,733 ±337 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,704,523 ±503
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

32.2% ±6.1% (4,717  ±967.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 15.5% 623,024 (±0.3% / ±10,862.4)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.3% ±15.6% (5,462  ±567.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 93.4% 2,698,015 (±0.4% / ±12,768.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.4% ±4.6% (1,368  ±308.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 47.2% 1,364,940 (±0.3% / ±8,425.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

11% ±2.8% (1,664  ±450) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 21% 853,800
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

21.4% ±5.7% (780  ±232) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 6.4% 203,419 (±0.1% / ±3,044)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
780 Total veterans ±232 630 Male ±208 150 Female ±80

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