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Puyallup, WA

42,610 Population
14.4 square miles 2,966.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±2.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$42,541 ±$1,630 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $57,833 ±$362
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $48,685 ±$231
$90,592 ±$4,085 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $107,206 ±$763
  • about the same as the amount in Washington: $90,325 ±$433

7.4% ±1.4% (3,063  ±590) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 8.3% 327,897 (±0.2% / ±7,795)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 9.9% 747,538 (±0.2% / ±12,498)

32 minutes ±1.6 (603,810  ±41,238) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 30.2 51,052,064 (±0.1 / ±317,839)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 27.3 86,033,296 (±0.1 / ±396,856)

Families

16,583 ±557 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,565,696 ±3,277
  • Washington: 2,979,272 ±5,779
2.5 ±0.1 (41,651  ±63) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.5 3,928,118 (±0 / ±563)
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,535,102

6.2% ±1.8% (661  ±196) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 5.1% 50,363 (±0.2% / ±1,799)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,119 (±0.1% / ±2,538)

Housing

17,462 ±651 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,657,075 ±330
  • Washington: 3,216,243 ±644

$467,000 ±$10,902 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $628,500 ±$2,727
  • about the same as the amount in Washington: $473,400 ±$1,571

19.2% ±2.8% (8,084  ±1,189.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 16.7% 661,090 (±0.3% / ±10,217)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 15.9% 1,213,002 (±0.2% / ±14,919.5)

Social

93.3% ±3.5% (27,789  ±1,270.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 93.3% 2,635,014 (±0.4% / ±12,204.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.1% 4,923,665 (±0.3% / ±17,432.6)
27.1% ±2% (8,085  ±,644.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 45.2% 1,277,595 (±0.3% / ±8,108.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 38% 2,029,443 (±0.2% / ±10,889.6)

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

9.1% ±1.5% (3,882  ±650) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 19.9% 796,546
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 14.9% 1,143,428

10.3% ±1.4% (3,422  ±463) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 7% 219,039 (±0.1% / ±3,476)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 8.4% 499,332 (±0.1% / ±4,883)
3,422 Total veterans ±463 2,998 Male ±402 424 Female ±129

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