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Puyallup, WA

40,991 Population
14.1 square miles 2,899.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Washington: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$37,709 ±$1,548 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $45,750 ±$271
  • a little less than the amount in Washington: $38,915 ±$183
$73,248 ±$1,788 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $86,856 ±$483
  • about the same as the amount in Washington: $73,775 ±$298

7.5% ±1.6% (3,045  ±664) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 9% 342,356 (±0.2% / ±6,679)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 10.8% 785,244 (±0.2% / ±11,622)

33.1 minutes ±1.3 (641,260  ±33,593) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 31.1 58,406,500 (±0.1 / ±300,346)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 28 93,771,990 (±0.1 / ±388,739)

Families

16,428 ±457 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,499,147 ±3,693
  • Washington: 2,848,396 ±5,857
2.5 ±0.1 (40,207  ±186) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.5 3,803,211 (±0 / ±1,378)
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 2.6 7,258,060 (±0)

6.1% ±1.6% (572  ±148) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 5.3% 51,164 (±0.2% / ±1,624)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 5.4% 94,822 (±0.1% / ±1,984)

Housing

17,210 ±533 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,592,620 ±704
  • Washington: 3,106,528 ±825

$329,000 ±$9,478 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $436,100 ±$1,921
  • a little less than the amount in Washington: $339,000 ±$970

18.9% ±2.3% (7,626  ±941.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 18% 688,150 (±0.2% / ±9,138.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 17.7% 1,296,044 (±0.2% / ±12,550.4)

Social

91.9% ±3% (26,901  ±1,098.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 92.6% 2,510,166 (±0.4% / ±10,577.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 91.3% 4,659,175 (±0.3% / ±14,822.3)
27.5% ±1.8% (8,059  ±572.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 43% 1,164,358 (±0.3% / ±6,773.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 36% 1,837,612 (±0.2% / ±8,960.3)

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

7.5% ±1.2% (3,055  ±510) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 18.7% 722,043 (±0.2% / ±6,580)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 14.3% 1,056,534 (±0.1% / ±8,351)

11.4% ±1.2% (3,688  ±379) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 7.9% 238,189 (±0.1% / ±2,757)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 9.3% 529,784 (±0.1% / ±4,366)
3,688 Total veterans ±379 3,256 Male ±365 432 Female ±126

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