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Sumner School District, WA

56,036 Population
34.6 square miles 1,620.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pierce County: 36.8 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$50,895 ±$2,079 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pierce County: $45,885 ±$478
  • about the same as the amount in Washington: $51,493 ±$245
$121,370 ±$4,618 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pierce County: $96,632 ±$1,316
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Washington: $94,952 ±$476

4.4% ±0.8% (2,458  ±478) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Pierce County: 8.9% 80,115 (±0.4% / ±3,316)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Washington: 9.9% 753,455 (±0.2% / ±11,430)

35.9 minutes ±0.4 (823,475  ±53,083) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pierce County: 31.7 12,462,995 (±0.3 / ±161,300)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Washington: 27 83,194,470 (±0.1 / ±402,464)

Families

19,917 ±644 Number of households
  • Pierce County: 346,708 ±1,260
  • Washington: 3,020,558 ±5,770
2.8 ±0 (55,969  ±1,929) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pierce County: 2.6 903,155 (±0 / ±221)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,588,019

6.4% ±1.5% (862  ±205) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pierce County: 6% 13,250 (±0.4% / ±961)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,720 (±0.1% / ±2,435)

Housing

20,546 ±693 Number of housing units
  • Pierce County: 365,748 ±159
  • Washington: 3,262,667 ±447

$546,600 ±$16,992 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pierce County: $484,400 ±$3,137
  • a little higher than the amount in Washington: $519,800 ±$2,550

15% ±2% (8,339  ±1,149.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pierce County: 16.2% 147,758 (±0.6% / ±5,103.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,157,574 (±0.2% / ±13,781.2)

Social

93.5% ±1.6% (34,947  ±1,431.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pierce County: 92.5% 581,276
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.2% 4,987,606 (±0.3% / ±16,795.6)
29.1% ±1.7% (10,884  ±762.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Pierce County: 30.2% 189,514
  • about three-quarters 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

7.1% ±1.4% (3,959  ±767) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pierce County: 10.5% 97,273
  • about half the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,170,683

8.9% ±1% (3,662  ±446) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pierce County: 11.5% 79,222 (±0.3% / ±2,237)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 8.1% 486,714 (±0.1% / ±4,612)
3,662 Total veterans ±446 3,283 Male ±399 379 Female ±139

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