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Fords Prairie CDP, Washington: commercial real estate data.
Fords Prairie CDP is a Census CDP of 1,823 people across 3.73 square miles of land, in Lewis County. Median household income is $55,608, 79.4 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Fords Prairie
What Fords Prairie is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area3.73 sq mi
- Water area0.13 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land489 plus or minus 176
- County holding the largest share of its areaLewis County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fords Prairie
How many people live in Fords Prairie
- Population1,823 plus or minus 657
- Median age47.2 plus or minus 19.4
- Population under 18337 plus or minus 151
- Share under 1818.5 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Population 65 and over361 plus or minus 150
- Share 65 and over19.8 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Households863 plus or minus 267
- Family households457 plus or minus 234
- Share of households that are families53.0 percent plus or minus 21.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fords Prairie
Income and work in Fords Prairie
- Median household income$55,608 plus or minus $29,180
- Per capita income$30,585 plus or minus $6,249
- Civilian labor force826 plus or minus 359
- Employed798 plus or minus 358
- Unemployed28 plus or minus 34
- Unemployment rate3.4 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Adults 25 and over1,425 plus or minus 532
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.8 percent plus or minus 44.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.2 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.8 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fords Prairie
Housing in Fords Prairie
- Housing units878 plus or minus 267
- Occupied units863 plus or minus 267
- Vacant units15 plus or minus 27
- Vacancy rate1.7 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Owner occupied685 plus or minus 256
- Renter occupied178 plus or minus 100
- Ownership rate79.4 percent plus or minus 16.6
- Median owner-occupied home value$368,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,161
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.1 percent plus or minus 13.3
- Single family units529 plus or minus 168
- Share single family60.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more178 plus or minus 109
- Share in buildings of two or more20.3 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Mobile homes171 plus or minus 186
- Median year structure built1972
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fords Prairie
How Fords Prairie gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute779 plus or minus 356
- Commuting under 15 minutes398 plus or minus 234
- Share commuting under 15 minutes51.1 percent plus or minus 18.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more330 plus or minus 219
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more42.4 percent plus or minus 20.4
- Drove alone86.3 percent
- Carpooled11.3 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home2.4 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lewis County, not Fords Prairie
Lewis County context, not Fords Prairie figures
These are Lewis County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fords Prairie measurements.
- Establishments in Lewis County1,990
- Employment at those establishments, Lewis County22,275
- Covered employment, Lewis County27,148
- Average annual pay, Lewis County$58,706
- Average weekly wage, Lewis County$1,129
- Housing units permitted, Lewis County265
- Of those, single family, Lewis County196
- County product, 2024, Lewis County$5,122,314,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lewis County7.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lewis County$65,319
Every figure in this section is published for Lewis County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fords Prairie. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Fords Prairie questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fords Prairie, Washington?
1,823, in 863 households. Fords Prairie CDP covers 3.73 square miles of land, which is 489 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fords Prairie in?
Lewis County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Fords Prairie?
$55,608. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $368,000. Median gross rent is $1,161 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Fords Prairie figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lewis County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Fords Prairie.
Is zoning published for Fords Prairie?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.