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Fife city, Washington: commercial real estate data.
Fife city is a Census city of 10,949 people across 5.83 square miles of land, in Pierce County. Median household income is $90,532, 46.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 37 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $34.2 m.
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Fife
What Fife is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.83 sq mi
- Water area0.13 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,877
- County holding the largest share of its areaPierce 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.
Fife
How many people live in Fife
- Population10,949
- Median age31.3
- Population under 182,918
- Share under 1826.7 percent
- Population 65 and over790
- Share 65 and over7.2 percent
- Households4,078
- Family households2,702
- Share of households that are families66.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fife
Income and work in Fife
- Median household income$90,532
- Per capita income$39,696
- Civilian labor force6,254
- Employed5,929
- Unemployed325 plus or minus 118
- Unemployment rate5.2 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over7,167
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.9 percent plus or minus 1.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fife
Housing in Fife
- Housing units4,315
- Occupied units4,078
- Vacant units237 plus or minus 113
- Vacancy rate5.5 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Owner occupied1,889
- Renter occupied2,189
- Ownership rate46.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$543,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,889
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.0 percent
- Single family units2,062
- Share single family47.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,124
- Share in buildings of two or more49.2 percent
- Mobile homes129 plus or minus 61
- Median year structure built2000
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fife
How Fife gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,228
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,363
- Share commuting under 15 minutes26.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,106
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more40.3 percent
- Drove alone75.9 percent
- Carpooled9.8 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Public transport0.9 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Walked1.5 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home11.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fife
SBA 7(a) lending to Fife borrowers
- Approvals37
- Gross approval$34,231,500
- Average approval$925,176
- Median approval$597,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,000,000
- Largest approval$3,000,000
- Jobs supported498
- Jobs per approval13.5
- Loans with a final outcome11
- Paid in full10
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans9.1 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more32.4 percent
- Share to franchises5.4 percent
- Distinct lenders21
- Distinct industries by NAICS15
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Fife
SBA 504 lending to Fife borrowers
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$6,771,000
- Average approval$967,286
- Median approval$854,000
- Largest approval$1,766,000
- Jobs supported61
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Pierce County, not Fife
Pierce County context, not Fife figures
These are Pierce County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fife measurements.
- Establishments in Pierce County20,051
- Employment at those establishments, Pierce County294,765
- Covered employment, Pierce County333,492
- Average annual pay, Pierce County$70,395
- Average weekly wage, Pierce County$1,354
- Housing units permitted, Pierce County3,207
- Of those, single family, Pierce County1,731
- County product, 2024, Pierce County$64,941,171,000
- County product change over the prior year, Pierce County5.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Pierce County$76,649
Every figure in this section is published for Pierce County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fife. 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.
- 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
Fife questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fife, Washington?
10,949, in 4,078 households. Fife city covers 5.83 square miles of land, which is 1,877 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fife in?
Pierce 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 Fife?
$90,532. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $543,100. Median gross rent is $1,889 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Fife businesses?
37 7(a) approvals totalling $34.2 m, across 21 lenders, median approval $597,000, plus 7 504 approvals worth $6.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fife, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Fife borrowers get paid back?
Of the 11 loans that have reached a final outcome, 10 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 9.1 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Fife figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Pierce 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 Fife.
Is zoning published for Fife?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.