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Fort Lewis CDP, Washington: commercial real estate data.
Fort Lewis CDP is a Census CDP of 15,167 people across 10.29 square miles of land, in Pierce County. Median household income is $58,796, 1.0 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Fort Lewis
What Fort Lewis is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area10.29 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,474
- 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.
Fort Lewis
How many people live in Fort Lewis
- Population15,167
- Median age22.9
- Population under 184,336
- Share under 1828.6 percent
- Population 65 and over26 plus or minus 34
- Share 65 and over0.2 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Households3,254
- Family households3,029
- Share of households that are families93.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Lewis
Income and work in Fort Lewis
- Median household income$58,796
- Per capita income$24,633
- Civilian labor force1,866
- Employed1,766
- Unemployed100 plus or minus 53
- Unemployment rate5.4 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Adults 25 and over5,611
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.4 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.7 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Lewis
Housing in Fort Lewis
- Housing units3,733
- Occupied units3,254
- Vacant units479 plus or minus 216
- Vacancy rate12.8 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Owner occupied32 plus or minus 38
- Renter occupied3,222
- Ownership rate1.0 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,282
- Annual rent as a share of median income46.6 percent
- Single family units2,255
- Share single family60.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,467 plus or minus 339
- Share in buildings of two or more39.3 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Mobile homes11 plus or minus 20
- Median year structure built1987
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Lewis
How Fort Lewis gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute8,539
- Commuting under 15 minutes6,157
- Share commuting under 15 minutes72.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more725 plus or minus 241
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more8.5 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Drove alone61.1 percent
- Carpooled15.2 percent
- Public transport0.1 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Walked19.7 percent
- Worked from home3.4 percent plus or minus 1.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pierce County, not Fort Lewis
Pierce County context, not Fort Lewis 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 Fort Lewis 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 Fort Lewis. 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.
- No median owner-occupied home value is published for this place.
- 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
Fort Lewis questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fort Lewis, Washington?
15,167, in 3,254 households. Fort Lewis CDP covers 10.29 square miles of land, which is 1,474 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fort Lewis 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 Fort Lewis?
$58,796. Median gross rent is $2,282 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 Fort Lewis 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 Fort Lewis.
Is zoning published for Fort Lewis?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.