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Prairie Heights CDP, Washington: commercial real estate data.
Prairie Heights CDP is a Census CDP of 4,998 people across 3.74 square miles of land, in Pierce County. Median household income is $130,640, 96.1 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Prairie Heights
What Prairie Heights is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area3.74 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,336 plus or minus 290
- 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.
Prairie Heights
How many people live in Prairie Heights
- Population4,998 plus or minus 1,083
- Median age41.1
- Population under 181,144 plus or minus 320
- Share under 1822.9 percent
- Population 65 and over563 plus or minus 152
- Share 65 and over11.3 percent
- Households1,616
- Family households1,389
- Share of households that are families86.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Prairie Heights
Income and work in Prairie Heights
- Median household income$130,640
- Per capita income$48,715
- Civilian labor force2,634 plus or minus 548
- Employed2,512
- Unemployed122 plus or minus 123
- Unemployment rate4.6 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Adults 25 and over3,387
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.9 percent plus or minus 23.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.6 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.8 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Prairie Heights
Housing in Prairie Heights
- Housing units1,705
- Occupied units1,616
- Vacant units89 plus or minus 79
- Vacancy rate5.2 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Owner occupied1,553
- Renter occupied63 plus or minus 44
- Ownership rate96.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$500,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,828
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.8 percent
- Single family units1,497
- Share single family87.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more6 plus or minus 16
- Share in buildings of two or more0.4 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Mobile homes202 plus or minus 100
- Median year structure built1992
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Prairie Heights
How Prairie Heights gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,243 plus or minus 528
- Commuting under 15 minutes560 plus or minus 235
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.0 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,238 plus or minus 296
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more55.2 percent
- Drove alone77.4 percent
- Carpooled9.2 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked2.4 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Worked from home9.0 percent plus or minus 4.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pierce County, not Prairie Heights
Pierce County context, not Prairie Heights 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 Prairie Heights 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 Prairie Heights. 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
Prairie Heights questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Prairie Heights, Washington?
4,998, in 1,616 households. Prairie Heights CDP covers 3.74 square miles of land, which is 1,336 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Prairie Heights 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 Prairie Heights?
$130,640. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $500,200. Median gross rent is $1,828 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 Prairie Heights 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 Prairie Heights.
Is zoning published for Prairie Heights?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.