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Puyallup city, Washington: commercial real estate data.
Puyallup city is a Census city of 42,746 people across 14.36 square miles of land, in Pierce County. Median household income is $97,826, 52.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 254 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $126.8 m.
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Puyallup
What Puyallup is
- Census place typecity
- Land area14.36 sq mi
- Water area0.11 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,976
- 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.
Puyallup
How many people live in Puyallup
- Population42,746
- Median age36.5
- Population under 189,501
- Share under 1822.2 percent
- Population 65 and over6,913
- Share 65 and over16.2 percent
- Households16,570
- Family households10,374
- Share of households that are families62.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Puyallup
Income and work in Puyallup
- Median household income$97,826
- Per capita income$46,096
- Civilian labor force22,752
- Employed21,390
- Unemployed1,362 plus or minus 359
- Unemployment rate6.0 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over29,577
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher29.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Puyallup
Housing in Puyallup
- Housing units17,460
- Occupied units16,570
- Vacant units890 plus or minus 248
- Vacancy rate5.1 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Owner occupied8,639
- Renter occupied7,931
- Ownership rate52.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$551,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,812
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.2 percent
- Single family units10,306
- Share single family59.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more7,072
- Share in buildings of two or more40.5 percent
- Mobile homes57 plus or minus 51
- Median year structure built1987
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Puyallup
How Puyallup gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute18,238
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,950
- Share commuting under 15 minutes21.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more8,363
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more45.9 percent
- Drove alone74.7 percent
- Carpooled8.5 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Public transport1.8 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Walked1.7 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home12.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Puyallup
SBA loans in Puyallup (7(a))
- Approvals254
- Gross approval$126,806,700
- Average approval$499,239
- Median approval$125,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,360,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported2,149
- Jobs per approval8.5
- Loans with a final outcome43
- Paid in full41
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans4.7 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more17.7 percent
- Share to franchises13.8 percent
- Distinct lenders54
- Distinct industries by NAICS110
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Puyallup
SBA loans in Puyallup (504)
- Approvals45
- Gross approval$47,092,000
- Average approval$1,046,489
- Median approval$669,000
- Largest approval$5,499,000
- Jobs supported427
- Loans with a final outcome12
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- 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 Puyallup
Pierce County context, not Puyallup 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 Puyallup 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 Puyallup. 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
Puyallup questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Puyallup, Washington?
42,746, in 16,570 households. Puyallup city covers 14.36 square miles of land, which is 2,976 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Puyallup 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 Puyallup?
$97,826. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $551,800. Median gross rent is $1,812 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Puyallup businesses?
254 7(a) approvals totalling $126.8 m, across 54 lenders, median approval $125,000, plus 45 504 approvals worth $47.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Puyallup, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Puyallup borrowers get paid back?
Of the 43 loans that have reached a final outcome, 41 were paid in full and 2 charged off, a charge off rate of 4.7 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Puyallup 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 Puyallup.
Is zoning published for Puyallup?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.