Fife, Washington

Demographics

People

Total Population	9,645
Male Share of the Population	49.4%
Female Share of the Population	50.6%
Senior Citizens	5.8%
Employed Population 16+	4,943
Age of the Population	31

Families

% of people married	43.8%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	22.6%
Median Earnings25+	$40,217
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$27,276
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$32,190

Wealth

Median Family Income	$67,262
% Above Poverty Level	86.4%
% Below Poverty Level	13.6%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	28 minutes
% Working from Home	3.2%
% Walking and Biking to Work	3.7%
% Using Public Transportation	4.2%

Housing

People Living Alone	28.2%
Median Gross Rent	$1,044
Median House Value	$229,100

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	49.4%
German	10.5%
Irish	7.7%
African	6.4%
English	5.6%
Italian	4.1%
Norwegian	3.5%
Russian	2.2%
Ukrainian	2.1%
Scottish	1.9%
Swedish	1.9%
French Except Basque	1.3%
Polish	1%
Romanian	0.9%
Welsh	0.9%
Danishn	0.7%
Dutch	0.7%
Egyptian	0.6%
Arab	0.6%
Swiss	0.4%
Finnish	0.4%
Portuguese	0.3%
Icelander	0.3%
Canadian	0.3%
Kenyan	0.3%
US/American	0.2%
Austrian	0.2%
Czech	0.2%
South African	0.1%
Hungarian	0.1%
Albanian	0.1%
Croatian	0.1%
Greek	0.1%
Iranian	0.1%
Nigerian	0.1%
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Fife Almanac

Category	Value
County	Pierce County
Standard Zip Codes	98424
Phone Area Codes	253
Time Zone	America/Los_Angeles
Approximate Latitude	47.23
Approximate Longitude	-122.36

Fife Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	PUYALLUP 2 W EXP STN
Distance	2.9 miles
Jan Temp	33 to 47 F
Apr Temp	39 to 61 F
Jul Temp	52 to 78 F
Oct Temp	42 to 62 F
Annual Precip	40.5 inches

Station	MC MILLIN RESERVOIR
Distance	8.5 miles
Jan Temp	32 to 45 F
Apr Temp	38 to 57 F
Jul Temp	51 to 75 F
Oct Temp	41 to 59 F
Annual Precip	43.1 inches

Station	KENT
Distance	13.2 miles
Jan Temp	35 to 47 F
Apr Temp	42 to 61 F
Jul Temp	55 to 77 F
Oct Temp	44 to 62 F
Annual Precip	39.5 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Algona	3,140	$59,293
Edgewood	9,862	$92,208
Milton	7,239	$81,413
Pacific	7,042	$57,694
Puyallup	39,274	$78,617
Tacoma	205,602	$65,075

Fife Private Schools

All Saints School
2323 54th Ave E
ZIP: 98424
Elementary
Total Enrollment 132

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2015, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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