What is the population of Fife city?

Fife city has 10,902 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #118 of 639 in Washington.

What is the median household income in Fife city?

Median household income in Fife city is $90,515 a year, 15.2% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fife city?

Median gross rent is $1,836 a month and the median home value is $480,600, so rent absorbs about 24.3% of median household income.

Is Fife city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fife city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Fife, WA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Fife, Washington (Fife, WA — Census place “Fife city”) is 10,902 residents, ranking #118 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $90,515, the median home is worth $480,600 and median gross rent runs $1,836 a month. Looking for the Fife Washington ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Fife, WA: 98424.

Population: 10,902Fife city residents
Median household income: $90,515Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $480,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,836Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 31.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 46.5%Owner-occupied households

Fife ZIP codes (Washington)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fife.

The Fife WA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

98424

What the numbers mean in Fife city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Fife city median would spend about 24.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.5% of residents and 46.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Fife city, WA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Fife city is a mid-size town in Washington, with 10,902 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #118 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 81% of them. The median age here is 31.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Fife city earn a median of $90,515 a year, 15.2% above the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $90,592 median for the 393 Washington cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 11.5% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Fife city is valued at $480,600, 58.4% above the national figure and 3% above the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,836 a month, 30.6% above the national figure, or roughly $22,032 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 46.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Fife city?: Fife city has 10,902 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #118 of 639 in Washington.
What is the median household income in Fife city?: Median household income in Fife city is $90,515 a year, 15.2% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fife city?: Median gross rent is $1,836 a month and the median home value is $480,600, so rent absorbs about 24.3% of median household income.
Is Fife city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fife city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Fife city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.