What is the population of Puyallup city?

Puyallup city has 42,642 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #30 of 639 in Washington.

What is the median household income in Puyallup city?

Median household income in Puyallup city is $95,639 a year, 21.8% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,750 a month and the median home value is $507,000, so rent absorbs about 22% of median household income.

Is Puyallup 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 Puyallup city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Puyallup, WA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Puyallup, Washington (Puyallup, WA — Census place “Puyallup city”) is 42,642 residents, ranking #30 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $95,639, the median home is worth $507,000 and median gross rent runs $1,750 a month. Looking for the Puyallup Washington ZIP code list? 4 ZIP codes serve Puyallup, WA: 98371, 98372, 98373, 98374.

Population: 42,642Puyallup city residents
Median household income: $95,639Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $507,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,750Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 51.3%Owner-occupied households

Puyallup ZIP codes (Washington)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Puyallup.

The Puyallup WA ZIP code list below covers 4 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Puyallup city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Puyallup city median would spend about 22% 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 7.5% of residents and 51.3% of households own their home.

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

Puyallup city, WA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Puyallup city is a small city in Washington, with 42,642 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #30 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 37.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. 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 Puyallup city earn a median of $95,639 a year, 21.8% above the national figure of $78,538 and 6% above the $90,592 median for the 393 Washington cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 7.5% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Puyallup city is valued at $507,000, 67.1% above the national figure and 8% above the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,750 a month, 24.5% above the national figure, or roughly $21,000 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22% 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. 51.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Puyallup city?: Puyallup city has 42,642 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #30 of 639 in Washington.
What is the median household income in Puyallup city?: Median household income in Puyallup city is $95,639 a year, 21.8% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Puyallup city?: Median gross rent is $1,750 a month and the median home value is $507,000, so rent absorbs about 22% of median household income.
Is Puyallup 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 Puyallup city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Puyallup 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.