Fife Heights vs Home

A side-by-side comparison of Fife Heights and Home: population, income, housing, and more.

Fife Heights and Home are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Home has the higher population (1,718 vs 1,508 in Fife Heights). Fife Heights has the higher median household income ($135,156 vs $87,679 in Home). Fife Heights has the higher median home value ($602,700 vs $404,700 in Home).

Population, income & housing

	Fife Heights	Home
Population	1,508	1,718
Median age	33.5 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$135,156	$87,679
Median home value	$602,700	$404,700
Median gross rent	$2,659	—
Housing units	511	722
Homeownership rate	95.4%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fife Heights	Home
Population	2,368 → 1,508 (-36.3%)	1,477 → 1,718 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$113,241 → $135,156 (+19.4%)	$66,250 → $87,679 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$408,100 → $602,700 (+47.7%)	$269,600 → $404,700 (+50.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,598 → $2,659 (+66.4%)	$802 → $829 (+3.4%)

Fife Heights

Population

2,3681,508

Median household income

$113,241$135,156

Median home value

$408,100$602,700

Median gross rent

$1,598$2,659

Home

Population

1,4771,718

Median household income

$66,250$87,679

Median home value

$269,600$404,700

Median gross rent

$802$829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fife Heights	Home
Under 5	3.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	24.6%	25.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	16.8%	5.2%
55 to 64	8.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	6.1%	10.5%
75 and over	4.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fife Heights	Home
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	74.1%
Black or African American	6.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.5%
Asian	7.6%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.6%	16.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fife Heights	Home
No high school diploma	4.0%	8.4%
High school graduate	24.3%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fife Heights	Home
Drove alone	73.3%	82.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	4.4%
Walked	1.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	8.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fife Heights	Home
1-unit, detached	93.0%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Fife Heights	Home
Poverty rate	2.8%	2.3%
Average household size	3.01	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	24	48
Median year structure built	1986	1990