Fife vs Gig Harbor

A side-by-side comparison of Fife and Gig Harbor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gig Harbor has the higher population (12,202 vs 10,902 in Fife). Gig Harbor has the higher median household income ($106,042 vs $90,515 in Fife). Gig Harbor has the higher median home value ($686,000 vs $480,600 in Fife).

Population, income & housing

	Fife	Gig Harbor
Population	10,902	12,202
Median age	31.9 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,515	$106,042
Median home value	$480,600	$686,000
Median gross rent	$1,836	$2,097
Housing units	4,279	5,683
Homeownership rate	46.5%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fife	Gig Harbor
Population	10,096 → 10,902 (+8.0%)	9,854 → 12,202 (+23.8%)
Median household income	$66,144 → $90,515 (+36.8%)	$84,335 → $106,042 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$288,500 → $480,600 (+66.6%)	$475,400 → $686,000 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,351 → $1,836 (+35.9%)	$1,419 → $2,097 (+47.8%)

Fife

Population

10,09610,902

Median household income

$66,144$90,515

Median home value

$288,500$480,600

Median gross rent

$1,351$1,836

Gig Harbor

Population

9,85412,202

Median household income

$84,335$106,042

Median home value

$475,400$686,000

Median gross rent

$1,419$2,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fife	Gig Harbor
Under 5	6.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.0%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	22.7%	9.5%
35 to 44	16.4%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	5.0%	15.1%
75 and over	2.8%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fife	Gig Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	39.6%	80.7%
Black or African American	9.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.7%
Asian	16.2%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.1%	0.8%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	7.8%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fife	Gig Harbor
No high school diploma	8.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	25.5%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fife	Gig Harbor
Drove alone	75.8%	69.6%
Carpooled	9.8%	6.9%
Public transit	1.4%	1.0%
Walked	2.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	17.6%
Other means	0.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fife	Gig Harbor
1-unit, detached	41.1%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	27.9%	9.4%
20 or more units	9.7%	15.4%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Fife	Gig Harbor
Poverty rate	11.5%	5.8%
Average household size	2.67	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	2000	1996