Fife vs Prairie Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Fife and Prairie Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Prairie Ridge has the higher population (12,054 vs 10,902 in Fife). Prairie Ridge has the higher median household income ($110,795 vs $90,515 in Fife). Fife has the higher median home value ($480,600 vs $436,200 in Prairie Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Fife	Prairie Ridge
Population	10,902	12,054
Median age	31.9 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$90,515	$110,795
Median home value	$480,600	$436,200
Median gross rent	$1,836	$1,742
Housing units	4,279	4,476
Homeownership rate	46.5%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fife	Prairie Ridge
Population	10,096 → 10,902 (+8.0%)	11,994 → 12,054 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$66,144 → $90,515 (+36.8%)	$85,536 → $110,795 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$288,500 → $480,600 (+66.6%)	$273,000 → $436,200 (+59.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,351 → $1,836 (+35.9%)	$1,356 → $1,742 (+28.5%)

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

Prairie Ridge

Population

11,99412,054

Median household income

$85,536$110,795

Median home value

$273,000$436,200

Median gross rent

$1,356$1,742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fife	Prairie Ridge
Under 5	6.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.0%	19.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	22.7%	14.1%
35 to 44	16.4%	15.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	10.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	5.0%	7.4%
75 and over	2.8%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fife	Prairie Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	39.6%	84.9%
Black or African American	9.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.7%
Asian	16.2%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.1%	0.5%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fife	Prairie Ridge
No high school diploma	8.9%	8.1%
High school graduate	25.5%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fife	Prairie Ridge
Drove alone	75.8%	73.9%
Carpooled	9.8%	15.9%
Public transit	1.4%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	9.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fife	Prairie Ridge
1-unit, detached	41.1%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	27.9%	0.3%
20 or more units	9.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Fife	Prairie Ridge
Poverty rate	11.5%	3.0%
Average household size	2.67	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	27	38
Median year structure built	2000	1992