Fife vs Sumner

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

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

Fife has the higher population (10,902 vs 10,674 in Sumner). Sumner has the higher median household income ($98,376 vs $90,515 in Fife). Fife has the higher median home value ($480,600 vs $478,500 in Sumner).

Population, income & housing

	Fife	Sumner
Population	10,902	10,674
Median age	31.9 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$90,515	$98,376
Median home value	$480,600	$478,500
Median gross rent	$1,836	$1,886
Housing units	4,279	4,475
Homeownership rate	46.5%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fife	Sumner
Population	10,096 → 10,902 (+8.0%)	10,053 → 10,674 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$66,144 → $90,515 (+36.8%)	$63,043 → $98,376 (+56.0%)
Median home value	$288,500 → $480,600 (+66.6%)	$333,000 → $478,500 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,351 → $1,836 (+35.9%)	$1,194 → $1,886 (+58.0%)

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

Sumner

Population

10,05310,674

Median household income

$63,043$98,376

Median home value

$333,000$478,500

Median gross rent

$1,194$1,886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fife	Sumner
Under 5	6.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	19.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	22.7%	20.6%
35 to 44	16.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.3%
65 to 74	5.0%	7.9%
75 and over	2.8%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fife	Sumner
White (non-Hispanic)	39.6%	73.9%
Black or African American	9.9%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.1%
Asian	16.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.1%	0.7%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fife	Sumner
No high school diploma	8.9%	8.8%
High school graduate	25.5%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fife	Sumner
Drove alone	75.8%	73.7%
Carpooled	9.8%	9.1%
Public transit	1.4%	1.5%
Walked	2.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	10.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fife	Sumner
1-unit, detached	41.1%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	27.9%	10.2%
20 or more units	9.7%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Fife	Sumner
Poverty rate	11.5%	7.1%
Average household size	2.67	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	2000	1990