Fort Lewis vs Frederickson

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Lewis and Frederickson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Frederickson has the higher population (24,219 vs 13,983 in Fort Lewis). Frederickson has the higher median household income ($107,241 vs $54,902 in Fort Lewis). Since 2019, Fort Lewis's population has grown faster (+7.1% vs +5.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Lewis	Frederickson
Population	13,983	24,219
Median age	23.0 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,902	$107,241
Median home value	—	$455,900
Median gross rent	$2,240	$2,429
Housing units	3,713	8,272
Homeownership rate	1.8%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Lewis	Frederickson
Population	13,054 → 13,983 (+7.1%)	22,994 → 24,219 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$42,157 → $54,902 (+30.2%)	$89,012 → $107,241 (+20.5%)
Median home value	—	$272,400 → $455,900 (+67.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,698 → $2,240 (+31.9%)	$1,674 → $2,429 (+45.1%)

Fort Lewis

Population

13,05413,983

Median household income

$42,157$54,902

Median gross rent

$1,698$2,240

Frederickson

Population

22,99424,219

Median household income

$89,012$107,241

Median home value

$272,400$455,900

Median gross rent

$1,674$2,429

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Lewis	Frederickson
Under 5	17.6%	8.7%
5 to 17	10.6%	21.2%
18 to 24	34.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	28.7%	16.2%
35 to 44	7.0%	16.4%
45 to 54	1.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	8.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.3%
75 and over	0.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Lewis	Frederickson
White (non-Hispanic)	43.9%	51.6%
Black or African American	14.5%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.6%
Asian	3.7%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.0%	2.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.0%	10.6%
Hispanic or Latino	25.6%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Lewis	Frederickson
No high school diploma	3.2%	11.5%
High school graduate	24.5%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	49.8%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Lewis	Frederickson
Drove alone	61.1%	73.2%
Carpooled	15.1%	10.5%
Public transit	0.2%	2.7%
Walked	20.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	2.9%	10.6%
Other means	0.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Lewis	Frederickson
1-unit, detached	14.0%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	49.0%	12.3%
2 to 4 units	23.3%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Fort Lewis	Frederickson
Poverty rate	16.4%	4.9%
Average household size	3.05	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	12	35
Median year structure built	1984	2003