Gig Harbor vs Sumner

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

Gig Harbor and Sumner 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 10,674 in Sumner). Gig Harbor has the higher median household income ($106,042 vs $98,376 in Sumner). Gig Harbor has the higher median home value ($686,000 vs $478,500 in Sumner).

Population, income & housing

	Gig Harbor	Sumner
Population	12,202	10,674
Median age	47.6 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$106,042	$98,376
Median home value	$686,000	$478,500
Median gross rent	$2,097	$1,886
Housing units	5,683	4,475
Homeownership rate	62.6%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gig Harbor	Sumner
Population	9,854 → 12,202 (+23.8%)	10,053 → 10,674 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$84,335 → $106,042 (+25.7%)	$63,043 → $98,376 (+56.0%)
Median home value	$475,400 → $686,000 (+44.3%)	$333,000 → $478,500 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,419 → $2,097 (+47.8%)	$1,194 → $1,886 (+58.0%)

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

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)

	Gig Harbor	Sumner
Under 5	6.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	13.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.5%	20.6%
35 to 44	9.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.3%
65 to 74	15.1%	7.9%
75 and over	15.8%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gig Harbor	Sumner
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	73.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	3.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.7%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gig Harbor	Sumner
No high school diploma	4.0%	8.8%
High school graduate	13.1%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gig Harbor	Sumner
Drove alone	69.6%	73.7%
Carpooled	6.9%	9.1%
Public transit	1.0%	1.5%
Walked	3.6%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	10.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gig Harbor	Sumner
1-unit, detached	57.3%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	10.2%
20 or more units	15.4%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Gig Harbor	Sumner
Poverty rate	5.8%	7.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1996	1990