Graham vs Puyallup

A side-by-side comparison of Graham and Puyallup: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Puyallup has the higher population (42,642 vs 35,090 in Graham). Graham has the higher median household income ($115,501 vs $95,639 in Puyallup). Puyallup has the higher median home value ($507,000 vs $472,800 in Graham).

Population, income & housing

	Graham	Puyallup
Population	35,090	42,642
Median age	35.1 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$115,501	$95,639
Median home value	$472,800	$507,000
Median gross rent	$2,172	$1,750
Housing units	11,352	17,537
Homeownership rate	81.8%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Graham	Puyallup
Population	28,976 → 35,090 (+21.1%)	40,991 → 42,642 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$86,943 → $115,501 (+32.8%)	$73,248 → $95,639 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$288,000 → $472,800 (+64.2%)	$329,000 → $507,000 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,641 → $2,172 (+32.4%)	$1,288 → $1,750 (+35.9%)

Graham

Population

28,97635,090

Median household income

$86,943$115,501

Median home value

$288,000$472,800

Median gross rent

$1,641$2,172

Puyallup

Population

40,99142,642

Median household income

$73,248$95,639

Median home value

$329,000$507,000

Median gross rent

$1,288$1,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Graham	Puyallup
Under 5	7.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	23.0%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.6%	17.1%
35 to 44	14.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.4%	8.1%
75 and over	4.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Graham	Puyallup
White (non-Hispanic)	65.7%	69.9%
Black or African American	4.3%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	3.9%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.7%	0.6%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	9.5%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Graham	Puyallup
No high school diploma	7.9%	6.6%
High school graduate	30.0%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Graham	Puyallup
Drove alone	77.1%	75.5%
Carpooled	9.9%	9.4%
Public transit	1.5%	2.2%
Walked	0.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.5%	10.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Graham	Puyallup
1-unit, detached	81.9%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	17.4%
20 or more units	0.8%	11.7%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Graham	Puyallup
Poverty rate	6.2%	7.5%
Average household size	3.24	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	43	32
Median year structure built	2000	1986