Graham vs Spanaway

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

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

Graham has the higher population (35,090 vs 34,322 in Spanaway). Graham has the higher median household income ($115,501 vs $94,028 in Spanaway). Graham has the higher median home value ($472,800 vs $401,000 in Spanaway).

Population, income & housing

	Graham	Spanaway
Population	35,090	34,322
Median age	35.1 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$115,501	$94,028
Median home value	$472,800	$401,000
Median gross rent	$2,172	$1,782
Housing units	11,352	12,060
Homeownership rate	81.8%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Graham	Spanaway
Population	28,976 → 35,090 (+21.1%)	32,575 → 34,322 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$86,943 → $115,501 (+32.8%)	$71,659 → $94,028 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$288,000 → $472,800 (+64.2%)	$240,800 → $401,000 (+66.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,641 → $2,172 (+32.4%)	$1,251 → $1,782 (+42.4%)

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

Spanaway

Population

32,57534,322

Median household income

$71,659$94,028

Median home value

$240,800$401,000

Median gross rent

$1,251$1,782

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Graham	Spanaway
Under 5	7.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	23.0%	22.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	18.9%
35 to 44	14.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	10.4%
65 to 74	6.4%	7.1%
75 and over	4.1%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Graham	Spanaway
White (non-Hispanic)	65.7%	48.4%
Black or African American	4.3%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	3.9%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.7%	3.9%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	9.5%	14.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Graham	Spanaway
No high school diploma	7.9%	9.4%
High school graduate	30.0%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Graham	Spanaway
Drove alone	77.1%	78.0%
Carpooled	9.9%	9.3%
Public transit	1.5%	2.5%
Walked	0.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.5%	8.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Graham	Spanaway
1-unit, detached	81.9%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Graham	Spanaway
Poverty rate	6.2%	9.7%
Average household size	3.24	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	43	37
Median year structure built	2000	1990