Home vs North Puyallup

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

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

Home has the higher population (1,718 vs 1,363 in North Puyallup). Home has the higher median household income ($87,679 vs $81,063 in North Puyallup). Home has the higher median home value ($404,700 vs $335,500 in North Puyallup).

Population, income & housing

	Home	North Puyallup
Population	1,718	1,363
Median age	33.6 yrs	64.0 yrs
Median household income	$87,679	$81,063
Median home value	$404,700	$335,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,051
Housing units	722	835
Homeownership rate	96.0%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Home	North Puyallup
Population	1,477 → 1,718 (+16.3%)	1,930 → 1,363 (-29.4%)
Median household income	$66,250 → $87,679 (+32.3%)	$56,114 → $81,063 (+44.5%)
Median home value	$269,600 → $404,700 (+50.1%)	$152,700 → $335,500 (+119.7%)
Median gross rent	$802 → $829 (+3.4%)	$1,008 → $1,051 (+4.3%)

Home

Population

1,4771,718

Median household income

$66,250$87,679

Median home value

$269,600$404,700

Median gross rent

$802$829

North Puyallup

Population

1,9301,363

Median household income

$56,114$81,063

Median home value

$152,700$335,500

Median gross rent

$1,008$1,051

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Home	North Puyallup
Under 5	5.8%	2.2%
5 to 17	25.1%	2.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	3.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	6.5%
45 to 54	5.2%	8.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	26.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	35.9%
75 and over	8.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Home	North Puyallup
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	58.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.8%
Asian	0.1%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	18.0%
Two or more races	16.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Home	North Puyallup
No high school diploma	8.4%	2.5%
High school graduate	33.2%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Home	North Puyallup
Drove alone	82.3%	63.4%
Carpooled	4.8%	5.2%
Public transit	4.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.2%
Worked from home	8.3%	27.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Home	North Puyallup
1-unit, detached	77.3%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	23.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.6%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Home	North Puyallup
Poverty rate	2.3%	3.5%
Average household size	3.01	1.71
Mean commute (minutes)	48	27
Median year structure built	1990	1961