North Fort Lewis vs Steilacoom

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

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

Steilacoom has the higher population (6,683 vs 5,990 in North Fort Lewis). Steilacoom has the higher median household income ($97,634 vs $72,778 in North Fort Lewis). Since 2019, Steilacoom's population has grown faster (+6.0% vs -5.7%).

Population, income & housing

	North Fort Lewis	Steilacoom
Population	5,990	6,683
Median age	24.3 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,778	$97,634
Median home value	—	$594,600
Median gross rent	$2,375	$1,721
Housing units	1,176	2,846
Homeownership rate	0.0%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	47.4%
Unemployment rate	13.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Fort Lewis	Steilacoom
Population	6,355 → 5,990 (-5.7%)	6,303 → 6,683 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$66,302 → $72,778 (+9.8%)	$82,330 → $97,634 (+18.6%)
Median home value	—	$361,300 → $594,600 (+64.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,839 → $2,375 (+29.1%)	$1,152 → $1,721 (+49.4%)

North Fort Lewis

Population

6,3555,990

Median household income

$66,302$72,778

Median gross rent

$1,839$2,375

Steilacoom

Population

6,3036,683

Median household income

$82,330$97,634

Median home value

$361,300$594,600

Median gross rent

$1,152$1,721

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Fort Lewis	Steilacoom
Under 5	8.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	14.4%
18 to 24	28.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	29.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.9%	15.7%
45 to 54	1.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	0.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	13.3%
75 and over	0.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Fort Lewis	Steilacoom
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	68.0%
Black or African American	10.9%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	1.0%
Asian	4.2%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.8%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	20.4%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Fort Lewis	Steilacoom
No high school diploma	2.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	23.3%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Fort Lewis	Steilacoom
Drove alone	58.0%	66.5%
Carpooled	11.5%	7.6%
Public transit	0.6%	4.4%
Walked	24.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	19.9%
Other means	2.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Fort Lewis	Steilacoom
1-unit, detached	11.1%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	76.4%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Fort Lewis	Steilacoom
Poverty rate	13.3%	11.0%
Average household size	3.43	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	10	30
Median year structure built	2002	1977