Parkland vs Puyallup

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

Parkland 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 39,174 in Parkland). Puyallup has the higher median household income ($95,639 vs $71,829 in Parkland). Puyallup has the higher median home value ($507,000 vs $382,700 in Parkland).

Population, income & housing

	Parkland	Puyallup
Population	39,174	42,642
Median age	33.8 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,829	$95,639
Median home value	$382,700	$507,000
Median gross rent	$1,593	$1,750
Housing units	15,034	17,537
Homeownership rate	53.5%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parkland	Puyallup
Population	37,303 → 39,174 (+5.0%)	40,991 → 42,642 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$55,346 → $71,829 (+29.8%)	$73,248 → $95,639 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$223,400 → $382,700 (+71.3%)	$329,000 → $507,000 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,106 → $1,593 (+44.0%)	$1,288 → $1,750 (+35.9%)

Parkland

Population

37,30339,174

Median household income

$55,346$71,829

Median home value

$223,400$382,700

Median gross rent

$1,106$1,593

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)

	Parkland	Puyallup
Under 5	6.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	12.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	17.3%	17.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.1%
75 and over	5.5%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parkland	Puyallup
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	69.9%
Black or African American	12.8%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.3%
Asian	8.3%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.1%	0.6%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	11.4%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parkland	Puyallup
No high school diploma	9.7%	6.6%
High school graduate	37.2%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parkland	Puyallup
Drove alone	76.2%	75.5%
Carpooled	9.5%	9.4%
Public transit	2.0%	2.2%
Walked	4.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.0%	10.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parkland	Puyallup
1-unit, detached	54.5%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	18.3%	17.4%
20 or more units	9.5%	11.7%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Parkland	Puyallup
Poverty rate	12.4%	7.5%
Average household size	2.67	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1980	1986