Parkland vs Spanaway

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

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

Parkland has the higher population (39,174 vs 34,322 in Spanaway). Spanaway has the higher median household income ($94,028 vs $71,829 in Parkland). Spanaway has the higher median home value ($401,000 vs $382,700 in Parkland).

Population, income & housing

	Parkland	Spanaway
Population	39,174	34,322
Median age	33.8 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,829	$94,028
Median home value	$382,700	$401,000
Median gross rent	$1,593	$1,782
Housing units	15,034	12,060
Homeownership rate	53.5%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parkland	Spanaway
Population	37,303 → 39,174 (+5.0%)	32,575 → 34,322 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$55,346 → $71,829 (+29.8%)	$71,659 → $94,028 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$223,400 → $382,700 (+71.3%)	$240,800 → $401,000 (+66.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,106 → $1,593 (+44.0%)	$1,251 → $1,782 (+42.4%)

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

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)

	Parkland	Spanaway
Under 5	6.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.3%	22.0%
18 to 24	12.2%	8.0%
25 to 34	17.3%	18.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	10.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.1%
75 and over	5.5%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parkland	Spanaway
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	48.4%
Black or African American	12.8%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.4%
Asian	8.3%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.1%	3.9%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	11.4%	14.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parkland	Spanaway
No high school diploma	9.7%	9.4%
High school graduate	37.2%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parkland	Spanaway
Drove alone	76.2%	78.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	9.3%
Public transit	2.0%	2.5%
Walked	4.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.0%	8.7%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parkland	Spanaway
1-unit, detached	54.5%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	18.3%	2.6%
20 or more units	9.5%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Parkland	Spanaway
Poverty rate	12.4%	9.7%
Average household size	2.67	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	30	37
Median year structure built	1980	1990