Prairie Ridge vs Sumner

A side-by-side comparison of Prairie Ridge and Sumner: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Prairie Ridge has the higher population (12,054 vs 10,674 in Sumner). Prairie Ridge has the higher median household income ($110,795 vs $98,376 in Sumner). Sumner has the higher median home value ($478,500 vs $436,200 in Prairie Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Prairie Ridge	Sumner
Population	12,054	10,674
Median age	36.8 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$110,795	$98,376
Median home value	$436,200	$478,500
Median gross rent	$1,742	$1,886
Housing units	4,476	4,475
Homeownership rate	89.0%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairie Ridge	Sumner
Population	11,994 → 12,054 (+0.5%)	10,053 → 10,674 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$85,536 → $110,795 (+29.5%)	$63,043 → $98,376 (+56.0%)
Median home value	$273,000 → $436,200 (+59.8%)	$333,000 → $478,500 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,356 → $1,742 (+28.5%)	$1,194 → $1,886 (+58.0%)

Prairie Ridge

Population

11,99412,054

Median household income

$85,536$110,795

Median home value

$273,000$436,200

Median gross rent

$1,356$1,742

Sumner

Population

10,05310,674

Median household income

$63,043$98,376

Median home value

$333,000$478,500

Median gross rent

$1,194$1,886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prairie Ridge	Sumner
Under 5	6.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	19.6%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	20.6%
35 to 44	15.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.9%
75 and over	3.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairie Ridge	Sumner
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	73.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.7%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prairie Ridge	Sumner
No high school diploma	8.1%	8.8%
High school graduate	37.1%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairie Ridge	Sumner
Drove alone	73.9%	73.7%
Carpooled	15.9%	9.1%
Public transit	0.2%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	10.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairie Ridge	Sumner
1-unit, detached	77.3%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	10.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	21.3%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Prairie Ridge	Sumner
Poverty rate	3.0%	7.1%
Average household size	2.79	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	38	30
Median year structure built	1992	1990