Puyallup vs South Hill

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

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

South Hill has the higher population (68,161 vs 42,642 in Puyallup). South Hill has the higher median household income ($109,235 vs $95,639 in Puyallup). Puyallup has the higher median home value ($507,000 vs $493,800 in South Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Puyallup	South Hill
Population	42,642	68,161
Median age	37.2 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$95,639	$109,235
Median home value	$507,000	$493,800
Median gross rent	$1,750	$1,916
Housing units	17,537	23,398
Homeownership rate	51.3%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Puyallup	South Hill
Population	40,991 → 42,642 (+4.0%)	60,172 → 68,161 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$73,248 → $95,639 (+30.6%)	$86,568 → $109,235 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$329,000 → $507,000 (+54.1%)	$303,100 → $493,800 (+62.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,288 → $1,750 (+35.9%)	$1,536 → $1,916 (+24.7%)

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

South Hill

Population

60,17268,161

Median household income

$86,568$109,235

Median home value

$303,100$493,800

Median gross rent

$1,536$1,916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Puyallup	South Hill
Under 5	6.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	22.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	17.1%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.9%	15.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	6.3%
75 and over	7.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Puyallup	South Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	69.9%	61.9%
Black or African American	4.0%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	6.1%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.7%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.9%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Puyallup	South Hill
No high school diploma	6.6%	6.5%
High school graduate	28.6%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Puyallup	South Hill
Drove alone	75.5%	75.4%
Carpooled	9.4%	7.5%
Public transit	2.2%	1.6%
Walked	1.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.7%	13.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Puyallup	South Hill
1-unit, detached	55.2%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	17.4%	6.0%
20 or more units	11.7%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Puyallup	South Hill
Poverty rate	7.5%	6.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1986	1997