Spanaway vs University Place

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

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

University Place has the higher population (34,850 vs 34,322 in Spanaway). University Place has the higher median household income ($94,952 vs $94,028 in Spanaway). University Place has the higher median home value ($578,100 vs $401,000 in Spanaway).

Population, income & housing

	Spanaway	University Place
Population	34,322	34,850
Median age	32.5 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$94,028	$94,952
Median home value	$401,000	$578,100
Median gross rent	$1,782	$1,664
Housing units	12,060	14,409
Homeownership rate	72.8%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spanaway	University Place
Population	32,575 → 34,322 (+5.4%)	33,326 → 34,850 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$71,659 → $94,028 (+31.2%)	$71,697 → $94,952 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$240,800 → $401,000 (+66.5%)	$367,200 → $578,100 (+57.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,251 → $1,782 (+42.4%)	$1,198 → $1,664 (+38.9%)

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

University Place

Population

33,32634,850

Median household income

$71,697$94,952

Median home value

$367,200$578,100

Median gross rent

$1,198$1,664

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spanaway	University Place
Under 5	6.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	22.0%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	18.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.1%	10.1%
75 and over	3.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spanaway	University Place
White (non-Hispanic)	48.4%	60.6%
Black or African American	10.5%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	6.3%	10.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.9%	0.8%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	14.1%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spanaway	University Place
No high school diploma	9.4%	4.2%
High school graduate	34.4%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spanaway	University Place
Drove alone	78.0%	70.7%
Carpooled	9.3%	8.4%
Public transit	2.5%	2.5%
Walked	0.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.1%
Worked from home	8.7%	14.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spanaway	University Place
1-unit, detached	79.6%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	14.9%
20 or more units	1.4%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Spanaway	University Place
Poverty rate	9.7%	8.6%
Average household size	2.94	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	37	28
Median year structure built	1990	1980