Brier vs Sultan

A side-by-side comparison of Brier and Sultan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brier has the higher population (6,507 vs 5,770 in Sultan). Brier has the higher median household income ($138,256 vs $85,278 in Sultan). Brier has the higher median home value ($824,500 vs $455,500 in Sultan).

Population, income & housing

	Brier	Sultan
Population	6,507	5,770
Median age	45.9 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$138,256	$85,278
Median home value	$824,500	$455,500
Median gross rent	$2,727	$1,607
Housing units	2,423	2,235
Homeownership rate	91.3%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brier	Sultan
Population	6,843 → 6,507 (-4.9%)	5,166 → 5,770 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$131,293 → $138,256 (+5.3%)	$79,023 → $85,278 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$525,900 → $824,500 (+56.8%)	$290,800 → $455,500 (+56.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,000 → $2,727 (+36.4%)	$1,288 → $1,607 (+24.8%)

Brier

Population

6,8436,507

Median household income

$131,293$138,256

Median home value

$525,900$824,500

Median gross rent

$2,000$2,727

Sultan

Population

5,1665,770

Median household income

$79,023$85,278

Median home value

$290,800$455,500

Median gross rent

$1,288$1,607

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brier	Sultan
Under 5	5.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	6.2%	17.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	22.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	9.2%
55 to 64	17.4%	9.2%
65 to 74	15.3%	9.2%
75 and over	6.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brier	Sultan
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	61.8%
Black or African American	6.5%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.1%
Asian	9.5%	9.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brier	Sultan
No high school diploma	4.8%	15.2%
High school graduate	18.0%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brier	Sultan
Drove alone	65.8%	69.6%
Carpooled	2.4%	11.8%
Public transit	4.6%	0.5%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.1%	17.4%
Other means	2.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brier	Sultan
1-unit, detached	93.9%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Brier	Sultan
Poverty rate	3.1%	3.2%
Average household size	2.72	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	31	37
Median year structure built	1986	1995