Demographics of Fife city, Washington

Fife city, Washington had 11,061 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +77 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Fife city, in four figures

11,061
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 10,949 ±35.; +0.7%
Change since July 2020: +77 people.; 31.3 ±1.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $90,532 ±$7,680
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Fife city, Washington's population grew 0.7% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Fife city, Washington's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Fife city, Washington's population grew 0.7% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Fife city, Washington's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	10,984	100.0	100.0
2021	10,928	99.5	100.2
2022	10,765	98.0	100.7
2023	10,662	97.1	101.6
2024	10,977	99.9	102.5
2025	11,061	100.7	103.1

Population of Fife city, Washington on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	10,984	—
2021	10,928	−56
2022	10,765	−163
2023	10,662	−103
2024	10,977	+315
2025	11,061	+84

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 31.3 ±1.2: for men 30.0 ±1.8 and for women 32.3 ±2.1. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Fife city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Washington	United States
Under 5	824 ±187	7.5% ±1.7	5.5% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,094 ±253	19.1% ±2.3	15.8% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	864 ±168	7.9% ±1.5	8.5% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	4,296 ±406	39.2% ±3.7	29.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	2,081 ±240	19.0% ±2.2	24.0% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	790 ±146	7.2% ±1.3	16.6% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $90,532 ±$7,680, and income per person $39,696 ±$3,252, in 2024 dollars. The median is $98,141 ±$414 in Washington and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Fife city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Washington	United States
Under $25,000	302 ±108	7.4% ±2.6	11.1% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	616 ±162	15.1% ±3.9	13.2% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	604 ±135	14.8% ±3.2	14.1% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	746 ±154	18.3% ±3.7	12.4% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	989 ±183	24.3% ±4.3	19.2% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	439 ±106	10.8% ±2.5	11.4% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	382 ±83	9.4% ±2.0	18.5% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Fife city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Washington	United States
All ages	1,226 ±382	11.2% ±3.5	9.9% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	399 ±161	13.7% ±5.3	11.6% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	660 ±224	9.7% ±3.2	9.5% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	82 to 252	13.8% ±6.7	9.3% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Fife city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Fife city	Washington	United States
Housing units	4,315 ±217	3,306,620 ±517	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	94.5% ±6.5	92.7% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	5.5% ±2.6	7.3% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	46.3% ±4.1	63.8% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	53.7% ±4.6	36.2% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$543,100 ±$27,089	$564,600 ±$1,940	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,889 ±$71	$1,760 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	2000 ±2	1985 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Fife city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Washington	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,665 ±399	15.2% ±3.6	14.4% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	4,131 ±451	37.7% ±4.1	63.1% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	1,459 ±398	13.3% ±3.6	3.8% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	1,714 ±354	15.7% ±3.2	9.7% ±0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	67 to 335	0.6% to 3.1%	0.8% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	786 ±374	7.2% ±3.4	0.7% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 15	0% to 0.1%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	987 ±322	9.0% ±2.9	6.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Fife city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Washington	United States
Born in the state	4,725 ±460	43.2% ±4.2	46.4% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	3,052 ±364	27.9% ±3.3	36.2% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	279 to 909	2.5% to 8.3%	1.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	2,578 ±341	23.5% ±3.1	15.4% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,510 ±277	13.8% ±2.5	7.5% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	1,068 ±259	9.8% ±2.4	7.9% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Fife city among the places of Washington

120th of 194 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Washington page.

Places of Washington near Fife city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Minnehaha CDP	11,482 ±1,485
Airway Heights city	11,245 ±85
Grandview city	11,187 ±31
Lake Morton-Berrydale CDP	11,183 ±1,156
Yelm city	11,102 ±89
Fife city	10,949 ±35
Maltby CDP	10,910 ±975
Felida CDP	10,841 ±1,573
Birch Bay CDP	10,837 ±1,030
Mount Vista CDP	10,764 ±807
Sumner city	10,733 ±28

Rankings this appears in

No. 11 Places in Washington by poverty rate
No. 16 Places in Washington by foreign-born share
No. 26 Places in Washington by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 49 Places in Washington by median rent
No. 75 Places in Washington by median household income
No. 76 Places in Washington by median home value

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026