Zip Code 97053 - Population, Income & Demographics

The median income of households in 97053 was $123,902. An estimated 1.1% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 10.6% had income of $200,000 or more.

An estimated 62.4% of households received earnings. An estimated 41.3% of households received Social Security and an estimated 43.3 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $32,286. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

In 2019-2023, 3.4 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 3.9% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 2% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 3.8% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

In 2019-2023, 5.7 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 59.3% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 66.7% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 25.9% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.

Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 97053 in 2019-2023, 97.7% had health insurance coverage and 2.3% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 85.5% and public coverage was 37.8%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 0%.

In 2019-2023, 97053 had a total population of 3,401 - 1,698 (49.9%) females and 1,703 (50.1%) males. The median age was 55.7 years. An estimated 11.7% of the population was under 18 years, 24% was 19 to 44 years, 40% was 45 to 64 years, and 24.1 % was 65 years and older.

In 2019-2023, there were 1,426 households in 97053. The average household size was 2.38 people.

Married-couple households made up 72.1% of the households in 97053 while cohabiting couple households made up 2.9% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 13.1% of all households, while 11.9% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 10.7% of households were male householders living alone, and 10.2% were female householders living alone, for a total of 20.9% of all households.

In 97053, 14.9% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 38% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

In 2019-2023, an estimated 94.7% of the people living in 97053 were U.S. natives. 64.6% of the 97053 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 5.3% of 97053 residents in 2019-2023 were foreign-born. 73.3% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 100 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 97053 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2019-2023 for 97053.

Among people at least five years old living in 97053 in 2019-2023, 5.6 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 3.9% of people at least five years old; 1.7% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

In 2019-2023, 95.3 % of the people at least one year old living in 97053 were living in the same house one year earlier.

In 2019-2023, 78.6 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 28.5% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 21.4% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 97053 was 378 in 2019-2023. Nursery school enrollment was 19 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 279. College or graduate school enrollment was 80.

In 97053, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2019-2023, 13.9 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 7.3% of people under 18 years old, to 6.6% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 36.5% of those 65 and over.

In 97053, 56 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 40.9% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 82.8% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 12.6% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 4.6 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

In 2019-2023, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 97053 worked in the following industries:

An estimated 65.9% of 97053 workers drove to work alone in 2019-2023, and 20% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 36.4 minutes to get to work.

In 2019-2023, 97053 had a total of 1,426 housing units. Of these housing units, 80.1% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 0% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 19.9% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

1.5% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 31.2% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 97053 was 6.7 rooms, and of these housing units 90% had three or more bedrooms.

In 2019-2023, 97053 had 1,426 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 0 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 92.8% while renters occupied 7.2%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.48 and in renter-occupied houses it was 1.2.

1.3% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 9.7% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 0% and another 51% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 97053:

In 2019-2023, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 97053 was $532,200.

Of the owner-occupied households, 71.5 % had a mortgage. 28.5% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $2,243 and for owners without a mortgage it was $644.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 97053 was $NaN. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.