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Population (year 2000): 2,452. Estimated
population in July 2005: 5,374 (+119.2% change)
Males: 1,186 (48.4%), Females: 1,266 (51.6%)
Pierce County
Zip code:
98327
Median resident age: 32.0 years
Median household income: $52,969 (year 2000)
Median house value: $167,100 (year 2000)
Races in DuPont:
- White Non-Hispanic (71.4%)
- Black (8.2%)
- Hispanic (6.4%)
- Two or more races (6.1%)
- Korean (2.9%)
- Other race (2.2%)
- American Indian (2.0%)
- Filipino (1.5%)
- Japanese (1.0%)
- Asian Indian (0.9%)
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (0.7%)
- Other Asian (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (21.0%), Irish (13.7%),
English (9.7%), Norwegian (7.5%), Italian (4.9%), United States
(4.1%).
Elevation: 245 feet
Land area: 5.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in DuPont
- High school or higher: 94.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 42.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 16.8%
- Unemployed: 6.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in DuPont city
- Never married: 16.5%
- Now married: 68.2%
- Separated: 1.2%
- Widowed: 4.3%
- Divorced: 9.8%
10.0% Foreign born (4.8% Asia, 2.1% Latin
America, 2.0% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +1,853
(+309.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near DuPont:
- WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; TACOMA, WA)
- COLUMBIA CAPITAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 10 miles;
OLYMPIA, WA)
- SAINT CLARE HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; LAKEWOOD, WA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
DuPont:
- GRAY AAF (about 6 miles; FORT LEWIS/TACOMA, WA; ID:
GRF)
- MCCHORD AFB (about 13 miles; TACOMA, WA; ID: TCM)
- OLYMPIA (about 21 miles; OLYMPIA, WA; ID: OLM)
Other public-use airports nearest to DuPont:
- AMERICAN LAKE (about 7 miles; TACOMA, WA; ID: W37)
- TACOMA NARROWS (about 13 miles; TACOMA, WA; ID: TIW)
- WESTERN AIRPARK (about 14 miles; YELM, WA; ID: 92W)
Amtrak stations near DuPont:
- 14 miles: OLYMPIA/LACEY (OLYMPIA, 6600 YELM HWY.
S.E.). Services: fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for
taxi service, public transit connection.
- 19 miles: TACOMA (1001 PUYALLUP AVE.). Services:
ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
full-service food facilities, free short-term parking,
free long-term parking, call for taxi service, intercity
bus service, public transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
DuPont:
- PIERCE COLLEGE AT FORT STEILACOOM (about 7 miles;
LAKEWOOD, WA; Full-time enrollment: 5,921)
- CLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 11 miles;
LAKEWOOD, WA; FT enrollment: 3,819)
- TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 13 miles; TACOMA,
WA; FT enrollment: 3,710)
- UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND (about 16 miles; TACOMA,
WA; FT enrollment: 2,754)
- BATES TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 16 miles; TACOMA, WA;
FT enrollment: 3,710)
- EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE (about 24 miles; OLYMPIA,
WA; FT enrollment: 3,749)
- SOUTH PUGET SOUND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 27 miles;
OLYMPIA, WA; FT enrollment: 2,908)
Public primary/middle school in DuPont:
- CHLOE CLARK ELEMENTARY (Students: 280;
Location: 1700 PALISADE BOULEVARD; Grades: KG - 04)
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