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Population (year 2000): 382. Estimated
population in July 2005: 438 (+14.7% change)
Males: 199 (52.1%), Females: 183 (47.9%)
Pierce County
Zip code:
98385
Median resident age: 32.4 years
Median household income: $50,250 (year 2000)
Median house value: $132,400 (year 2000)
Races in South Prairie:
- White Non-Hispanic (93.5%)
- American Indian (3.1%)
- Two or more races (1.6%)
- Black (1.0%)
- Hispanic (0.8%)
- Filipino (0.5%)
- Other Asian (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (36.1%), Irish (18.1%),
English (12.3%), Norwegian (6.8%), French (5.5%), Italian
(5.2%).
Elevation: 430 feet
Land area: 0.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in South Prairie
- High school or higher: 89.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.0%
- Unemployed: 8.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in South Prairie town
- Never married: 27.1%
- Now married: 57.9%
- Separated: 2.8%
- Widowed: 2.2%
- Divorced: 10.0%
2.4% Foreign born (1.6% Asia, 0.8% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +148 (+63.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near South Prairie:
- MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (about 6 miles;
TACOMA, WA)
- PUGET SOUND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (about 6 miles;
TACOMA, WA)
- TACOMA GENERAL ALLENMORE HOSPITAL (about 6 miles;
TACOMA, WA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
South Prairie:
- SEATTLE-TACOMA INTL (about 25 miles; SEATTLE, WA;
ID: SEA)
- MCCHORD AFB (about 26 miles; TACOMA, WA; ID: TCM)
- BOEING FIELD/KING COUNTY INTL (about 30 miles;
SEATTLE, WA; ID: BFI)
Other public-use airports nearest to South Prairie:
- PIERCE COUNTY - THUN FIELD (about 14 miles;
PUYALLUP, WA; ID: 1S0)
- CREST AIRPARK (about 14 miles; KENT, WA; ID: S36)
- AUBURN MUNI (about 15 miles; AUBURN, WA; ID: S50)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
South Prairie:
- PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY (about 6 miles; TACOMA,
WA; Full-time enrollment: 3,265)
- GREEN RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 12 miles;
AUBURN, WA; FT enrollment: 4,568)
- HIGHLINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 24 miles; DES
MOINES, WA; FT enrollment: 4,288)
- RENTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 27 miles; RENTON,
WA; FT enrollment: 2,623)
- BATES TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 27 miles; TACOMA, WA;
FT enrollment: 3,710)
- UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND (about 29 miles; TACOMA,
WA; FT enrollment: 2,754)
- CLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 29 miles;
LAKEWOOD, WA; FT enrollment: 3,819)
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