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Population (year 2000): 29,933. Estimated
population in July 2005: 30,425 (+1.6% change)
Males: 14,264 (47.7%), Females: 15,669 (52.3%)
Pierce County
Zip code:
98467
Median resident age: 36.5 years
Median household income: $50,287 (year 2000)
Median house value: $177,000 (year 2000)
Races in University Place:
- White Non-Hispanic (74.2%)
- Black (8.7%)
- Two or more races (5.3%)
- Hispanic (3.8%)
- Korean (3.8%)
- American Indian (1.9%)
- Other race (1.3%)
- Filipino (1.0%)
- Vietnamese (0.7%)
- Chinese (0.7%)
- Japanese (0.7%)
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (19.1%), English (12.9%),
Irish (11.5%), Norwegian (6.9%), Swedish (5.0%), Italian (4.8%).
Elevation: 220 feet
Land area: 8.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in University Place
- High school or higher: 92.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 33.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 12.3%
- Unemployed: 4.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 25.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in University Place city
- Never married: 24.7%
- Now married: 56.0%
- Separated: 1.5%
- Widowed: 5.0%
- Divorced: 12.8%
10.1% Foreign born (6.0% Asia, 2.4% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +3,044 (+11.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near University Place:
- WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; TACOMA, WA)
- SAINT CLARE HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; LAKEWOOD, WA)
- ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER (about 6 miles; TACOMA, WA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
University Place:
- MCCHORD AFB (about 8 miles; TACOMA, WA; ID: TCM)
- GRAY AAF (about 11 miles; FORT LEWIS/TACOMA, WA; ID:
GRF)
- SEATTLE-TACOMA INTL (about 23 miles; SEATTLE, WA;
ID: SEA)
Other public-use airports nearest to University Place:
- TACOMA NARROWS (about 4 miles; TACOMA, WA; ID: TIW)
- AMERICAN LAKE (about 6 miles; TACOMA, WA; ID: W37)
- SPANAWAY (about 13 miles; SPANAWAY, WA; ID: S44)
Amtrak station near University Place:
- 9 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
University Place:
- TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 3 miles; TACOMA, WA;
Full-time enrollment: 3,710)
- PIERCE COLLEGE AT FORT STEILACOOM (about 5 miles;
LAKEWOOD, WA; FT enrollment: 5,921)
- CLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 5 miles;
LAKEWOOD, WA; FT enrollment: 3,819)
- UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND (about 6 miles; TACOMA,
WA; FT enrollment: 2,754)
- BATES TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 6 miles; TACOMA, WA;
FT enrollment: 3,710)
- HIGHLINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 20 miles; DES
MOINES, WA; FT enrollment: 4,288)
- OLYMPIC COLLEGE (about 25 miles; BREMERTON, WA; FT
enrollment: 3,889)
Public high school in University Place:
- CURTIS SENIOR HIGH (Students: 1,379;
Location: 8425 40TH W; Grades: 10 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in University Place:
- CURTIS JUNIOR HIGH (Students: 971; Location:
8901 40TH ST W; Grades: 08 - 09)
- EVERGREEN PRIMARY (Students: 451; Location:
7102 40TH ST W; Grades: PK - 04)
- SUNSET PRIMARY (Students: 411; Location: 4523
97TH AVE W; Grades: PK - 04)
Private primary/middle school in University Place:
- MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF TACOMA (Students: 131;
Location: 7323 27TH ST W; Grades: PK - 4)
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