Prairie Ridge, Washington

Back to Prairie Ridge, WA housing info, Pierce County, Washington, WA smaller cities, WA small cities, All Cities. We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures! General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Current weather forecast for Prairie Ridge, WA Pierce County Population in July 2007: 12,836. Males: 6,511   (50.7%) Females: 6,325   (49.3%) Median resident age:   32.4 years Washington median age:   35.3 years Zip codes: 98390. Estimated median household income in 2007: $64,555 (it was $52,367 in 2000) Prairie Ridge:   $64,555 Washington:   $55,591 Estimated per capita income in 2007: $25,371 Prairie Ridge:   $25,371 Washington:   $29,027 Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $255,287 (it was $129,300 in 2000) Prairie Ridge:   $255,287 Washington:   $300,800 Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $262,585; Detached houses: $325,435; Mobile homes: $84,441 Prairie Ridge, WA residents, houses, and apartments details Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition Races in Prairie Ridge: White Non-Hispanic (91.2%) Hispanic (3.4%) Two or more races (2.8%) American Indian (2.3%) Other race (0.8%) Black (0.5%) 2008 cost of living index in Prairie Ridge: 106.5 (more than average, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about Prairie Ridge, Washington on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users: Bonney Lake/Enumclaw questions: driving, parks, etc...  (8 replies) Comcast phases in areas for converter boxes  (4 replies) Ancestries: German (19.6%), Irish (13.2%), English (10.4%), Norwegian (9.4%), United States (5.0%), French (4.9%). Current Local Time: PST time zone Land area: 4.26 square miles. Population density: 3013 people per square mile   (average).

Average climate in Prairie Ridge, Washington

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

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Prairie Ridge-area historical earthquake activity is above Washington state average. It is 379% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/13/1949 at 19:55:42, a magnitude 7.0 (7.0 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 18.0 miles away from Prairie Ridge center, causing $80,000,000 total damage
On 2/28/2001 at 18:54:32, a magnitude 6.8 (6.5 MB, 6.6 MS, 6.8 MW, Depth: 32.2 mi, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 20.7 miles away from the city center, causing $2,000,000,000 total damage and $305,000,000 insured losses
On 4/29/1965 at 15:28:43, a magnitude 6.6 (6.6 UK) earthquake occurred 14.7 miles away from the city center, causing $28,000,000 total damage
On 7/3/1999 at 01:43:54, a magnitude 5.8 (5.4 MB, 5.5 MS, 5.8 MW, 5.3 ME, Depth: 25.2 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 51.5 miles away from Prairie Ridge center
On 2/14/1981 at 06:09:27, a magnitude 5.5 (5.1 MB, 4.8 MS, 5.5 ML) earthquake occurred 47.9 miles away from the city center
On 5/3/1996 at 04:04:22, a magnitude 5.5 (5.2 MB, 5.3 MD, 5.5 ML, Depth: 2.5 mi) earthquake occurred 51.3 miles away from Prairie Ridge center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), energy magnitude (ME), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

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Average household size:

This place:	3.0 people
Washington:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	79.7%
Whole state:	66.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	7.7%
Whole state:	6.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
• Gay men: 0.2% of all households

This place:	5.5%
Whole state:	10.6%

This place:	2.5%
Whole state:	4.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Prairie Ridge, WA

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8.78% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($39,193 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.78%
Washington average:	7.86%

0.41% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,479 average AGI)

Pierce County:	0.41%
Washington average:	0.26%

from King County, WA	2.51% ($46,071 average AGI)
from Thurston County, WA	0.41% ($37,310)
from Kitsap County, WA	0.27% ($42,426)

7.66% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($39,812 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.66%
Washington average:	7.07%

0.21% of residents moved to foreign countries ($980 average AGI)

Pierce County:	0.21%
Washington average:	0.16%

to King County, WA	2.04% ($40,128 average AGI)
to Thurston County, WA	0.63% ($42,336)
to Kitsap County, WA	0.25% ($42,471)

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