Living in Puyallup.
A valley town with a small downtown and the state fair every September.
Life in Puyallup
Puyallup is home to the Washington State Fair, which runs for three weeks each September. Irina’s office is here too, on South Meridian.
Getting to Seattle
Sounder commuter trains run from Puyallup Station to King Street Station in downtown Seattle.
Schools
Puyallup School District serves the city. Check with the district for the schools at a specific address.
Weekends
The Foothills Trail begins in Puyallup and runs more than 20 miles, mostly paved, through Orting toward Buckley. In September the fairgrounds fill with the Washington State Fair.
Puyallup
by the numbers.
42,746 people live in Puyallup, with a median age of 36.5. The median household earns $97,826 a year.
- People
- 42,746
- Median age
- 36.5
- Median household income
- $97,826
- Median home value
- $551,800
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Figures are for the city limits.
Who lives
in Puyallup.
Age
Education, adults 25 and over
Men and women
Men 49%Women 51%
Density and degrees
- People per square mile
- 2,980
- Adults with a bachelor’s degree or higher
- 29%
- Households
- 16,570
- People per household
- 2.53
- Median home value
- $551,800
- Median rent a month
- $1,812
Owners and renters
Own 52%Rent 48%
- Median household income
- $97,826
- Income per person
- $46,096
- Average commute
- 31 min
- Work from home
- 13%
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Figures are for the city limits.
Schools
in Puyallup.
Public schools with a Puyallup address. The district’s boundary map shows which school serves a specific home.
- Dessie F. Evans ElementaryPK–67911 144th St E, 983757.2
- Edward Zeiger ElementaryPK–613008 94th Ave E, 983734.7
- Emma L. Carson ElementaryPK–68615 184th St E, 983757.1
- Firgrove ElementaryK–613918 Meridian S, 983735.9
- Frank Brouillet ElementaryK–617207 94th Ave E, 983757.3
- Frederickson ElementaryK–517418 74th Ave E, 983752.6
- Fruitland ElementaryK–61515 Fruitland Ave, 983716.5
- G. W. Edgerton ElementaryPK–616528 127th Ave Ct E, 983747.7
- Karshner ElementaryPK–61328 8th Ave NW, 983714.1
- Maplewood ElementaryPK–61110 W Pioneer, 983717.3
- Meeker ElementaryK–6409 5th St SW, 983714.3
- Pope ElementaryK–615102 122nd Ave E, 983746.8
- Ridgecrest ElementaryK–612616 Shaw Rd E, 983747.7
- Shaw Road ElementaryK–61106 Shaw Rd, 983727.2
- Spinning ElementaryK–61306 E Pioneer, 983727.2
- Stewart ElementaryPK–6426 4th Ave NE, 983723.1
- Sunrise ElementaryPK–62323 39th Ave SE, 983745.2
- Warren Hunt ElementaryPK–612801 144th St E, 983745.3
- Wildwood ElementaryPK–61601 26th Ave SE, 983747.2
- Woodland ElementaryK–67707 112th St E, 983738.8
- Aylen Junior High7–9101 15th St SW, 983715.2
- Ballou Junior High7–99916 136th St E, 983734.8
- Doris Stahl Junior High6–109610 168th St E, 983755.1
- Ferrucci Junior High7–93213 Wildwood Park Dr, 983743.5
- Glacier View Junior High7–912807 184th St E, 983744.3
- Kalles Junior High7–9501 7th Ave SE, 983725.8
- Emerald Ridge High School10–1212405 184th St E, 983746.6
- Gov. John Rogers High School9–1212801 86th Ave E, 983735.9
- Puyallup High School10–12105 7th St SW, 983716.5
Schools: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 2023–24. State score: Washington School Improvement Framework 2025, OSPI, all students, on a 1–10 scale. A dash means the state did not publish a score for the school. Online and alternative programs are not listed.
Places to see
in Puyallup.
Washington State Fair
The largest yearly attraction in Washington, formerly called the Puyallup Fair. The main fair runs 21 days in September, and a shorter spring fair comes in April.
Meeker Mansion
A Victorian mansion finished in 1890 for Ezra Meeker, the Oregon Trail pioneer and Puyallup’s first mayor. Today it is a museum.
Pioneer Park
A two-acre park downtown, next to the library, with a statue of Ezra Meeker. The Puyallup Farmers Market sets up here on Saturdays from April to October.
Bradley Lake Park
A 59-acre city park around a 12-acre lake that was once a peat bog. A paved trail of about a mile loops around the water.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, cropped. Washington State Fair by Yoko from WA USA, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0; Meeker Mansion by SounderBruce, CC BY-SA 4.0; Pioneer Park by Joe Mabel, CC BY 3.0; Bradley Lake Park by Steven Pavlov, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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