Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety20#12,442/15,637
Economy99#233/15,631
Housing56#6,603/14,977
Health65#5,456/15,609
Healthcare76#3,775/15,650
Environment34#10,160/15,453
Education66#5,263/15,649
Infrastructure81#3,009/15,650
Community28#11,217/15,651
Leisure & amenities34#10,283/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Artondale, Washington ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Pierce County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Child poverty rate · low1.2%
99/100Washington 11.5%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Physical inactivity · low12.7%
99/100Washington 19.0%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Food insecurity · low6.1%
99/100Washington 10.5%United States 15.6%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Poverty rate · low2.0%
97/100Washington 10.0%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Hot days · low1 days
95/100Washington 13 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPierce County value
Median household income · high$149,302
95/100Washington $99,309United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013

Weaknesses

Drug overdose deaths · high36.1 /100k
5/100Washington 32.7 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataPierce County value
Mammography screening · low34.0%
6/100Washington 41.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePierce County value
Property crime rate · high2,022 /100k
13/100Washington 1,975 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationPierce County value
Students per teacher · high18.3×
13/100Washington 17.9×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsPierce County value
Violent crime rate · high406 /100k
17/100Washington 284 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationPierce County value
Pharmacies · low1.1 /10k
17/100Washington 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPierce County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
13,364 (2015-2019) → 14,073 (2020-2024)
+5.3%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
55.9% (2015-2019) → 36.1% (2020-2024)
−20 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
46.3% (2015-2019) → 55.4% (2020-2024)
+9.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
34.3% (2015-2019) → 26.8% (2020-2024)
−7.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$110,651 (2015-2019) → $149,302 (2020-2024)
+35%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateImproving
7.8% (2015-2019) → 1.2% (2020-2024)
−6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Artondale, Washington improved on 4 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved4

Bachelor's++9.2 points46.3% → 55.4%
Poverty−4.9 points6.9% → 2.0%
Uninsured−2.7 points5.7% → 3.1%
Household income+35%$110,651 → $149,302

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Artondale, Washington between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	28.6 min2015-2019	29.4 min2020-2024	+0.8 min	Within the margin of error	38%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.3%2015-2019	55.4%2020-2024	+9.2 points	Improved	88%
Broadband subscriptions	97.0%2015-2019	98.6%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Effective property tax rate	0.82%2015-2019	0.78%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	22%
High school diploma or higher	96.0%2015-2019	98.1%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Home price to income ratio	4.3×2015-2019	4.9×2020-2024	+0.7×	Within the margin of error	38%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4352015-2019	0.4132020-2024	−0.022	Within the margin of error	69%
Median household income	$110,6512015-2019	$149,3022020-2024	+35%	Improved	65%
Poverty rate	6.9%2015-2019	2.0%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Improved	80%
Rent as share of income	34.3%2015-2019	26.8%2020-2024	−7.5 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Rent-burdened households	55.9%2015-2019	36.1%2020-2024	−20 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Unemployment rate	1.8%2015-2019	2.7%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.7%2015-2019	3.1%2020-2024	−2.7 points	Improved	74%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Artondale, Washington five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Artondale, Washington in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Artondale, Washington itself moved +12.5 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

14,073 residents (±1,293)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29†
10–19
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 women (+3.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

14,073 residents (±1,293)

Artondale, Washington
Washington share

White80%11,196
Black0.1%†10
Hispanic or Latino5.4%†758
Asian3.2%†457
American Indian and Alaska Native0.6%†87
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.2%†25
Other or two or more races11%†1,540

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+4.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

9,631 residents (±637)

Artondale, Washington
Washington share

No high school diploma1.9%†187
High school or GED14%1,309
Some college18%1,765
Associate degree11%1,032
Bachelor's degree32%3,073
Graduate degree24%2,265

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

5,218 households (±397)

Artondale, Washington
Washington share

Under $25k1.4%†75
$25k–50k7.8%†406
$50k–75k9.7%†506
$75k–100k11%576
$100k–150k20%1,058
$150k–200k21%1,083
$200k or more29%1,514

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+12.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

5,218 households (±397)

Artondale, Washington
Washington share

Own88%4,602
Rent12%†616

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

592 households (±183)

Artondale, Washington
Washington share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0001.4%†8
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

4,602 homes (±395)

Artondale, Washington
Washington share

Under $150k2.0%†91
$150k–250k0.4%†20
$250k–400k3.8%†176

Age of homes

5,334 homes (±410)

Artondale, Washington
Washington share

2010 or later8.7%†462
2000–200918%946
1980–199940%2,157

Size of homes

5,334 homes (±410)

Artondale, Washington
Washington share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.2%†11
2 bedrooms14%†728

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

6,498 workers (±662)

Artondale, Washington
Washington share

Drive alone73%4,752
Carpool4.1%†264
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.5%†32
Bike0.2%†13
Work from home21%1,393
Other0.7%†44

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+14.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

5,105 workers (±644)

Artondale, Washington
Washington share

Under 15 min21%1,079
15–29 min29%1,501
30–44 min25%1,268

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Pierce County, the county holding most of Artondale's residents.

Pierce County has 20,051 employer establishments, 215 for every 10,000 residents (0.87× the US rate of 248; 0.83× Washington's), with 294,765 paid employees at an average annual pay of $61,747. The Census Bureau also counts 59,552 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 20,051; 59,552 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 215; US 248 · Washington 258
Paid employees: 294,765
Average annual pay: $61,747; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Pierce County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	1,985	21.3	1.38×More than typical	17,390	$77,748	2,714
Ambulatory health care services	1,570	16.9	0.81×About typical	20,564	$90,990	3,236
Restaurants and other eating places	1,512	16.2	0.88×About typical	26,330	$28,660	209
Lessors of real estate	1,278	13.7	1.11×About typical	4,421	$63,158	5,929
Construction of buildings	947	10.2	1.34×More than typical	4,939	$76,506	1,632
Truck transportation	666	7.2	1.41×More than typical	5,766	$64,320	2,079
Services to buildings and dwellings	645	6.9	1.03×About typical	4,900	$45,427	2,709
Offices of other health practitioners	626	6.7	1.11×About typical	3,286	$49,877	1,678
Full-service restaurants	625	6.7	0.87×About typical	11,112	$33,916	73
Real estate agents and brokers	623	6.7	1.37×More than typical	992	$67,281	2,191
Building finishing contractors	622	6.7	1.76×More than typical	4,372	$61,697	1,056
Limited-service restaurants	588	6.3	0.79×Fewer than typical	11,533	$24,788	87

Rank places for an industry Open Pierce County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 931,408 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $1.8M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Artondale, Washington: $130 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.8M; +5.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $130; US $1,994
Sole-source: 27%; US 30%
Single offer: 21%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$1.5M82%
Department of the Army$178.7K9.7%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$135.9K7.4%
Federal Aviation Administration$36.5K2.0%
Defense Logistics Agency$4,1710.2%

Top recipients

STRIPES GLOBAL, INC.$1.4M76%
CW JANITORIAL SERVICE LLC$178.7K9.7%
UNLEASHED ROBOTICS, INC.$135.9K7.4%
HANGER PROSTHETICS & ORTHOTICS WEST INC$101.4K5.5%
SKOOKUM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS$36.5K2.0%

Spending by fiscal year

539KFY2017
146.7KFY2018
20.9KFY2019
22.8KFY2020
2.9MFY2021
492.9KFY2022
638.2KFY2023
1.1MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$628.6K34%
Automotive equipment rental and leasing · 5321$428.7K23%
Drycleaning and laundry services · 8123$178.7K9.7%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$162.8K8.9%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$135.9K7.4%
Basic chemical manufacturing · 3251

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Artondale, Washington

SHOP TOWELS LAUNDERED$709.9K
CW JANITORIAL SERVICE LLC· Pierce County, WA· Facilities & utilities· Mar 27, 2024 – Mar 11, 2026· W911KF24C0003
MOBILE PHARMACY TRAILER FOR PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDING$709.8K
STRIPES GLOBAL, INC.· Pierce County, WA· Equipment maintenance· Mar 18, 2026 – May 28, 2026· 36C25526C0022
MEDICAL GASES$502.8K
STRIPES GLOBAL, INC.· Pierce County, WA· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 1, 2024 – Sep 3, 2026· 36C26225P0021
VASD MED GASSES$469.1K

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Artondale, Washington, so they do not add up across cities.

Artondale, Washington's figures are part of those of Pierce County, WA ($557.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.3% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Artondale is mostly in Pierce County.

See federal money in Pierce County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Artondale, Washington is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Pierce County56100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA82

Other cities and towns in Pierce County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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