Prairie Heights, WA real estate
Buying or selling a home, condo, or piece of land in Prairie Heights? Here is what the community's housing actually looks like, and how to reach Isaac Ortiz about it.
Prairie Heights housing snapshot
| Population | 4,817 | |
|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $485,800 | Owner-reported |
| Median household income | $129,438 | |
| Detached houses | 85.9% | Share of all housing units |
| Townhomes / attached | 0.7% | |
| In buildings of 2+ units | 0.1% | Condos and apartments alike |
| Manufactured homes | 13.2% | |
| Owner-occupied | 95.5% | |
| Median year built | 1993 | |
| Vacancy rate | 4.3% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Tables B25077, B01003, B25003, B25024, B25035, B19013, B25002. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
What the numbers mean for a buyer or seller
The median owner-reported home value in Prairie Heights is $485,800.
That is almost exactly the Pierce County median of $484,400. Median household income is $129,438, 34% above the county's $96,632.
Prairie Heights is almost entirely detached houses - 85.9% of the housing stock - with only 0.1% in buildings of two or more units. Attached and multi-unit homes of any kind are a small minority of what has been built here.
95.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, which is a high ownership rate and usually means low turnover and tightly held inventory.
Half of Prairie Heights's homes were built in 1993 or earlier, putting half the stock in the 1980s-90s era or before.
13.2% of housing units are manufactured or mobile homes, which typically signals available acreage and a live land market in and around Prairie Heights.
Talk to Isaac Ortiz about Prairie Heights
Isaac Ortiz is a licensed real estate broker with Compass, working Pierce County and the surrounding Puget Sound area. Se habla español. Send a note and he will reply personally.
Or call +1 253-359-5263 or email Isaac.Ortiz@nwret.com.