South Hill, WA real estate
Buying or selling a home, condo, or piece of land in South Hill? Here is what the community's housing actually looks like, and how to reach Isaac Ortiz about it.
South Hill housing snapshot
| Population | 68,161 | |
|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $493,800 | Owner-reported |
| Median household income | $109,235 | |
| Detached houses | 74.4% | Share of all housing units |
| Townhomes / attached | 5.9% | |
| In buildings of 2+ units | 14.8% | Condos and apartments alike |
| Manufactured homes | 4.9% | |
| Owner-occupied | 72.8% | |
| Median year built | 1997 | |
| Vacancy rate | 2.6% |
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 South Hill is $493,800.
That is 2% above the Pierce County median of $484,400. Median household income is $109,235, 13% above the county's $96,632.
Detached houses make up 74.4% of homes in South Hill, with 14.8% in multi-unit buildings and 5.9% attached single-family. The stock leans to houses without being exclusively houses.
72.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied - a fairly even ownership-to-rental split.
Half of South Hill's homes were built in 1997 or earlier, putting half the stock in the 1980s-90s era or before.
South Hill is 68,161 people, with enough turnover that recent comparable sales are rarely the constraint. Vacancy is 2.6% - very tight, and a fair warning that anything listed here moves quickly.
Selling in South Hill
72.8% of homes here are owner-occupied, so most sales are people moving on rather than investors trading. Buyers in that market are usually comparing your home against a small number of others, and presentation moves the number more than it does in a high-turnover area.
For pricing context, the midpoint of South Hill homes is $493,800, and the area sits about 4.1 miles off the Seattle-Bellevue-Tacoma spine - usually the first thing a buyer's agent checks when they push back on a list price.
Isaac will tell you what your home is actually likely to bring in South Hill and what, if anything, is worth doing first. If the honest answer is that this is not your year to sell, he will say that too.
Talk to Isaac Ortiz about South Hill
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.
Email Isaac.Ortiz@nwret.com.