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Fox Island: Tanglewood Island, and Mt Rainier Fox Island: View from south Fox Island facing west Fox Island: Fox Island bridge (view from Echo Bay)
 

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Population in July 2007: 3,078.
Males: 1,543  (50.2%)
Females: 1,535  (49.8%)
Median resident age:  41.5 years
Washington median age:  35.3 years

Zip codes: 98333.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $85,200 (it was $69,135 in 2000)
Fox Island  $85,200
Washington:  $55,591

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $496,100 (it was $260,300 in 2000)
Fox Island  $496,100
Washington:  $300,800

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Races in Fox Island:

  • White Non-Hispanic (92.9%)
  • Two or more races (2.4%)
  • Hispanic (1.9%)
  • American Indian (1.6%)
  • Black (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Fox Island: 125.7 (high, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (25.0%), English (15.0%), Irish (13.2%), Norwegian (11.1%), Swedish (6.1%), Italian (4.7%).

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Land area: 5.23 square miles.

Population density: 589 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Fox Island

  • High school or higher: 96.2%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 40.2%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 14.9%
  • Unemployed: 4.9%
  • Mean travel time to work: 41.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Fox Island CDP

  • Never married: 16.3%
  • Now married: 70.7%
  • Separated: 1.0%
  • Widowed: 2.6%
  • Divorced: 9.4%

26 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.9%
Washington:  10.4%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Fox Island:  1.0% ($2,683)
Washington:  1.1% ($1,915)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Lakewood, WA (8.5 miles , pop. 58,211).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Seattle, WA (33.0 miles , pop. 563,374).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (955.6 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Artondale, WA (3.9 miles ), Steilacoom, WA (5.4 miles ), University Place, WA (5.6 miles ), Gig Harbor Peninsula, WA (5.7 miles ), Gig Harbor, WA (6.2 miles ), Fircrest, WA (7.3 miles ), Ruston, WA (8.4 miles ), Lakewood, WA (8.5 miles ).

Latitude: 47.24 N, Longitude: 122.62 W


Area code: 253

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Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (12%)
  • Finance and insurance (9%)
  • Educational services (7%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
  • Health care (6%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Educational services (20%)
  • Health care (17%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (9%)
  • Finance and insurance (7%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Book stores and news dealers (2%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (15%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
  • Air transportation workers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (7%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Registered nurses (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)


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Hospitals/medical centers near Fox Island:
  • WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; TACOMA, WA)
  • SAINT CLARE HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; LAKEWOOD, WA)
  • ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER (about 11 miles; TACOMA, WA)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Fox Island:
  • GRAY AAF (about 13 miles; FORT LEWIS/TACOMA, WA; ID: GRF)
  • MCCHORD AFB (about 14 miles; TACOMA, WA; ID: TCM)
  • SEATTLE-TACOMA INTL (about 26 miles; SEATTLE, WA; ID: SEA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Fox Island:
  • TACOMA NARROWS (about 4 miles; TACOMA, WA; ID: TIW)
  • AMERICAN LAKE (about 10 miles; TACOMA, WA; ID: W37)
  • VASHON MUNI (about 18 miles; VASHON, WA; ID: 2S1)

Amtrak station near Fox Island:
  • 14 miles: TACOMA (1001 PUYALLUP AVE.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, full-service food facilities, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service, intercity bus service, public transit connection.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Fox Island:
  • TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 7 miles; TACOMA, WA; Full-time enrollment: 3,710)
  • PIERCE COLLEGE AT FORT STEILACOOM (about 8 miles; LAKEWOOD, WA; FT enrollment: 5,921)
  • CLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 10 miles; LAKEWOOD, WA; FT enrollment: 3,819)
  • UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND (about 10 miles; TACOMA, WA; FT enrollment: 2,754)
  • BATES TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 11 miles; TACOMA, WA; FT enrollment: 3,710)
  • OLYMPIC COLLEGE (about 23 miles; BREMERTON, WA; FT enrollment: 3,889)
  • SEATTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-SOUTH CAMPUS (about 28 miles; SEATTLE, WA; FT enrollment: 3,013)

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Notable locations in Fox Island: Shorewood Beach (A), Fox Island (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemetery: Fox Island Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Tourist attraction: Fox Island Historical Society Museum (1017 9th Avenue Fi).

 

Average household size:
This place:  2.7 people
Washington:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  80.9%
Whole state:  66.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  3.0%
Whole state:  6.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  3.2%
Whole state:  10.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  3.2%
Whole state:  4.6%

Fox Island compared to Washington state average:
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Number of rooms per house above state average.
  • House age below state average.


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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%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
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%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
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)


Strongest AM radio stations in Fox Island:
  • KIRO (710 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KTTH (770 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KGNW (820 AM; 50 kW; BURIEN-SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
  • KJR (950 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA)
  • KYCW (1090 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • KOMO (1000 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - SEATTLE RADIO, L.L.C.)
  • KKOL (1300 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
  • KHHO (850 AM; 10 kW; TACOMA, WA; Owner: ACKERLEY MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • KIXI (880 AM; 50 kW; MERCER ISLAND/SEATTL, WA; Owner: BELLEVUE RADIO, INC.)
  • KNWX (1210 AM; 28 kW; AUBURN-FEDERAL WAY, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KVI (570 AM; 5 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - SEATTLE RADIO, L.L.C.)
  • KKMO (1360 AM; 5 kW; TACOMA, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
  • KNTB (1480 AM; 1 kW; LAKEWOOD, WA; Owner: FTP CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Fox Island:
  • KVTI (90.9 FM; TACOMA, WA; Owner: CLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE)
  • KQBZ (100.7 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • K205DD (88.9 FM; BREMERTON, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • KISW (99.9 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KMTT (103.7 FM; TACOMA, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KNDD (107.7 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KYPT (96.5 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • KBSG-FM (97.3 FM; TACOMA, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KXXO (96.1 FM; OLYMPIA, WA; Owner: 3 CITIES, INC.)
  • KBTC-FM (91.7 FM; TACOMA, WA; Owner: BATES TECHNICAL COLLEGE)
  • KBKS (106.1 FM; TACOMA, WA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • KING-FM (98.1 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: CLASSIC RADIO, INC.)
  • KLSY-FM (92.5 FM; BELLEVUE, WA; Owner: BELLEVUE RADIO INC.)
  • KPLU-FM (88.5 FM; TACOMA, WA; Owner: PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY, INC.)
  • KWJZ (98.9 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ORCA RADIO, INC.)
  • KZOK-FM (102.5 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • KMPS-FM (94.1 FM; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • KRWM (106.9 FM; BREMERTON, WA; Owner: SEASCAPE RADIO, INC.)
  • KUPS (90.1 FM; TACOMA, WA; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND)
  • K201EX (88.1 FM; GREENWATER, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Fox Island:
  • KBTC-TV (Channel 28; TACOMA, WA; Owner: BATES TECHNICAL COLLEGE)
  • KCPQ (Channel 13; TACOMA, WA; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION NORTHWEST, INC.)
  • KING-TV (Channel 5; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: KING BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KSTW (Channel 11; TACOMA, WA; Owner: UPN TELEVISION STATIONS INC.)
  • K58DP (Channel 58; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
  • KTWB-TV (Channel 22; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • KOMO-TV (Channel 4; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - SEATTLE TV, L.L.C.)
  • KIRO-TV (Channel 7; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: KIRO-TV HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • KCTS-TV (Channel 9; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: KCTS TELEVISION)
  • K57HB (Channel 57; EUREKA, CA; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)




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