Brush Prairie is a very small town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 2,749 people and two associated neighborhoods, Brush Prairie is the 189th largest community in Washington. Housing costs in Brush Prairie are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Washington.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Brush Prairie is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Brush Prairie is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brush Prairie who work in management occupations (19.85%), office and administrative support (9.76%), and architecture and engineering (8.93%). Also of interest is that Brush Prairie has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Of important note, Brush Prairie is also a town of artists. Brush Prairie has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Brush Prairie’s character. A relatively large number of people in Brush Prairie telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 44.03% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Brush Prairie has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Brush Prairie a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. As is often the case in a small town, Brush Prairie doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, Brush Prairie is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.61% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Brush Prairie in 2022 was $53,634, which is upper middle income relative to Washington, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $214,536 for a family of four. However, Brush Prairie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Brush Prairie is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Brush Prairie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brush Prairie residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Brush Prairie include English, German, Irish, Norwegian, and Welsh. The most common language spoken in Brush Prairie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and Other Indo-European.
