The Greater Gig Harbor Area has nearly 50,000 residents. Within Gig Harbor’s city limits, however, there are only approximately 6,500 residents. Below are the demographics for the City of Gig Harbor. Click these links for demographics of the larger areas:
Combined Demographics of Zip Codes 98332, 98333 & 98335
(Gig Harbor and surrounding area)
Combined Demographics of Zip Codes 98329, 98349, 98351, 98394
(Key Peninsula and surrounding area)

City of Gig Harbor Demographics
(Source: 2000 US Census)

General Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Total population	6,465	100.0	100%
Male	2,940	45.5	49.1%
Female	3,525	54.5	50.9%
Median Age(years)	44.6	(X)	35.3
Under 5 years	322	5.0	6.8%
18 years and over	5,153	79.7	74.3%
65 years and over	1,515	23.4	12.4%
One race - Total	6,349	98.2	97.6%
White	6,088	94.2	75.1%
Black or African American	72	1.1	12.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native	41	0.6	0.9%
Asian	99	1.5	3.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	14	0.2	0.1%
Some other race	35	0.5	5.5%
Two or more races	116	1.8	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	196	3.0	12.5%
Average household size	2.16	(X)	2.59
Average family size	2.75	(X)	3.14
Total housing units	3,085	100.0	100.0%
Occupied housing units	2,880	93.4	91.0%
Owner-occupied housing units	1,695	58.9	66.2%
Renter-occupied housing units	1,185	41.1	33.8%
Vacant housing units	205	6.6	9.0%
Social Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Population 25 years and over	4,733	100.0
High school graduate or higher	4,229	89.4	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	983	30.9	24.4%
Civilian veterans (civilian population 25 years and older)	886	17.3	12.7%
Disability Status (population 21 to 64 years)	566	16.3	19.2%
Foreign Born	321	4.9	11.1%
Now Married (population 15 years and over)	3,050	57.3	54.4%
Speak a language other than English at home (5 years and older)	403	6.5	17.9%
Economic Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
In Labor Force (16 years and older)	3,001	57.0	63.9%
Mean travel time to work in minutes (16 years and older)	30.4	(X)	25.5
Median household income (dollars)	43,456	(X)	41,994
Median family income (dollars)	57,587	(X)	50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	28,318	(X)	21,857
Families below poverty level	60	3.5	9.2%
Individuals below poverty level	374	5.9	12.4%
Housing Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Single-family owner-occupied homes	1,242	100.0
Median value (dollars)	215,400	(X)	119,600
Median of selected monthly owner costs	(X)	(X)
With a mortgage	1,377	(X)	1,088
Not mortgaged	383	(X)	295

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