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 construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Brush Prairie who work in management occupations (18.00%), architecture and engineering (9.20%), and healthcare suport services (6.76%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 36.76% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Brush Prairie is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Brush Prairie citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.58% of adults in Brush Prairie have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Brush Prairie in 2022 was $55,203, which is wealthy relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $220,812 for a family of four. 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 Swedish. The most common language spoken in Brush Prairie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and Other Indo-European.
