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Orting, WA

Workplaces are expanding faster than the resident base in Orting.

Population

9,160

2% more from 2021 to 2026

Family households

78.7%

±6 points at 90% confidence

Local jobs

1,447

13% more from 2018 to 2023

Median income

$132,877

±$10,138 at 90% confidence

City overview

The forces shaping Orting now.

The trajectory

Workplaces are expanding faster than the resident base in Orting.

Orting’s population rose 2% from 2021–2026; its workplace job count rose 13% from 2018–2023. The source periods differ because the two series are released on different schedules.

With jobs moving 12 points faster than population, Orting is likely to rely more on inbound workers. The practical test is whether those workers can reach—or afford to live near—the expanding workplaces.

Population: 2021–2026 · jobs: 2018–2023

The city’s regional role

Orting is principally a home base, with 1,447 jobs for 9,160 residents.

Orting has 0.16 workplace jobs per resident—1,447 jobs for 9,160 people. Seattle is the largest observed outside destination for resident workers.

Orting can prosper without a large local employment base. Changes to regional commute corridors toward Seattle and outside employers can reach households faster than changes in its own commercial districts.

Jobs and workplace flows: 2023 · population: 2026

The local economic engine

Education supplies 25% of the jobs inside Orting.

Orting contains 1,447 workplace jobs. Education accounts for 25% of them. Healthcare is next at 17%.

Enrollment, public budgets, and campus growth are part of Orting’s economic outlook—not just its education story.

Workplace jobs: 2023

The commute that shapes the city

Seattle matters more to Orting’s workday than its own city line does.

13% of observed resident job destinations are in Seattle, followed by Tacoma at 12%.

Current GTFS schedules 0 weekday stop departures at 0 stops inside Orting; that supply still needs to be tested against the route to Seattle, the largest outside job destination. Schedule supply is not ridership.

Workplace flows: 2023 · commute modes: ACS 2024

The family infrastructure

Families are 79% of households, making Orting’s 5 public-school sites consequential infrastructure.

79% of households are estimated to be families. Orting contains 5 public-school locations, but attendance boundaries may also send resident students across the city line.

Orting’s 5 public-school locations cannot measure quality or available seats. They do make enrollment change, grade-level capacity, safe routes, and the location of new homes part of the same local question.

Households: ACS 2024 · public-school locations: OSPI 2025–26

People

Who lives here—and which households shape demand?

The typical household estimate is 3.0 people. 79% are estimated to be family households, while 14% are estimated to be people living alone.

Average household size

3.0

±0.2 people at 90% confidence

Median age

34.1

±2.8 years at 90% confidence

Living alone

14%

±4 points at 90% confidence

Bachelor’s degree+

24%

Among residents age 25 and older. ±6 points at 90% confidence

Population composition

Who lives here

Estimated share of all Orting residents. Each percentage uses the city’s total population as its denominator.

White, non-Hispanic77% ±6 pts

Hispanic / Latino, any race9.6% ±4 pts

Two or more races, non-Hispanic7.0% ±4 pts

Black, non-Hispanic1.5% ±1.0 pts

Filipino1.2% ±1 pts

Other Asian, not specified0.8% ±1.0 pts

Vietnamese0.8% ±1 pts

American Indian / Alaska Native, non-Hispanic0.7% ±0.8 pts

Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic0.5% ±0.6 pts

Chinese, except Taiwanese0.3% ±0.3 pts

Japanese<0.1% ±0.2 pts

Another race, non-Hispanic0.0% ±0.2 pts

0% published estimate: Hmong, Korean, Mongolian, Okinawan, Taiwanese, Other East Asian, Burmese, Cambodian, Indonesian, Laotian, Malaysian, Mien, Singaporean, Thai, Other Southeast Asian, Asian Indian, Bangladeshi, Bhutanese, Nepalese, Pakistani, Sikh, Sri Lankan, Other South Asian, Afghan, Kazakh, Uzbek, Other Central Asian, Other Asian, specified, Two or more Asian groups. Zero is not proof that no residents identify with that group.

Some ranges are wide, which is common for smaller populations. Treat small differences as uncertain rather than as a precise ordering.

ACS 2020–2024 · 5-year estimates

Dataset: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates · tables B03002 and B02015
Period: 2020–2024
Geography: Orting Census place
Definition: Race and Hispanic/Latino origin are self-reported Census concepts. Hispanic/Latino may be of any race; the broad display uses non-Hispanic race categories plus Hispanic/Latino of any race.
Method: Every percentage is shown with its 90% margin of error. Detailed Asian estimates use the Asian-alone universe and are divided by the city population for display.

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Work

What powers the local economy—and how dependent is it?

Education (includes academia/research) accounts for 25% of jobs located in Orting. The city’s job base changed +28% between 2010 and 2023.

Housing

What kinds of homes exist—and where is pressure showing?

83% of occupied homes are estimated to be owner-occupied and 17% rented. The firmer current signal is construction intent: 21 homes were authorized in 2025, versus a recent pace of about 11 per year.

Home value profile

What owner-occupied homes are worth

Owner estimates from the 2020–2024 American Community Survey—not listings, recorded sales, or appraisals. The final Census band is open-ended: $2 million and above.

Median estimate$493k±21777.0 at 90% confidence

Middle half of homes$423k–$621kLower to upper quartile of owner estimates

Luxury-home concentration0%≈6 homes · estimated at $2M+

Under $500k52%

$500–749k47%

$750–999k1%

$1–1.49M0%

$1.5–1.99M0%

$2M+0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year tables B25075–B25078. Values cover owner-occupied homes only and do not measure current asking prices or recent purchase prices.

Owner-occupied

83%

±7 points at 90% confidence

Owner cost-burdened

19%

Spending 30% or more on selected owner costs. ±6 points at 90% confidence

Homes authorized, 2025

Permit authorizations—not construction starts or completed homes.

Residential buildings, 2025

One building can contain one home or many housing units.

Permit activity: U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey, final annual estimate for 2025. Housing units authorized are not starts or completions.

Mobility

Where do residents need to go—and who has a real alternative to driving?

The current covered GTFS feeds matched no scheduled stop inside Orting’s boundary. That does not rule out service just outside the city or service absent from the covered feeds. The 2020–2024 ACS separately estimates how workers usually commuted; it does not count every transit trip or describe today's schedule.

Weekday departures

Scheduled stop departures in the current covered-feed snapshot—not riders.

Transit stops

Matched inside city limits; nearby cross-border stops are separate.

Top outside workplace

Seattle

13% of observed resident job destinations in 2023 LODES.

City boundary and regional context● nearby ● work destinations

Daily life

Community institutions and local activity

Public schools, libraries, pharmacies, and listed everyday places show part of the local inventory inside Orting; taxable sales show the scale and direction of local commercial activity. Residents also use places across city lines, so a boundary count is not the same as access.

Civic life

In Orting, voters directly choose who runs City Hall.

Orting voters elect the mayor separately from the council. The mayor leads city administration, while the council adopts laws, policy, and the budget—so executive accountability sits directly with an elected office.

Government form

Mayor–Council

The mayor is separately elected to lead administration.

Mayor listed

Scott Drennen

The separately elected chief executive.

Council representatives listed

Current directory entries; vacancies or updates can make this differ from authorized seats.

Incorporated

1889

Code city under Washington law.

Structure, meetings, and current officials: Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington (MRSC), checked 2026-09-08. Election administration and certified results: the county election offices listed above. Confirm live agendas and officeholders at the source.

Change

What is changing the city’s trajectory?

Population and jobs do not always move together. Reading both helps distinguish a growing employment center from a city whose households are increasingly tied to opportunities elsewhere.

Residents

9,160

2% more from 2021 to 2026

Local jobs

1,447

13% more from 2018 to 2023

Retail trade, 2023–2024

+5%

Nominal taxable-sales change; not adjusted for inflation.

Data & details — selected comparable metrics across 82 places

Local jobs

LODES

1,447

Higher than only 0% of places

Long-run job change

LODES

+28%

Higher than only 32% of places

Weekday transit departures

GTFS snapshot

Higher than only 0% of places

Multifamily permitting

Census BPS

Near a 15-year low

Recent annual pace compared with this city's own 2010–2025 record

2BR Fair Market Rent

HUD, county-level

$2,064

FY2027 HUD program benchmark; chart shows FY2020–FY2027 history. Shared across this HUD metro area—not a place-specific market rent.

Work — sector breakdown

Share of local jobs by sector · LODES · workplace location, not resident industry

Education (includes academia/research)25% (356)

Healthcare & Social Assistance17% (246)

Hospitality13% (195)

Professional Services (partial technology proxy)13% (192)

Administrative & Support Services13% (190)

Construction / Real Estate6% (89)

Government (Public Administration)4% (53)

Retail4% (51)

Other3% (47)

Finance1% (11)

Logistics / Industrial1% (9)

Information (partial technology proxy)0% (6)

Manufacturing (includes, but is not limited to, aerospace)0% (2)

Where Orting's workforce lives (inbound)

LODES OD — commuting flows into local jobs

Orting

31.7%

Tacoma

10.6%

Puyallup

7.7%

Bonney Lake

5.3%

Kent

4.0%

Orting, WA

The forces shaping Orting now.

Workplaces are expanding faster than the resident base in Orting.

Orting is principally a home base, with 1,447 jobs for 9,160 residents.

Education supplies 25% of the jobs inside Orting.

Seattle matters more to Orting’s workday than its own city line does.

Families are 79% of households, making Orting’s 5 public-school sites consequential infrastructure.

Who lives here—and which households shape demand?

Who lives here

What powers the local economy—and how dependent is it?

Jobs by sector

Historical employer snapshot

What kinds of homes exist—and where is pressure showing?

What owner-occupied homes are worth

The housing mix we can estimate confidently

Where do residents need to go—and who has a real alternative to driving?

Where resident workers go

How residents usually get to work

About how long does it take to get where people go?

Community institutions and local activity

Places for everyday needs in Orting

Orting Library

The schools inside Orting.

Orting records relatively little retail activity for its population.

In Orting, voters directly choose who runs City Hall.

When does the Orting council meet?

Where to check Orting election results.

What is changing the city’s trajectory?