South CreekWA
Home to 2,191 people, this town lies in Washington.
Is South Creek a good place to live?
South Creek’s weakest subject grade is a D for walkability. South Creek’s mean commuting time is 44 minutes, against 27 minutes in Washington’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. On walkability, just 15 of Washington’s 396 towns do worse. On history, just 13 of Washington’s 397 towns do worse. South Creek has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
How South Creek grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far South Creek is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
99% of working residents leave South Creek for work
Where South Creek’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2024
The data
Ordered by what stands out in South Creek.
South Creek has 0.1 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
In South Creek, 3.2% of residents live below the poverty line. Just 1% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Between 2014 and 2024, jobs locally rose by 36, to 91. For half of commuters, work is under 19 miles away.
| South Creek | Typical Washington town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.2% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 4.8% | 7.9% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
South Creek has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from earthquakes
43% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from earthquakes, followed by inland flooding at 35%. South Creek’s natural-hazard score from FEMA is 74 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in South Creek
Its July high is recorded as 77°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Health in South Creek trails 56% of U.S. towns
16% of adults report frequent physical distress in South Creek. Across all 31 CDC measures, South Creek beats Washington on 1 and trails on 21. Two figures for adults locally: 28% have been diagnosed with depression, 72% had a checkup this year.
| South Creek | Typical Washington town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 71% | 79% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | South Creek | WA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 73.4% | 70.7% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.5% | 9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 0.1% of South Creek
4.3 miles of trail. Only 10 of the 273 Washington towns we compare have a lower share of conserved land than South Creek. In South Creek, the trail density is 0.6 miles per square mile.
| South Creek | Typical Washington town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in South Creek sells for about $672K at the median
The share of households in South Creek who own their home is 84%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about South Creek
Tacoma Dome and 41 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around South Creek. Close and well known come first.
16 mi Stadium & arenaTacoma Dome
19 mi National ParkMount Rainier National Park1.6M visitors a year
19 mi Theme parkWild Waves Theme Park
36 mi MuseumThe Museum of Flight400K visitors a year
17 mi Stadium & arenaCheney Stadium8 mi Zoo & aquariumNorthwest Trek Wildlife ParkPhoto credits
Tacoma Dome: Broran28, Public domain · Mount Rainier National Park: Ricardo Martins from Gent, Belgium, CC BY 2.0 · Wild Waves Theme Park: Jessica Spengler from Hove, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0 · The Museum of Flight: Fawcett5 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Cheney Stadium: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0
Moving to South Creek: who provides what
South Creek is unincorporated, so Pierce County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of South Creek
About 6 of every 100 South Creek residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Washington.
South Creek’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with South Creek.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Creek | — | — | C+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Elk Plain | #231 | C− | C− | — | C+ | B− |
| Graham | #194 | C | C− | — | C+ | B |
South Creek has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. South Creek, Elk Plain and Graham report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare South Creek with a neighbor →
Questions about South Creek
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is South Creek, WA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $611,000, 4% above the Washington typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
Say something about South Creek.
Ask a question, answer one, post a photo or an event. Free, and the parts only a neighbor would know are the parts worth reading.