Pullman is a medium-sized city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 32,508 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Pullman is the 39th largest community in Washington.Pullman is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.65% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Pullman is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pullman who work in teaching (19.72%), management occupations (9.57%), and office and administrative support (7.95%). And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Pullman has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too. Of important note, Pullman is also a city of artists. Pullman has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Pullman’s character. Also of interest is that Pullman 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: 9.51% 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. Pullman is also a major college town with a large number of people who are 18 years or older and attending college. As is often the case in college towns, the many students that live in Pullman have a strong influence on the local culture and entertainment scene, which may seem dormant by comparison in the summer months when much of the student population is away. In the fall, the return of students has a reinvigorating effect on the community. Because colleges are lasting institutions, they have a stabilizing effect on the economy by providing direct local benefits such as jobs for faculty and staff and spending by students. Pullman’s economy is one such example of this. One of the benefits of Pullman is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.27 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Many people in Pullman take advantage of public transportation to get around. In fact, for the size of the city, the number of people who use the bus to commute to work is quite high. This helps to fill a need among Pullman citizens for affordable transportation.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Pullman, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Pullman is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 64.82% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Pullman in 2022 was $27,431, which is low income relative to Washington, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,724 for a family of four. However, Pullman contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pullman also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.38% of its population below the federal poverty line.Pullman is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pullman home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pullman residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Pullman include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and European. The most common language spoken in Pullman is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.
