Gig Harbor is a somewhat small coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Washington. With a population of 6,593 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Gig Harbor is the 117th largest community in Washington.

Gig Harbor is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Gig Harbor is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gig Harbor who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.65%), sales jobs (11.07%), and management occupations (10.36%).

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Gig Harbor are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

In Gig Harbor, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.45 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Gig Harbor is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Gig Harbor Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Gig Harbor citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.93% of adults in Gig Harbor have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Gig Harbor in 2000 was $28,318, which is wealthy relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,272 for a family of four.

The people who call Gig Harbor home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Gig Harbor is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Gig Harbor include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, Swedish, and European.

The most common language spoken in Gig Harbor is English.