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.

Of important note, Brush Prairie is also a town of artists. Brush Prairie has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Brush Prairie’s character.

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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 25.93% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Because of many things, Brush Prairie is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Brush Prairie a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Brush Prairie has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Brush Prairie’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Brush Prairie has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Brush Prairie has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Brush Prairie than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Brush Prairie may be for you.

As is often the case in a small town, Brush Prairie doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The overall education level of Brush Prairie citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.12% of adults in Brush Prairie have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Brush Prairie in 2022 was $50,436, which is wealthy relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $201,744 for a family of four. However, Brush Prairie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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 Asian. 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.