Pierce County · Pop. 24,900
Frederickson never incorporated — it grew from prairie farms and powder. The Columbia Powder Plant arrived in 1935, making explosives on the oak prairie until 1976, and the Port of Tacoma bought 500 acres here in 1968 for industry that didn't need a waterfront. Boeing landed in 1990 — its plant on the old powder-plant site now builds 787 tails and wing spars — and IKEA, James Hardie, and Whirlpool warehouses followed across a 2,200-acre industrial area. Rooftops chased the paychecks: subdivisions of 1990s-to-brand-new construction pushed the census-designated place past 24,900 residents by 2020. For buyers, Frederickson is Pierce County's newest-housing value play — two-story plans and fresh townhomes off Canyon Road and 176th, typically priced well under comparable South Hill, with Bethel schools and Cross Park's 64 acres stitching the neighborhoods together.
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