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Burien, WA

51,513 Population
10 square miles 5,131.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$49,093 ±$3,199 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $63,994 ±$409
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$91,318 ±$3,494 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $115,177 ±$719
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.9% ±2.3% (6,584  ±1,162) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 8.5% 341,005 (±0.2% / ±7,092)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.7 minutes ±0.3 (561,205  ±34,288) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 29.2 46,776,328 (±0.1 / ±326,527)
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

19,672 ±624 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,608,596 ±3,508
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (51,018  ±85) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.5 3,989,134 (±0 / ±877)
  • a little higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.2% ±1.7% (731  ±204) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 4.8% 48,571 (±0.2% / ±1,551)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

21,271 ±581 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,704,523 ±503
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$638,800 ±$14,667 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $717,500 ±$2,514
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.4% ±2.4% (6,310  ±1,238.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 15.5% 623,024 (±0.3% / ±10,862.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85% ±2.9% (31,151  ±1,427.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 93.4% 2,698,015 (±0.4% / ±12,768.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
33.2% ±1.9% (12,172  ±777.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 47.2% 1,364,940 (±0.3% / ±8,425.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

26.1% ±1.8% (13,436  ±931) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 21% 853,800
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.1% ±0.8% (2,085  ±322) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 6.4% 203,419 (±0.1% / ±3,044)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,085 Total veterans ±322 1,896 Male ±316 189 Female ±81

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