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Federal Way, WA

96,297 Population
22.3 square miles 4,319.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.5 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,011 ±$2,205 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $49,184 ±$528
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $41,521 ±$361
$64,263 ±$8,024 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $94,027 ±$1,540
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $78,687 ±$923

7.8% ±3% (7,485  ±2,886) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 7.8% 305,079 (±0.5% / ±17,468)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 9.8% 730,240 (±0.4% / ±26,102)

36.6 minutes ±2.2 (1,687,475  ±162,033) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 31.6 62,034,555 (±0.3 / ±746,747)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 28.8 100,088,410 (±0.2 / ±948,785)

Families

34,971 ±2,263 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,541,245 ±6,838
  • Washington: 2,932,477 ±11,062
2.7 ±0.2 (95,437  ±345) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.5 3,910,347 (±0 / ±4,060)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.6 7,467,073 (±0)

4.8% ±2.8% (1,075  ±641) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 5.4% 52,980 (±0.5% / ±4,534)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 5.4% 98,105 (±0.4% / ±6,661)

Housing

37,401 ±2,542 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,644,721 ±1,644
  • Washington: 3,195,098 ±641

$372,800 ±$13,135 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $503,000 ±$7,719
  • a little less than the amount in Washington: $387,600 ±$2,320

14.8% ±3.9% (14,014  ±3,704.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 17.3% 679,327 (±0.6% / ±23,436.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 16.9% 1,273,897 (±0.4% / ±31,025)

Social

90.1% ±5.7% (56,206  ±4,659.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 92.8% 2,605,490 (±1% / ±26,652.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 91.7% 4,850,250 (±0.7% / ±35,221.6)
29% ±3.4% (18,097  ±2,312.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 44.1% 1,239,731 (±0.6% / ±17,701.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 37% 1,955,632 (±0.4% / ±21,591.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

29.2% ±5.2% (28,070  ±4,969) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 19.7% 782,726 (±0.5% / ±18,359)
  • about double the rate in Washington: 14.9% 1,132,834 (±0.3% / ±21,363)

7.1% ±1.4% (5,128  ±1,015) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 7.5% 234,435 (±0.3% / ±8,827)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 8.9% 523,852 (±0.2% / ±11,285)
5,128 Total veterans ±1,015 4,317 Male ±793 811 Female ±682

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