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Mercer Island, WA

25,464 Population
6.4 square miles 3,989.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.3 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$113,575 ±$6,382 Per capita income
  • about double the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $57,833 ±$362
  • more than double the amount in Washington: $48,685 ±$231
$190,985 ±$24,210 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $107,206 ±$763
  • more than double the amount in Washington: $90,325 ±$433

5.3% ±1.4% (1,332  ±348) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 8.3% 327,897 (±0.2% / ±7,795)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 9.9% 747,538 (±0.2% / ±12,498)

27 minutes ±3.3 (219,085  ±17,600) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 30.2 51,052,064 (±0.1 / ±317,839)
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 27.3 86,033,296 (±0.1 / ±396,856)

Families

9,782 ±351 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,565,696 ±3,277
  • Washington: 2,979,272 ±5,779
2.6 ±0.1 (25,316  ±46) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.5 3,928,118 (±0 / ±563)
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,535,102

2.9% ±1.4% (157  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 5.1% 50,363 (±0.2% / ±1,799)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,119 (±0.1% / ±2,538)

Housing

10,514 ±352 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,657,075 ±330
  • Washington: 3,216,243 ±644

$1,683,600 ±$60,820 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $628,500 ±$2,727
  • more than double the amount in Washington: $473,400 ±$1,571

14.9% ±2.7% (3,780  ±,680.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 16.7% 661,090 (±0.3% / ±10,217)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 15.9% 1,213,002 (±0.2% / ±14,919.5)

Social

97.8% ±4% (17,728  ±,856.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 93.3% 2,635,014 (±0.4% / ±12,204.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 92.1% 4,923,665 (±0.3% / ±17,432.6)
77.7% ±3.3% (14,094  ±,705.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 45.2% 1,277,595 (±0.3% / ±8,108.3)
  • about double the rate in Washington: 38% 2,029,443 (±0.2% / ±10,889.6)

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

24.6% ±2.5% (6,257  ±637) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 19.9% 796,546
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 14.9% 1,143,428

4.4% ±1% (856  ±189) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 7% 219,039 (±0.1% / ±3,476)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 8.4% 499,332 (±0.1% / ±4,883)
856 Total veterans ±189 815 Male ±179 41 Female ±32

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