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Seattle, WA

780,992 Population
84 square miles 9,297.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37.8 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.7 ±0.2

Economics

$87,150 ±$2,671 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $65,496 ±$847
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Washington: $55,177 ±$479
$118,745 ±$5,861 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $112,388 ±$2,026
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $99,389 ±$1,322

9.4% ±1% (71,780  ±7,952) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 8.8% 359,681 (±0.5% / ±19,274)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 9.9% 776,683 (±0.3% / ±22,218)

26 minutes ±1.1 (9,350,085  ±262,000) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 30 53,404,364 (±0.2 / ±740,838)
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 27.2 89,307,904 (±0.2 / ±1,061,767)

Families

383,698 ±5,364 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,658,652 ±5,856
  • Washington: 3,168,080 ±9,393
2 ±0 (755,848  ±535) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.5 4,072,496 (±0 / ±1,424)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,802,363

3.2% ±0.8% (7,321  ±1,806) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 4.1% 43,244 (±0.4% / ±3,652)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 4.7% 89,530 (±0.3% / ±5,962)

Housing

411,671 ±6,112 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,752,673 ±649
  • Washington: 3,400,980 ±404

$950,800 ±$18,888 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $743,000 ±$6,997
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Washington: $602,200 ±$3,897

21.2% ±1.4% (164,207  ±11,066.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 14.6% 599,093 (±0.5% / ±21,057.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 13.7% 1,081,341 (±0.4% / ±28,883.7)

Social

96.5% ±1.9% (573,831  ±13,542.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 93.2% 2,768,917 (±1% / ±28,168.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,196,048 (±0.7% / ±38,059.4)
70.1% ±1.6% (416,639  ±10,814.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 48.5% 1,440,584 (±0.6% / ±19,100.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 41% 2,309,863 (±0.5% / ±25,188.4)

24.3% ±1.3% (181,515  ±9,987.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 27.9% 1,093,481 (±0.6% / ±21,904.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 22.3% 1,680,873 (±0.4% / ±27,035.9)

19.9% ±0.9% (155,009  ±6,945) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 22.1% 917,149
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 16.1% 1,280,809

3.2% ±0.4% (21,144  ±2,558) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 6% 195,040 (±0.2% / ±7,103)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Washington: 7.3% 455,376 (±0.2% / ±9,621)
21,144 Total veterans ±2,558 18,731 Male ±2,512 2,413 Female ±1,207

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