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Seattle, WA

741,251 Population
83.8 square miles 8,842.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 37.8 ±0.2

Economics

$63,610 ±$1,033 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $48,157 ±$333
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Washington: $40,837 ±$198
$97,185 ±$1,755 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $90,790 ±$511
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $77,006 ±$296

10.2% ±0.4% (73,466  ±3,135) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 8.4% 325,871 (±0.2% / ±7,629)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 10.2% 751,044 (±0.2% / ±12,849)

27.7 minutes ±0.2 (10,670,435  ±142,329) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 31 56,894,360 (±0.1 / ±362,973)
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 28 92,400,305 (±0.1 / ±456,639)

Families

344,629 ±2,322 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,529,875 ±3,288
  • Washington: 2,905,822 ±5,585
2.1 ±0 (717,210  ±1,147) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.5 3,859,719 (±0 / ±1,823)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,365,480

3.6% ±0.3% (7,740  ±689) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 5.4% 52,273 (±0.2% / ±1,630)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 5.5% 96,936 (±0.1% / ±2,554)

Housing

367,337 ±2,183 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,617,780 ±752
  • Washington: 3,150,194 ±389

$713,600 ±$6,941 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $471,900 ±$2,171
  • about double the amount in Washington: $366,800 ±$1,278

22.9% ±0.6% (168,383  ±4,487.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 17.4% 676,971 (±0.3% / ±10,136.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington: 17% 1,259,803 (±0.2% / ±14,297)

Social

95.2% ±1% (530,118  ±5,801.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 92.9% 2,566,260 (±0.4% / ±11,881.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 91.7% 4,768,368 (±0.3% / ±16,668.7)
65% ±0.8% (362,034  ±4,508.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 43.6% 1,203,814 (±0.3% / ±7,777.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 36.7% 1,907,238 (±0.2% / ±10,362)

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

19.4% ±0.5% (143,687  ±3,939) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 19.2% 754,455 (±0.2% / ±6,646)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,089,660 (±0.1% / ±8,722)

4.1% ±0.2% (26,211  ±1,318) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 7.5% 230,306 (±0.1% / ±3,598)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 8.9% 517,912 (±0.1% / ±5,610)
26,211 Total veterans ±1,318 23,685 Male ±1,253 2,526 Female ±393

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