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Seattle, WA

684,443 Population
83.8 square miles 8,163.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2015 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 37.5 ±0.2

Economics

$50,290 ±$1,286 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $39,152 ±$442
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Washington: $33,486 ±$317
$80,349 ±$2,572 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $75,331 ±$871
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $64,129 ±$794

12% ±1.1% (79,728  ±7,479) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 10.2% 375,320 (±0.4% / ±14,531)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 12.2% 857,801 (±0.3% / ±23,751)

27.3 minutes ±0.6 (10,379,345  ±295,110) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 30.2 53,634,960 (±0.2 / ±555,200)
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 27.1 86,123,750 (±0.2 / ±736,736)

Families

311,038 ±5,065 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,437,222 ±4,943
  • Washington: 2,728,573 ±8,477
2.1 ±0 (662,064  ±1,915) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.6 3,669,976 (±0 / ±3,269)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.6 7,029,357 (±0)

3.3% ±0.6% (6,501  ±1,126) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 4.9% 46,023 (±0.4% / ±3,359)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 5.1% 86,668 (±0.3% / ±4,207)

Housing

328,358 ±4,929 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,530,004 ±1,291
  • Washington: 2,991,584 ±306

$530,900 ±$12,616 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $361,500 ±$2,793
  • nearly double the amount in Washington: $284,000 ±$1,701

23.9% ±1.7% (161,946  ±11,326.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 18.6% 685,615 (±0.6% / ±21,492.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 18.5% 1,310,337 (±0.4% / ±30,762.6)

Social

94.8% ±2% (480,212  ±11,040.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 92.4% 2,389,590 (±0.8% / ±21,568)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 90.8% 4,441,083 (±0.6% / ±30,132.3)
62.1% ±1.5% (314,730  ±8,418.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 41.2% 1,065,008 (±0.5% / ±13,913.2)
  • nearly double the rate in Washington: 34.2% 1,670,893 (±0.4% / ±18,269)

20.5% ±1.2% (133,444  ±7,887.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 22.7% 794,694 (±0.4% / ±15,213.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 19.3% 1,295,606 (±0.3% / ±21,896.6)

17.5% ±1% (119,840  ±6,471) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 17.8% 663,617 (±0.4% / ±13,049)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 13.7% 980,158 (±0.2% / ±17,106)

5% ±0.4% (29,364  ±2,437) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 8.3% 240,547 (±0.2% / ±6,683)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 9.7% 536,658 (±0.2% / ±9,658)
29,364 Total veterans ±2,437 26,858 Male ±2,297 2,506 Female ±889

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