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Seattle, WA

744,949 Population
83.9 square miles 8,883.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±0.4 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: 37.7 ±0.2

Economics

$60,625 ±$1,983 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $46,204 ±$507
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Washington: $39,119 ±$347
$93,481 ±$3,677 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $87,910 ±$1,268
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $74,073 ±$697

11% ±1.2% (79,805  ±8,320) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 8.7% 338,257 (±0.4% / ±16,163)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 10.3% 759,013 (±0.3% / ±23,800)

28.4 minutes ±0.5 (11,622,485  ±312,642) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 31.6 60,674,295 (±0.3 / ±693,111)
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 28.4 96,998,425 (±0.2 / ±910,218)

Families

338,002 ±5,763 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,526,210 ±7,190
  • Washington: 2,895,575 ±9,139
2.1 ±0 (721,190  ±2,657) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.5 3,870,914 (±0 / ±3,884)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.6 7,392,406 (±0)

3.4% ±0.7% (7,253  ±1,389) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 5% 48,684 (±0.4% / ±4,101)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 5.2% 92,209 (±0.3% / ±5,583)

Housing

360,579 ±5,956 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,617,428 ±1,504
  • Washington: 3,148,084 ±526

$758,200 ±$13,775 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $487,400 ±$3,897
  • about double the amount in Washington: $373,100 ±$2,028

24.2% ±1.3% (178,577  ±9,611.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 18.3% 711,709 (±0.6% / ±23,363.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 18.1% 1,351,906 (±0.4% / ±31,328.9)

Social

94.8% ±1.9% (524,566  ±12,350.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 92.9% 2,574,043 (±0.8% / ±23,354)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 91.6% 4,777,579 (±0.6% / ±32,405.1)
65% ±1.6% (359,740  ±9,940.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 43.6% 1,208,305 (±0.6% / ±15,839.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 36.7% 1,913,104 (±0.4% / ±20,770)

22.1% ±1.3% (155,913  ±9,284.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 24% 888,989 (±0.5% / ±18,166.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 20% 1,417,595 (±0.3% / ±21,280.8)

19.7% ±1% (146,648  ±7,078) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 19.3% 759,002 (±0.4% / ±14,860)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 14.7% 1,104,850 (±0.3% / ±20,138)

4.5% ±0.5% (28,481  ±3,044) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 7.6% 233,093 (±0.2% / ±7,035)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 8.9% 520,226 (±0.2% / ±10,007)
28,481 Total veterans ±3,044 25,630 Male ±2,875 2,851 Female ±906

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