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Seattle, WA

755,081 Population
84 square miles 8,989 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$83,303 ±$2,372 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $62,137 ±$825
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Washington: $52,011 ±$541
$120,608 ±$4,116 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $110,744 ±$1,836
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $94,605 ±$1,221

9.9% ±1.1% (72,789  ±7,872) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 9.1% 360,070 (±0.5% / ±19,998)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 10.4% 794,426 (±0.3% / ±26,113)

25.5 minutes ±0.4 (8,521,000  ±293,433) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 29.2 49,875,860 (±0.4 / ±801,513)
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 26.7 85,416,730 (±0.2 / ±973,110)

Families

364,627 ±5,095 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,627,693 ±8,137
  • Washington: 3,101,265 ±10,961
2 ±0 (729,413  ±445) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.4 3,972,485 (±0 / ±641)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,659,849

2.9% ±0.6% (6,338  ±1,403) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 4.8% 48,511 (±0.4% / ±4,303)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 5.3% 97,347 (±0.3% / ±6,087)

Housing

400,166 ±5,664 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,734,427 ±357
  • Washington: 3,361,561 ±310

$898,600 ±$15,353 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $712,200 ±$6,200
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Washington: $576,000 ±$3,882

21.1% ±1.3% (157,464  ±9,351.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 15.4% 617,078 (±0.5% / ±21,032.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 14.2% 1,099,648 (±0.4% / ±28,225.1)

Social

96.2% ±1.9% (546,641  ±12,337.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 93.5% 2,702,137 (±0.9% / ±25,512.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 92.4% 5,090,206 (±0.7% / ±36,316.2)
69.8% ±1.6% (396,964  ±10,207.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 48.6% 1,404,951 (±0.6% / ±16,744.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 40.5% 2,229,338 (±0.4% / ±21,620.9)

21.8% ±1.2% (157,907  ±8,896.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 26.3% 1,006,711 (±0.6% / ±23,640.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 21.5% 1,588,365 (±0.4% / ±26,371.5)

19.4% ±1% (146,159  ±7,258) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 21.3% 861,459
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 15.5% 1,213,933

2.9% ±0.3% (18,557  ±2,226) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 6.3% 198,806 (±0.2% / ±7,158)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Washington: 7.6% 465,141 (±0.2% / ±9,288)
18,557 Total veterans ±2,226 16,257 Male ±1,912 2,300 Female ±944

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