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Seattle, WA

704,358 Population
83.8 square miles 8,401.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2016 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 37.7 ±0.2

Economics

$55,184 ±$2,201 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $41,584 ±$593
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Washington: $35,284 ±$366
$83,476 ±$3,437 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $78,612 ±$1,063
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $67,106 ±$595

11.5% ±1% (78,897  ±7,165) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 9.6% 360,058 (±0.4% / ±16,223)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 11.3% 805,691 (±0.3% / ±22,400)

27.7 minutes ±0.5 (10,735,965  ±298,202) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 30.8 56,206,335 (±0.3 / ±812,032)
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 27.9 90,685,170 (±0.2 / ±984,542)

Families

319,125 ±4,737 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,464,941 ±6,415
  • Washington: 2,768,076 ±8,506
2.1 ±0 (681,852  ±2,408) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.6 3,732,032 (±0 / ±3,530)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.6 7,145,410 (±0)

3.4% ±0.7% (6,963  ±1,338) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 5.2% 49,464 (±0.4% / ±3,469)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 5.2% 90,150 (±0.3% / ±5,401)

Housing

338,824 ±5,448 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,552,272 ±1,367
  • Washington: 3,025,802 ±1,111

$606,200 ±$9,892 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $391,500 ±$2,774
  • about double the amount in Washington: $306,400 ±$2,570

23.1% ±1.3% (161,320  ±9,347.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 18.1% 679,992 (±0.6% / ±21,682.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 17.7% 1,277,396 (±0.4% / ±31,485.1)

Social

94.4% ±1.8% (489,941  ±10,702.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 92% 2,432,838 (±0.9% / ±22,473.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 90.8% 4,537,718 (±0.6% / ±30,660.3)
63.1% ±1.5% (327,615  ±8,383.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 42% 1,110,279 (±0.6% / ±14,827.3)
  • nearly double the rate in Washington: 35.1% 1,755,710 (±0.4% / ±18,578.8)

20.7% ±1.4% (139,181  ±9,282.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 22.6% 805,344 (±0.5% / ±17,097.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 19.3% 1,318,810 (±0.3% / ±23,161.5)

18.7% ±1.1% (131,692  ±7,567) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 18.2% 690,230 (±0.4% / ±14,797)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 14% 1,020,394 (±0.3% / ±20,537)

4.4% ±0.4% (26,520  ±2,614) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 8.2% 241,776 (±0.2% / ±7,221)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 9.6% 537,385 (±0.2% / ±11,712)
26,520 Total veterans ±2,614 23,904 Male ±2,368 2,616 Female ±894

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