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Seattle, WA

753,655 Population
83.9 square miles 8,986.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$65,205 ±$2,024 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $49,184 ±$528
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Washington: $41,521 ±$361
$102,486 ±$3,231 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $94,027 ±$1,540
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Washington: $78,687 ±$923

9.8% ±1.1% (71,810  ±7,760) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 7.8% 305,079 (±0.5% / ±17,468)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 9.8% 730,240 (±0.4% / ±26,102)

28.4 minutes ±0.6 (12,065,780  ±369,097) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 31.6 62,034,555 (±0.3 / ±746,747)
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 28.8 100,088,410 (±0.2 / ±948,785)

Families

343,988 ±6,250 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,541,245 ±6,838
  • Washington: 2,932,477 ±11,062
2.1 ±0 (727,321  ±3,189) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.5 3,910,347 (±0 / ±4,060)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.6 7,467,073 (±0)

3.6% ±0.7% (7,824  ±1,549) 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% 52,980 (±0.5% / ±4,534)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 5.4% 98,105 (±0.4% / ±6,661)

Housing

372,011 ±5,779 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,644,721 ±1,644
  • Washington: 3,195,098 ±641

$767,000 ±$19,436 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $503,000 ±$7,719
  • about double the amount in Washington: $387,600 ±$2,320

23.4% ±1.4% (175,193  ±10,522.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 17.3% 679,327 (±0.6% / ±23,436.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington: 16.9% 1,273,897 (±0.4% / ±31,025)

Social

94.6% ±2% (534,821  ±12,949.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 92.8% 2,605,490 (±1% / ±26,652.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 91.7% 4,850,250 (±0.7% / ±35,221.6)
65% ±1.6% (367,469  ±9,790.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 44.1% 1,239,731 (±0.6% / ±17,701.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 37% 1,955,632 (±0.4% / ±21,591.1)

22.2% ±1.6% (160,150  ±11,810.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 24.8% 927,850 (±0.6% / ±20,962.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 20.5% 1,466,047 (±0.4% / ±26,895.7)

19.6% ±1.2% (147,691  ±9,085) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 19.7% 782,726 (±0.5% / ±18,359)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 14.9% 1,132,834 (±0.3% / ±21,363)

4.1% ±0.5% (26,515  ±3,288) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 7.5% 234,435 (±0.3% / ±8,827)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 8.9% 523,852 (±0.2% / ±11,285)
26,515 Total veterans ±3,288 23,960 Male ±3,155 2,555 Female ±829

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