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Seattle, WA

724,764 Population
83.8 square miles 8,645.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37.1 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 37.7 ±0.2

Economics

$55,276 ±$1,633 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $43,203 ±$530
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Washington: $36,975 ±$305
$86,822 ±$2,716 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $82,133 ±$965
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $70,979 ±$583

11.1% ±0.9% (78,605  ±6,646) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 9% 342,539 (±0.4% / ±15,235)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 11% 802,159 (±0.3% / ±24,114)

28.3 minutes ±0.6 (11,195,165  ±346,053) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 31 58,060,630 (±0.3 / ±708,041)
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 27.9 93,074,920 (±0.2 / ±894,528)

Families

329,671 ±5,082 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,490,337 ±7,514
  • Washington: 2,840,377 ±11,168
2.1 ±0 (703,447  ±1,845) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.6 3,801,423 (±0 / ±3,046)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.6 7,262,753 (±0)

3.9% ±0.7% (8,171  ±1,427) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 5.5% 52,797 (±0.3% / ±3,280)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 5.6% 97,643 (±0.3% / ±4,476)

Housing

355,293 ±5,813 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,590,775 ±1,213
  • Washington: 3,103,263 ±359

$673,100 ±$11,214 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $439,800 ±$3,845
  • about double the amount in Washington: $339,000 ±$2,463

22.3% ±1.4% (159,468  ±10,072.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 18.2% 693,409 (±0.6% / ±23,207.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 17.8% 1,302,329 (±0.4% / ±30,564.5)

Social

94.9% ±2% (511,438  ±12,245.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 92.6% 2,507,354 (±0.9% / ±24,378.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 91.3% 4,658,005 (±0.6% / ±32,871.4)
62.6% ±1.6% (337,370  ±9,441.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 41.9% 1,135,615 (±0.6% / ±15,443.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 35.5% 1,811,119 (±0.4% / ±19,778.1)

20.8% ±1.3% (142,887  ±8,895.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 23.5% 853,616 (±0.5% / ±16,393.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 19.6% 1,360,273 (±0.3% / ±20,559.8)

18.3% ±0.9% (132,563  ±6,266) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 18.8% 725,640 (±0.4% / ±13,868)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 14.3% 1,060,153 (±0.2% / ±17,490)

4.5% ±0.4% (27,201  ±2,647) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 8% 240,357 (±0.2% / ±7,087)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 9.4% 535,293 (±0.2% / ±11,191)
27,201 Total veterans ±2,647 24,641 Male ±2,296 2,560 Female ±914

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