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Seattle, WA

733,904 Population
83.9 square miles 8,750 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 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: 37.5 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$74,733 ±$2,671 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $55,152 ±$760
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Washington: $46,177 ±$469
$110,781 ±$4,229 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $101,721 ±$1,148
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Washington: $84,247 ±$844

11% ±1.2% (78,401  ±8,369) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 8.6% 340,387 (±0.4% / ±16,033)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 9.9% 754,315 (±0.3% / ±22,276)

26.3 minutes ±1.8 (6,129,280  ±272,374) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 28.5 40,358,496 (±0.2 / ±676,271)
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 26 72,158,296 (±0.2 / ±828,119)

Families

351,650 ±5,277 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,584,796 ±7,152
  • Washington: 3,022,255 ±9,423
2 ±0 (708,713  ±3,097) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.5 3,945,422 (±0 / ±4,408)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,595,088 (±0)

3.4% ±0.7% (7,485  ±1,520) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 4.7% 46,487 (±0.4% / ±3,463)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 5% 90,722 (±0.3% / ±5,044)

Housing

384,799 ±5,658 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,678,969 ±1,869
  • Washington: 3,257,140 ±888

$848,100 ±$14,638 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $638,400 ±$5,253
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Washington: $485,700 ±$2,911

24.7% ±1.4% (179,887  ±10,207.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 16.8% 665,601 (±0.6% / ±24,843.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,182,383 (±0.4% / ±31,900.1)

Social

95.9% ±1.9% (535,187  ±12,709.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 93.6% 2,664,234 (±0.9% / ±25,565.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 92.4% 4,987,844 (±0.6% / ±34,589.5)
68.3% ±1.6% (381,359  ±9,945.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 46.9% 1,333,887 (±0.6% / ±17,349.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 39% 2,104,662 (±0.4% / ±20,737.3)

23.3% ±1.5% (163,115  ±10,293.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 24.9% 943,598 (±0.5% / ±18,503.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 20.8% 1,520,637 (±0.3% / ±22,551.9)

19.5% ±1.2% (143,104  ±8,636) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 20% 802,357 (±0.4% / ±15,515)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 14.8% 1,143,311 (±0.2% / ±17,692)

3.8% ±0.4% (23,955  ±2,575) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 6.8% 211,593 (±0.2% / ±6,947)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 8.2% 490,717 (±0.2% / ±10,905)
23,955 Total veterans ±2,575 21,079 Male ±2,261 2,876 Female ±902

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