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Spokane, WA

215,964 Population
68.7 square miles 3,141.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2016 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 37.7 ±0.2

Economics

$26,382 ±$1,538 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: $28,179 ±$789
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $35,284 ±$366
$45,676 ±$3,198 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: $52,955 ±$1,688
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $67,106 ±$595

17.7% ±2.2% (37,129  ±4,637) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 13% 70,158 (±1% / ±5,467)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 11.3% 805,691 (±0.3% / ±22,400)

21.4 minutes ±1.4 (1,967,940  ±150,548) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 22.6 5,295,645 (±0.7 / ±203,660)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Washington: 27.9 90,685,170 (±0.2 / ±984,542)

Families

88,076 ±2,275 Number of households
  • the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 217,598 ±2,862
  • Washington: 2,768,076 ±8,506
2.4 ±0.1 (208,624  ±1,471) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 2.5 540,149 (±0 / ±2,358)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.6 7,145,410 (±0)

4.9% ±1.5% (2,562  ±788) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 5.3% † 6,708 (±0.9% / ±1,145)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 5.2% 90,150 (±0.3% / ±5,401)

Housing

95,944 ±2,231 Number of housing units
  • the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 239,217 ±1,204
  • Washington: 3,025,802 ±1,111

$170,900 ±$4,790 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: $200,200 ±$4,791
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $306,400 ±$2,570

23.7% ±2.8% (50,562  ±5,951.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 19.4% 106,499 (±1.5% / ±7,984.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 17.7% 1,277,396 (±0.4% / ±31,485.1)

Social

93.7% ±3.3% (135,299  ±5,374) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 93.7% 354,720 (±2.2% / ±8,396.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 90.8% 4,537,718 (±0.6% / ±30,660.3)
30.2% ±1.9% (43,582  ±2,822.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 29.6% 112,149 (±1.2% / ±4,635.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 35.1% 1,755,710 (±0.4% / ±18,578.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2016 5-year data

6.4% ±1.2% (13,735  ±2,477) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 4.9% † 27,319 (±0.6% / ±3,318)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 14% 1,020,394 (±0.3% / ±20,537)

10% ±1.2% (16,535  ±1,971) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 11.3% 48,377 (±0.6% / ±2,596)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 9.6% 537,385 (±0.2% / ±11,712)
16,535 Total veterans ±1,971 14,561 Male ±1,748 1,974 Female ±794

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