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Spokane, WA

229,065 Population
68.8 square miles 3,331.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,112 ±$1,764 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: $34,092 ±$1,034
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $46,177 ±$469
$58,714 ±$3,514 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: $65,283 ±$2,533
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $84,247 ±$844

15.1% ±2% (33,445  ±4,460) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 11.3% † 65,156 (±1.2% / ±6,789)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 754,315 (±0.3% / ±22,276)

19.8 minutes ±0.6 (1,706,615  ±107,923) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 22.3 4,934,575 (±0.7 / ±208,812)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Washington: 26 72,158,296 (±0.2 / ±828,119)

Families

94,748 ±2,708 Number of households
  • the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 237,024 ±2,375
  • Washington: 3,022,255 ±9,423
2.3 ±0.1 (220,801  ±1,792) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 2.4 575,638 (±0 / ±2,071)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,595,088 (±0)

4.5% ±1.3% (2,499  ±727) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 4.3% † 5,942 (±1% / ±1,356)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 5% 90,722 (±0.3% / ±5,044)

Housing

99,251 ±2,770 Number of housing units
  • the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 250,393 ±852
  • Washington: 3,257,140 ±888

$318,200 ±$13,974 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: $351,600 ±$7,834
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $485,700 ±$2,911

20% ±2.4% (45,247  ±5,328.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 15.7% 92,067 (±1.3% / ±7,680.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,182,383 (±0.4% / ±31,900.1)

Social

94.5% ±3.4% (148,193  ±6,057.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 94.4% 388,276 (±2.5% / ±10,131.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.4% 4,987,844 (±0.6% / ±34,589.5)
32.7% ±2% (51,278  ±3,345.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 30.5% 125,414 (±1.4% / ±5,681.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 39% 2,104,662 (±0.4% / ±20,737.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.8% ±1.2% (13,275  ±2,779) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 4.6% † 27,494 (±0.7% / ±4,054)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Washington: 14.8% 1,143,311 (±0.2% / ±17,692)

10.1% ±1.2% (17,838  ±2,188) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 10.3% 47,668 (±0.7% / ±3,183)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 8.2% 490,717 (±0.2% / ±10,905)
17,838 Total veterans ±2,188 15,373 Male ±1,936 2,465 Female ±791

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