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Spokane, WA

217,096 Population
68.8 square miles 3,157 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 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: 38.5 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 37.7 ±0.2

Economics

$27,682 ±$1,291 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: $30,125 ±$1,009
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $36,975 ±$305
$46,543 ±$1,702 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: $53,321 ±$1,812
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $70,979 ±$583

18% ±2.3% (37,975  ±4,874) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 14% 77,174 (±1.3% / ±7,279)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 11% 802,159 (±0.3% / ±24,114)

20.1 minutes ±0.9 (1,894,830  ±111,032) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 22.1 5,306,940 (±0.9 / ±244,705)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Washington: 27.9 93,074,920 (±0.2 / ±894,528)

Families

90,699 ±2,337 Number of households
  • the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 224,113 ±2,554
  • Washington: 2,840,377 ±11,168
2.3 ±0.1 (209,752  ±1,493) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 2.5 548,146 (±0 / ±2,414)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.6 7,262,753 (±0)

7.2% ±2% (3,826  ±1,048) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 6.3% † 8,064 (±1.1% / ±1,388)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 5.6% 97,643 (±0.3% / ±4,476)

Housing

97,944 ±2,626 Number of housing units
  • the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 245,764 ±1,025
  • Washington: 3,103,263 ±359

$190,200 ±$6,143 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: $220,800 ±$4,401
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $339,000 ±$2,463

21.3% ±2.4% (45,623  ±5,049.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 19.2% 107,113 (±1.5% / ±8,419.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 17.8% 1,302,329 (±0.4% / ±30,564.5)

Social

92.3% ±3.3% (137,301  ±5,637.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 93.4% 360,294 (±2.3% / ±8,955.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 91.3% 4,658,005 (±0.6% / ±32,871.4)
30.6% ±2% (45,535  ±3,113.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 29.7% 114,532 (±1.3% / ±4,960.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 35.5% 1,811,119 (±0.4% / ±19,778.1)

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

5.6% ±1.2% (12,129  ±2,547) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 5.4% † 30,214 (±0.6% / ±3,611)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Washington: 14.3% 1,060,153 (±0.2% / ±17,490)

10.5% ±1.2% (17,763  ±2,098) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area: 11.2% 48,884 (±0.8% / ±3,444)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 9.4% 535,293 (±0.2% / ±11,191)
17,763 Total veterans ±2,098 15,914 Male ±1,797 1,849 Female ±676

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