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Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area

4,011,553 Population
5,870.1 square miles 683.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$55,152 ±$760 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $46,177 ±$469
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$101,721 ±$1,148 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $84,247 ±$844
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

8.6% ±0.4% (340,387  ±16,033) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 9.9% 754,315 (±0.3% / ±22,276)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

28.5 minutes ±0.2 (40,358,496  ±676,271) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 26 72,158,296 (±0.2 / ±828,119)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

1,584,796 ±7,152 Number of households
  • Washington: 3,022,255 ±9,423
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.5 ±0 (3,945,422  ±4,408) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,595,088 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.7% ±0.4% (46,487  ±3,463) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 5% 90,722 (±0.3% / ±5,044)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

1,678,969 ±1,869 Number of housing units
  • Washington: 3,257,140 ±888
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$638,400 ±$5,253 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Washington: $485,700 ±$2,911
  • more than double the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

16.8% ±0.6% (665,601  ±24,843.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,182,383 (±0.4% / ±31,900.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

93.6% ±0.9% (2,664,234  ±25,565.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.4% 4,987,844 (±0.6% / ±34,589.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
46.9% ±0.6% (1,333,887  ±17,349.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 39% 2,104,662 (±0.4% / ±20,737.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

24.9% ±0.5% (943,598  ±18,503.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 20.8% 1,520,637 (±0.3% / ±22,551.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

20% ±0.4% (802,357  ±15,515) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington: 14.8% 1,143,311 (±0.2% / ±17,692)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.8% ±0.2% (211,593  ±6,947) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 8.2% 490,717 (±0.2% / ±10,905)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
211,593 Total veterans ±6,947 187,378 Male ±6,702 24,215 Female ±2,674

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