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Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area

4,034,248 Population
5,870.1 square miles 687.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 38.4 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$60,346 ±$733 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $50,764 ±$428
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$106,909 ±$1,271 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $91,306 ±$841
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

8.6% ±0.5% (341,325  ±18,515) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 10% 763,469 (±0.3% / ±24,765)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

28.5 minutes ±0.3 (45,151,400  ±676,699) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 26.3 80,392,864 (±0.2 / ±965,854)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

1,611,580 ±7,587 Number of households
  • Washington: 3,079,953 ±10,236
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.5 ±0 (3,961,893  ±2,032) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 2.5 † 7,632,260 (±180.4 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

4.9% ±0.4% (48,953  ±3,893) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 5.1% 92,565 (±0.3% / ±4,869)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

1,709,710 ±926 Number of housing units
  • Washington: 3,313,479 ±1,252
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$718,100 ±$6,196 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $569,500 ±$4,606
  • more than double the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

15.9% ±0.5% (634,459  ±19,117.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 14.8% 1,137,387 (±0.4% / ±29,433.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

93.1% ±0.9% (2,674,105  ±26,203.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.2% 5,041,714 (±0.7% / ±35,681.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
46.9% ±0.6% (1,346,131  ±16,942.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 39.5% 2,159,683 (±0.4% / ±22,586.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

26.1% ±0.5% (994,389  ±20,209.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 21.1% 1,556,596 (±0.4% / ±26,067.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±203,206.2)

20.8% ±2,857.4% (837,093  ±16,194) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington: 15.3% † 1,188,392 (±1,089.1% / ±19,178)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

6.5% ±0.2% (204,748  ±6,813) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 7.7% 469,565 (±0.2% / ±9,384)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
204,748 Total veterans ±6,813 180,090 Male ±6,295 24,658 Female ±2,437

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