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Olympia--Lacey, WA Urban Area

217,647 Population
106.2 square miles 2,049.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$48,533 ±$1,843 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$98,599 ±$6,837 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.3% ±1.7% (17,807  ±3,667) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.5 minutes ±0.9 (1,857,265  ±139,141) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

88,931 ±3,024 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (213,600  ±5,366) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.2% ±2.1% (3,383  ±1,170) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

92,616 ±2,640 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$532,300 ±$19,490 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.5% ±2.1% (26,837  ±4,591.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.7% ±3.2% (148,418  ±6,461.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
44.7% ±2.4% (70,110  ±4,166) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

9.3% ±1% (20,232  ±2,320) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

10.8% ±1.1% (18,098  ±1,817) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
18,098 Total veterans ±1,817 14,932 Male ±1,630 3,166 Female ±1,097

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