Compare Seattle Metro Area, WA vs Washington State (WA) vs United States

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Metric	Seattle Metro Area, WA Metro Area	Washington State (WA) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	4,061,920	7,816,116	334,922,499
Rent	$2,000	$1,760	$1,413
Year built	1985	1985	1980
Household income	$115,177	$98,141	$80,734
Per capita income	$63,994	$53,744	$44,673
Poverty rate	8.5%	9.9%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.5%	4.0%
Household size	2.5	2.5	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	47.3%	47.5%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	4,061,920	7,816,116	334,922,499
Adults over 25	2,890,014	5,484,391	230,807,303
Total households	1,608,596	3,064,820	129,227,496
Household size	2.5	2.5	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$115,177	$98,141	$80,734
Per capita income	$63,994	$53,744	$44,673
Poverty rate	8.5%	9.9%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.5%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	47.3%	47.5%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$2,000	$1,760	$1,413
Year built	1985	1985	1980
Households that rent	40%	36.2%	34.8%
Households that own	60%	63.8%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	5.3	5.5	5.5
Race
White	58.8%	65.8%	61%
Black	6.2%	4%	12.2%
Asian	16.1%	9.8%	6%
Two or more races	12.5%	12.8%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	14.4%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	88.3%	85.6%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	76%	80.2%	84.9%
Commute time to work	29.0 min	27.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	24%	19.8%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	24.2%	27.5%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	18.5%	21.6%	26%
Some college or associate degree	10.1%	11.2%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	47.2%	39.6%	35.7%