City safety & data profile

Sedro-WoolleyWA

Sedro-Woolley, WA is a 11K-resident city in Skagit County with a median household income of $80,885.

Skagit County, Washington. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Sedro-Woolley, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Sedro-Woolley has a population larger than 5% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $441,700.

Data updated 2026-09-04

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 6%
By size
$80,885
Median income (place)
$441,700
Median home (place)
15.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Sedro-Woolley

Sedro-Woolley posts a median household income higher than 50% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 50%
by median income, US cities

Where Sedro-Woolley income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$80,885 Top 50% higher than 50% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Sedro-Woolley $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in WA

Population among 109 WA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Seattle is the largest WA city on this list; Sammamish leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in WA

Median household income among the same 109-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Sammamish posts the highest place-level median income in WA; Seattle is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Sedro-Woolley, WA beyond the headline numbers

Sedro-Woolley sits inside Skagit County, Washington, at roughly 48.50°N, -122.24°W. Population 10,815, $80,885 median household income. Median home value $441,700, median rent $1,525. Poverty rate 15.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Sedro-Woolley, WA stands at 15.7%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Sedro-Woolley costs around 5.5 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

Remote work covers 8.3% of Sedro-Woolley workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 11.9% in Sedro-Woolley, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

Sedro-Woolley's median age is 34 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Sedro-Woolley from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
10,815
Sedro-Woolley · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$80,885
-10% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$441,700
+7% vs avg
Median Age (place)
34
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Skagit County): Sedro-Woolley's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
131K+12%
Median Income
$89,263+60%
Median Home Value
$545,100+109%
Poverty Rate
11.6%-14%
Unemployment
4.8%-51%

Economics

Economics indicators for Sedro-Woolley, WA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,525/mo
Poverty Rate
15.7% +27% vs avg
Unemployment 4.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 20.1%
Work From Home 8.3%
Public Transit 1.3%

Population

White 79.1%
African American 0.3%
Asian 2.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
33.4%
Short Sleep Duration
32.2%
High Blood Pressure
29.1%
Physical Inactivity
20.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.9%
Binge Drinking
17.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.5%
Current Smoking
13.1%
Current Asthma
11.9%
Lack of Health Insurance
11.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 62.8%
Annual Checkup 67%

Other Measures

Diabetes
9.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.8%
Stroke
3.2%

What alerts and safety updates affect Sedro-Woolley?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Sedro-Woolley right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet WA-SEDRO-WOOLLEY · Sedro-Woolley

Sedro-Woolley: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Sedro-Woolley; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Washington state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Sedro-Woolley, WA?
Sedro-Woolley, WA has a population of 10,815 people, located in Skagit County, Washington.
What is the median household income in Sedro-Woolley?
The median household income in Sedro-Woolley, WA is $80,885 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 15.7%.
What is the median home value in Sedro-Woolley?
The median home value in Sedro-Woolley, WA is $441,700. Median rent is $1,525/month.
What are the top health concerns in Sedro-Woolley?
The top health indicators in Sedro-Woolley include Obesity (33.4%), Short Sleep Duration (32.2%), High Blood Pressure (29.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Sedro-Woolley?
The median age in Sedro-Woolley, WA is 34 years. 20.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Sedro-Woolley, both outside Washington so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WA (15.7% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WA ($80,885 here).

Compare Sedro-Woolley with another city

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Using Sedro-Woolley's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Skagit County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.