City safety & data profile

SpokaneWA

Spokane, WA is a 229K-resident city in Spokane County with a median household income of $70,064.

Spokane County, Washington. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Spokane, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Spokane has a population larger than 98% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $363,500, and 6 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

229K
Population (place)
Top 2%
By size
$70,064
Median income (place)
$363,500
Median home (place)
13.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Spokane

Spokane posts a median household income higher than 37% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 recent safety alert is on record and 6 hospitals serve the Spokane area.

Bottom 38%
by median income, US cities
1
safety alert on record
6
hospitals in & near Spokane

Where Spokane income ranks nationally

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

$70,064 Bottom 37% higher than 37% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Spokane $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 Spokane, WA beyond the headline numbers

Spokane sits inside Spokane County, Washington, at roughly 47.66°N, -117.43°W. Population 229,447, $70,064 median household income. Median home value $363,500, median rent $1,215. Poverty rate 13.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

6 hospitals in/around Spokane, 3.3/5 avg rating, 4 with an ER.

Poverty in Spokane, WA stands at 13.8%, 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.

A median home in Spokane runs about 5.2 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

15% of Spokane workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 12% in Spokane, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

2.7% of Spokane workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Spokane 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)
229,447
Spokane · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$70,064
-22% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$363,500
-12% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37.2
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Spokane County): Spokane'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
549K+16%
Median Income
$78,582+60%
Median Home Value
$410,700+122%
Poverty Rate
11.7%-24%
Unemployment
5.3%-46%

Economics

Economics indicators for Spokane, WA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,215/mo
Poverty Rate
13.8% +11% vs avg
Unemployment 5.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 33.9%
Work From Home 15%
Public Transit 2.7%

Population

White 79.8%
African American 3%
Asian 2.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 6.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
35.3%
Short Sleep Duration
33.3%
High Blood Pressure
30.5%
Physical Inactivity
20.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.6%
Binge Drinking
17.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.6%
Current Smoking
12.7%
Current Asthma
12%
Diabetes
10.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 62.9%
Annual Checkup 72.1%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.9%
Stroke
3.2%

Hospitals 6 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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1
★★★
3
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0
★
0
Average Rating
3.3/5
Total Hospitals
6
With ER
4
SPOKANE VA MEDICAL CENTER
SPOKANE · Acute Care - Veterans Administration · ER
★★★★☆
DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER
SPOKANE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆
PROV SACRED HRT MED CTR & CHILDS HOSP.
SPOKANE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆
PROVIDENCE HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL
SPOKANE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Spokane? 1

Weather Alerts high

Fire Warning Issued for Spokane, WA

NOAA ·

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet WA-SPOKANE · Spokane

Spokane: 3 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 3 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Los Angeles
  • RANK-MID #73 tagged volume

Tagged alert mix: Spokane

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 3 tagged notices on record for Spokane.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Los Angeles, CA (3 tagged · Δ0)

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

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (3 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Los Angeles, CA 3 alerts San Antonio, TX 3 alerts Austin, TX 3 alerts Oklahoma City, OK 3 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Spokane, WA? ▼
Spokane, WA has a population of 229,447 people, located in Spokane County, Washington.
What is the median household income in Spokane? ▼
The median household income in Spokane, WA is $70,064 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 13.8%.
What is the median home value in Spokane? ▼
The median home value in Spokane, WA is $363,500. Median rent is $1,215/month.
What are the top health concerns in Spokane? ▼
The top health indicators in Spokane include Obesity (35.3%), Short Sleep Duration (33.3%), High Blood Pressure (30.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Spokane? ▼
Spokane has 6 hospitals with an average rating of 3.3/5 stars. 4 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Spokane? ▼
The median age in Spokane, WA is 37.2 years. 33.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WA (13.8% here).

Yonkers, NY 13.8% Lynn, MA 13.8% Carlsbad, NM 13.8% Aberdeen, SD 13.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WA ($70,064 here).

Boynton Beach, FL $70,074 Hermitage, PA $70,052 Grand Junction, CO $70,080 Worcester, MA $70,102

Compare Spokane with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Opportunity, WA 26K Spokane Valley, WA 95K Cheney, WA 12K Post Falls, ID 30K Coeur d'Alene, ID 49K Hayden, ID 14K Pullman, WA 33K Moscow, ID 25K
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Using Spokane's profile

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

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Spokane area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Spokane against Washington peers on any ranking lens. Explore Washington

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 (Spokane 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.