State safety & data profile

WashingtonWA

Name: Washington State Data Report
Creator: Areazine
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

125 cities with population 10,000+. Government data from the Census Bureau, CDC, and CMS, with the per-city tables and rankings below.

Compiled by Areazine

Data updated 2026-08-18

125
Cities tracked: 5.4M
Residents: $109,684
Avg income: 340
Violent / 100K

Washington at a glance

Areazine tracks 125 cities across Washington, led by Seattle (781K residents) - each with federal health, economic and safety data and live government alerts.

781K
largest: Seattle: $643,676
avg home value: 340
violent crime / 100K (statewide)

FBI UCR crime reporting is voluntary and incomplete, so this rate reflects reported incidents, not a definitive measure of danger, and city-level rankings below can omit non-reporting agencies entirely.

Where Washington ranks on income, nationally

Average of city median household incomes vs. all 50 states + DC

$109,684 Top 14% higher than 86% of 51 states

Each bar is a $10K-wide band; taller bars hold more states. 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 (city aggregates) · 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

How to read the Washington profile without drowning in rankings

Washington has 125 cities tracked on Areazine with populations of 10,000 or more, representing roughly 5,399,507 residents inside those city boundaries. The state-wide average of city median incomes is $109,684, and the average median home value across those cities is $643,676. These aggregates are simple averages of city medians, not population-weighted. Use the per-city ranking tables below for place-level work; use the aggregates for a quick cross-state benchmark.

The ranking cards further down organize the same underlying data through different lenses: largest, highest income, most affordable, most educated, fastest growing. Each linked ranking page names the sort field and direction so comparisons stay honest across lenses.

Cities

125

pop ≥ 10,000

Total Population

5,399,507

in tracked cities

Avg Median Income

$109,684

+23% vs avg

Avg Home Value

$643,676

+56% vs avg

Washington Summary

Washington aggregate statistics across tracked cities
Indicator	Value	Source
Cities Tracked (pop ≥ 10,000)	125	Census/GeoNames
Total Population (tracked cities)	5,399,507	ACS 2024
Avg Median Household Income	$109,684	ACS 2024
Avg Median Home Value	$643,676	ACS 2024
Violent Crime Rate	340 /100k	FBI UCR 2022
Property Crime Rate	3389 /100k	FBI UCR 2022
Assault Rate	248 /100k	FBI UCR 2022
Burglary Rate	567 /100k	FBI UCR 2022

Public Safety

Violent Crime

340

per 100k residents

Property Crime

3389

per 100k residents

Assault

248

per 100k

Burglary

567

per 100k

Largest Cities 10

Highest Income 10

7 Union Hill-Novelty Hill

Highest Home Values 10

5 Union Hill-Novelty Hill

Washington City Rankings 9

Community Wellbeing Score in Washington Most Affordable Cities in Washington Most Expensive Cities in Washington Highest Income Cities in Washington Largest Cities in Washington Fastest Growing Cities in Washington Most Educated Cities in Washington Lowest Unemployment in Washington Youngest Cities in Washington

All Cities in Washington 125

Seattle 781K Tri-Cities 244K Spokane 229K Tacoma 223K Vancouver 196K Bellevue 140K Kent 127K Everett 108K Renton 100K Federal Way 95K Spokane Valley 95K Yakima 94K Kirkland 87K Bellingham 85K Kennewick 79K Auburn 77K Pasco 69K Marysville 67K Redmond 61K Lakewood 60K Olympia 56K Shoreline 55K Richland 54K South Hill 52K Sammamish 52K Burien 50K Lacey 46K City of Sammamish 46K Bothell 43K Edmonds 41K Puyallup 40K Bremerton 40K Lynnwood 37K Longview 37K Issaquah 36K Parkland 36K Mount Vernon 34K West Lake Sammamish 34K Wenatchee 34K University Place 33K Pullman 33K Walla Walla 32K Des Moines 31K Lake Stevens 31K East Hill-Meridian 30K SeaTac 28K Spanaway 27K North Creek 26K Opportunity 26K Maple Valley 26K Mercer Island 25K Bainbridge Island 24K Graham 23K Picnic Point-North Lynnwood 23K Inglewood-Finn Hill 23K Oak Harbor 23K Cottage Lake 22K Moses Lake 22K Kenmore 22K Camas 22K Mukilteo 21K West Lake Stevens 21K Mountlake Terrace 21K Silver Firs 21K Eastmont 20K Mill Creek 20K Tukwila 20K Bonney Lake 20K Salmon Creek 20K Orchards 20K Port Angeles 19K Hazel Dell 19K Battle Ground 19K Silverdale 19K Covington 19K Tumwater 19K Fairwood 19K Ellensburg 19K Columbia City 19K Arlington 19K Union Hill-Novelty Hill 19K Frederickson 19K Five Corners 18K Anacortes 18K Monroe 18K Centralia 17K Bothell West 17K Sunnyside 16K Aberdeen 16K Mill Creek East 16K Bryn Mawr-Skyway 16K Martha Lake 15K Washougal 15K Elk Plain 14K Camano 14K West Richland 14K East Wenatchee 14K Port Orchard 14K Lynden 14K White Center 13K Lake Forest Park 13K Lea Hill 13K Snoqualmie 13K Kingsgate 13K Ferndale 13K Lakeland North 13K West Valley 13K Artondale 13K Greenwood 12K Kelso 12K Woodinville 12K Enumclaw 12K Lakeland South 12K Cheney 12K Prairie Ridge 11K Newcastle 11K Grandview 11K East Renton Highlands 11K Joint Base Lewis McChord 11K Maltby 11K Sedro-Woolley 11K Klahanie 11K Vashon 11K Lake Morton-Berrydale 10K Poulsbo 10K

Using the Washington profile

Treat this as a benchmark to drill down from, not a verdict on any one city.

Treat the state aggregates as a benchmark only, they are simple averages of city medians, not population-weighted.
Drill into a specific Washington city for place-level population and economics, plus county-level health and hospital data. Browse cities
Rank Washington cities on wellbeing, affordability, growth and more. Community rankings

State crime figures are statewide FBI UCR rates; not every city reports comparable city-level crime data.

About this Washington profile

The Areazine Washington profile is rebuilt every time an upstream federal release ships. Demographic and economic figures advance with the American Community Survey five-year estimate cycle. Health prevalence and access-to-care indicators advance with the CDC PLACES annual release. Hospital quality scores advance with the CMS Hospital Compare quarterly refresh. Crime rates and offense distributions advance with the FBI Crime Data Explorer release. Each individual figure on this page carries its own vintage, named explicitly in the source citation, so the user can verify against the upstream record without having to track our internal refresh schedule.

Cross-checking is encouraged. Every figure on Areazine is built from a publicly available federal source whose primary URL is documented in the methodology pane. If a number on the Washington page disagrees with a number you saw elsewhere, the right next step is to compare vintages and field definitions: many discrepancies between data providers reduce to a different release date or a slightly different statistical universe (for example, ACS one-year versus five-year estimates, or UCR offenses-known-to-law-enforcement versus arrest counts). When the field definitions match and the vintages match, federal sources tend to be the canonical reference; Areazine's editorial approach is to surface the canonical number rather than to mediate or smooth.

Data Sources

City population from GeoNames/Census Bureau. Economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program. Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. State profiles are compiled directly from Census Bureau, CDC, CMS, and FBI releases. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.