Metro area · CBSA 42660

Seattle

The Seattle, WA metro area has 4,061,920 people. Median rent is $2,000, 20.8% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in King County at $2,549. Of the 178 places we track here, Ames Lake has the lightest rent burden.

Median household income

$115,177

Median home value

$717,500

Unemployment

4.8%

2-bedroom fair market rent

$2,549

HUD, King County

Places in this metro

Largest first. Rent to income is the median rent as a share of median household income.

Place	Population	Rent	Rent to income
Seattle	754,195	$2,030	19.7%
Tacoma	222,758	$1,676	23.4%
Bellevue	151,847	$2,572	18.6%
Kent	135,603	$1,909	24.8%
Everett	111,845	$1,740	25.0%
Renton	105,317	$1,998	23.9%
Federal Way	99,493	$1,797	24.8%
Kirkland	92,621	$2,401	19.2%
Auburn	85,676	$1,786	21.9%
Redmond	77,353	$2,409	17.8%
Marysville	73,002	$1,997	23.0%
South Hill	68,025	$2,088	22.1%
Sammamish	66,463	$2,857	14.3%
Lakewood	62,937	$1,525	24.5%
Shoreline	61,431	$1,985	21.1%
Burien	51,513	$1,782	23.4%
Bothell	49,610	$2,346	20.0%
Puyallup	42,746	$1,812	22.2%
Edmonds	42,735	$1,903	18.6%
Lake Stevens	40,253	$2,224	21.8%
Lynnwood	40,110	$1,742	26.9%
Issaquah	39,591	$2,590	20.1%
Parkland	38,742	$1,663	27.6%
Graham	35,079	$2,095	21.5%
University Place	34,911	$1,762	21.4%
Spanaway	34,019	$1,813	22.1%
Des Moines	32,823	$1,799	23.3%
SeaTac	32,414	$1,660	24.6%
Maple Valley	28,287	$2,304	18.1%
Mill Creek East	25,453	$3,152	19.6%
Frederickson	25,383	$2,386	26.1%
Mercer Island	25,307	$2,502	13.7%
Kenmore	23,741	$1,949	16.7%
Eastmont	23,721	$2,443	21.1%
North Lynnwood	23,339	$2,145	25.5%
Mountlake Terrace	23,104	$2,004	22.3%
Union Hill-Novelty Hill	23,047	$2,556	16.5%
Martha Lake	22,634	$2,185	21.1%
Cottage Lake	22,518	$2,740	15.4%
Silver Firs	22,306	$2,881	21.2%
Bonney Lake	22,090	$2,256	19.8%
Bothell West	22,029	$2,511	19.6%
Tukwila	21,451	$1,898	29.1%
Mukilteo	21,323	$2,166	19.6%
Covington	21,233	$2,232	19.9%
Arlington	21,095	$1,905	25.9%
Mill Creek	20,956	$2,249	21.7%
Monroe	19,755	$1,950	21.2%
Fairwood	17,856	$2,233	21.9%
Bryn Mawr-Skyway	17,638	$1,760	23.2%
Lakeland North	15,950	$2,340	26.7%
Lake Stickney	15,890	$1,806	23.1%
Fort Lewis	15,167	$2,282	46.6%
White Center	14,886	$1,595	22.0%
Bothell East	14,578	$2,406	14.5%
Elk Plain	14,276	$2,172	24.3%
Artondale	14,073	$2,251	18.1%
Snoqualmie	13,798	$2,938	16.5%
Woodinville	13,438	$2,416	17.6%
Lake Forest Park	13,335	$2,333	17.5%
Lakeland South	13,100	$1,899	20.6%
Edgewood	13,032	$2,034	21.0%
Newcastle	12,989	$2,369	17.7%
Enumclaw	12,798	$1,954	19.3%
Lake Tapps	12,798	$2,091	17.0%
East Renton Highlands	12,582	$2,717	22.9%
Gig Harbor	12,424	$2,301	23.3%
Prairie Ridge	12,074	$1,965	20.6%
Lake Morton-Berrydale	11,183	$2,017	18.6%
Fife	10,949	$1,889	25.0%
Maltby	10,910	$2,158	14.0%
Sumner	10,733	$1,974	24.1%
Alderwood Manor	10,266	$1,919	21.9%
Picnic Point	10,261	$2,319	21.5%
Snohomish	10,239	$1,654	22.7%
Vashon	9,934	$1,670	16.6%
DuPont	9,931	$2,322	23.1%
Tehaleh	9,561	$3,365	25.9%
Midland	9,050	$1,546	21.9%
Orting	8,978	$2,284	20.6%
Milton	8,894	$2,199	27.3%
Summit	8,791	$1,519	17.1%
Duvall	8,526	$2,042	12.4%
Summit View	8,480	$1,887	20.8%
Stanwood	8,373	$1,766	23.5%
North Bend	7,953	$2,091	14.3%
Waller	7,683	$1,787	21.1%
Clover Creek	7,345	$1,814	22.9%
Fircrest	7,069	$1,554	16.4%
Pacific	7,066	$1,692	17.6%
Woods Creek	6,943	$2,603	19.9%
Wollochet	6,689	$1,915	15.4%
Steilacoom	6,686	$1,818	21.6%
Normandy Park	6,659	$1,893	14.0%
Hobart	6,552	$2,726	20.4%
Brier	6,545	$2,318	21.1%
North Fort Lewis	6,337	$2,475	42.4%
Sultan	6,116	$1,729	21.9%
Black Diamond	5,961	$2,092	17.8%
Maplewood	5,803	$2,000	17.7%
Lake Goodwin	5,536	$1,316	15.0%
Buckley	5,371	$1,992	19.2%
Prairie Heights	4,998	$1,828	16.8%
Chain Lake	4,950	$1,755	13.1%
Wauna	4,805	$1,602	18.6%
Granite Falls	4,659	$1,825	20.8%
Longbranch	4,638	$1,750	21.9%
Boulevard Park	4,575	$1,848	28.1%
Larch Way	4,424	$2,002	15.0%
Rosedale	4,208	$2,875	21.7%
Esperance	4,189	$2,463	19.9%
Maple Heights-Lake Desire	4,113	$3,130	26.2%
Three Lakes	4,055	$1,730	12.0%
Mirrormont	4,019	$2,083	13.7%
Canyon Creek	3,910	$1,821	28.2%
Bunk Foss	3,627	$2,705	20.9%
Lake Holm	3,555	$2,092	14.2%
Key Center	3,544	$1,705	19.3%
Warm Beach	3,442	$2,111	25.3%
Fox Island	3,414	$2,115	14.7%
Lake Cassidy	3,292	$1,734	18.3%
Clearview	3,254	$2,357	14.7%
Algona	3,247	$1,838	25.8%
High Bridge	3,196	$1,949	14.0%
Clyde Hill	3,119	$3,501	16.8%
Lochsloy	3,029	$1,250	14.1%
Sisco Heights	3,015	$1,701	17.1%
Meadowdale	3,009	$3,038	21.0%
McChord AFB	2,999	$2,323	50.9%
Canterwood	2,971	$2,051	15.4%
Medina	2,928	$3,501	16.8%
Eatonville	2,850	$979	10.2%
Arlington Heights	2,727	$1,949	18.4%
Alderton	2,706	$1,633	20.1%
Bryant	2,648	$1,055	10.4%
Fobes Hill	2,569	$1,401	12.6%
Shadow Lake	2,465	$2,092	16.5%
Gold Bar	2,390	$1,843	22.0%
Carnation	2,366	$2,175	17.1%
South Creek	2,191	$1,806	21.8%
Cathcart	2,064	$2,201	20.3%
Kayak Point	1,883	$1,949	19.6%
Stansberry Lake	1,807	$2,167	28.6%
Riverbend	1,748	$2,767	22.4%
Home	1,665	$1,806	33.4%
North Puyallup	1,653	$1,348	19.4%
Fall City	1,618	$2,688	18.2%
Cavalero	1,591	$3,127	25.3%
Wilderness Rim	1,560	$2,563	20.5%
Lake Marcel-Stillwater	1,549	$2,092	12.4%
Monroe North	1,456	$1,949	13.8%
Anderson Island	1,448	$1,278	19.1%
Fife Heights	1,446	$1,806	13.8%
Darrington	1,412	$879	15.9%
Sunday Lake	1,375	$1,949	25.6%
McMillin	1,348	$2,192	18.7%
Purdy	1,344	$2,584	34.0%
Machias	1,276	$1,949	15.4%
Clear Lake	1,271	$1,699	20.5%
Crocker	1,254	$1,143	12.5%
Woodway	1,251	$1,949	11.4%
Ames Lake	1,245	$1,600	7.7%
Ruston	1,245	$2,598	26.8%
Lake Ketchum	1,235	$1,949	21.0%
Yarrow Point	1,198	$3,501	16.8%
Browns Point	979	$2,025	25.1%
Lake Bosworth	907	$1,190	13.4%
Dash Point	889	$1,461	13.5%
Riverpoint	831	$2,092	14.3%
Lake Roesiger	815	$1,609	16.1%
May Creek	791	$1,949	29.8%
Vaughn	753	$1,806	21.8%
Swede Heaven	746	$1,389	15.0%
Roy	735	$2,227	27.1%
Carbonado	704	$1,809	18.5%
McKenna	669	$1,129	14.6%
Startup	555	$979	17.7%
Wilkeson	552	$1,594	14.7%

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.