State profile · WA

Largest Cities in Washington

Name: Washington Cities: Population, Income & Housing Data
Creator: PlainCities
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Ranked by resident population across 599 tracked cities and towns in Washington, using Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023). This compares cities and Census-designated places, not metropolitan areas, and carries the same rows into the chart, table, and downloadable CSV below.

Compiled by PlainCities

599
Cities: 6.5M
Combined city pop.: $91,378
Avg median income: 7.7%
Avg poverty rate

Data updated August 2026

The headline finding

Seattle is the largest of 599 tracked cities in Washington, which ranks #10 of 52 nationally on avg median income.

Seattle
largest tracked city (741,440 people): #10
national rank, avg median income: 599
cities tracked in this state

Every figure here is read live from the same table rendered below.

78% of Washington's 599 tracked cities are small towns under 10,000 people -- none crosses the 1-million-resident mark.

<10K

468
10K-99K

122
100K-999K

9

What this shows Small towns under 10,000 residents are the largest group in PlainCities' Washington coverage, with 468 of 599 tracked places. This is a count of profiled places, not a share of the state's population.

How we calculate this mix & the national home-value percentile below

Every tracked city in Washington is bucketed by population: small town under 10,000; mid-size 10,000–99,999; large 100,000–999,999; megacity 1,000,000+. The national home-value comparison below plots Washington's average tracked-city home value against all 52 US states/territories, ranked the same way as the per-city percentiles: the state's percentile is the share of states with a lower average home value. See the methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.

Seattle

741,440
Spokane

229,228
Tacoma

220,482
Vancouver

192,696
Bellevue

151,199
Kent

135,015
Everett

111,083
Spokane Valley

105,460
Renton

105,279
Federal Way

99,232
Yakima

96,810
Bellingham

92,367

What this shows Seattle, WA is the most populous city profiled in Washington; the top 100 rows are listed below and the complete 599-row record is available as a CSV.

How Washington ranks nationally

Avg median income

$91,378

#10 of 52 · highest income

Avg home value

$466,771

#9 of 52 · highest values

Avg poverty rate

7.7%

#16 of 52 · lowest poverty

Tracked cities

599

#19 of 52 · most tracked cities

Washington ranks #10 of 52 nationally on average median income and #16 of 52 on average poverty rate, derived live by comparing it against every other tracked state. Averages are computed only across the cities PlainCities tracks in each state, not full state populations.

How Washington's home values compare nationally

Average tracked-city home value vs. all 52 US states/territories

$466,771 17th percentile more affordable than 17% of 52 US states

Show national distribution

Each bar is a $50K-wide band; taller bars hold more US 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 ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Largest cities in Washington

Showing the 100 most-populous tracked places, ordered by population. Download the CSV for every one of the 599 city records and their source-backed fields.

#	City	Population	Median Income	Home Value	Poverty
1	Seattle	741,440	$121,984	$912,100	4.9%
2	Spokane	229,228	$65,745	$326,200	8.4%
3	Tacoma	220,482	$83,857	$454,600	7.6%
4	Vancouver	192,696	$78,156	$440,300	7.5%
5	Bellevue	151,199	$161,300	$1,203,100	4.4%
6	Kent	135,015	$90,416	$537,500	7.8%
7	Everett	111,083	$81,502	$532,300	8.8%
8	Spokane Valley	105,460	$70,722	$344,300	9.3%
9	Renton	105,279	$96,626	$631,400	5.1%
10	Federal Way	99,232	$82,144	$499,600	9.8%
11	Yakima	96,810	$59,228	$273,400	12.1%
12	Bellingham	92,367	$65,821	$577,400	8.2%
13	Kirkland	91,614	$143,533	$1,022,500	2.9%
14	Auburn	85,455	$95,367	$510,400	5.7%
15	Kennewick	84,389	$72,867	$343,600	11.1%
16	Pasco	78,446	$81,130	$344,700	10.4%
17	Redmond	75,721	$162,099	$1,091,700	3.7%
18	Marysville	71,570	$100,362	$521,500	5.2%
19	South Hill	68,161	$109,235	$493,800	5.4%
20	Sammamish	66,375	$227,273	$1,240,300	4.9%
21	Lakewood	63,034	$70,524	$420,500	8.2%
22	Richland	61,912	$92,550	$401,800	7.0%
23	Shoreline	59,280	$113,336	$759,400	5.7%
24	Lacey	57,088	$87,277	$427,900	7.8%
25	Olympia	55,583	$76,930	$457,900	10.2%
26	Burien	51,331	$90,597	$609,300	7.5%
27	Bothell	48,610	$132,232	$871,300	3.4%
28	Bremerton	44,531	$74,399	$409,500	9.4%
29	Edmonds	42,783	$116,095	$840,200	1.9%
30	Puyallup	42,642	$95,639	$507,000	4.7%
31	Lynnwood	40,953	$76,439	$635,800	10.1%
32	Lake Stevens	39,500	$118,290	$593,900	3.3%
33	Issaquah	39,472	$153,786	$934,100	5.5%
34	Parkland	39,174	$71,829	$382,700	9.0%
35	Longview	37,836	$60,844	$339,000	10.2%
36	Wenatchee	35,502	$70,000	$391,200	8.2%
37	Mount Vernon	35,312	$73,277	$429,300	11.4%
38	Graham	35,090	$115,501	$472,800	5.0%
39	University Place	34,850	$94,952	$578,100	6.4%
40	Spanaway	34,322	$94,028	$401,000	7.5%
41	Walla Walla	33,766	$65,493	$356,600	10.2%
42	Des Moines	32,545	$89,787	$539,800	6.2%
43	Pullman	31,939	$45,097	$401,700	12.1%
44	SeaTac	31,143	$76,517	$483,200	8.4%
45	Orchards	29,716	$96,893	$437,100	8.9%
46	Maple Valley	28,121	$147,546	$672,000	3.7%
47	Camas	26,779	$140,053	$656,100	4.1%
48	Tumwater	26,519	$93,635	$438,000	6.2%
49	Moses Lake	25,594	$71,854	$278,100	12.4%
50	Mill Creek East	25,461	$183,466	$840,100	2.2%
51	Mercer Island	25,282	$202,359	$1,884,200	2.8%
52	Bainbridge Island	24,607	$159,882	$1,076,200	0.7%
53	Oak Harbor	24,396	$72,041	$421,700	5.5%
54	Frederickson	24,219	$107,241	$455,900	2.6%
55	North Lynnwood	23,653	$102,888	$565,000	6.2%
56	Kenmore	23,594	$137,926	$869,800	4.5%
57	Eastmont	23,486	$139,346	$696,800	3.0%
58	Union Hill-Novelty Hill	23,272	$181,820	$1,174,100	3.4%
59	Cottage Lake	23,170	$197,331	$1,164,000	2.3%
60	Hazel Dell	23,086	$78,958	$424,500	8.3%
61	Bonney Lake	22,776	$131,524	$558,900	3.2%
62	Martha Lake	22,740	$132,130	$725,400	7.1%
63	Silver Firs	21,796	$153,026	$791,700	5.0%
64	Tukwila	21,479	$80,534	$462,800	7.6%
65	Five Corners	21,444	$102,423	$432,800	7.1%
66	Mountlake Terrace	21,419	$101,404	$606,100	4.5%
67	Mukilteo	21,312	$122,612	$830,000	4.7%
68	Battle Ground	21,293	$100,185	$452,000	5.2%
69	Silverdale	21,046	$101,445	$507,600	4.6%
70	Bothell West	21,014	$144,941	$757,700	1.6%
71	Covington	20,957	$126,730	$590,100	2.0%
72	Mill Creek	20,846	$121,578	$836,300	4.7%
73	Arlington	20,599	$84,919	$492,600	7.0%
74	Port Angeles	20,087	$61,640	$324,800	5.9%
75	Monroe	19,696	$107,556	$594,300	5.2%
76	Salmon Creek	19,594	$100,534	$497,000	5.2%
77	Ellensburg	18,913	$49,888	$357,800	8.9%
78	Centralia	18,457	$52,387	$267,600	16.2%
79	Fairwood CDP (King County)	18,437	$119,013	$658,000	6.2%
80	Anacortes	17,837	$89,788	$647,700	6.0%
81	Bryn Mawr-Skyway	17,577	$90,258	$622,000	9.8%
82	Camano	17,535	$100,124	$600,300	2.5%
83	West Richland	17,126	$118,056	$404,300	4.9%
84	Aberdeen	17,040	$52,181	$225,100	16.7%
85	Washougal	16,945	$100,916	$492,100	8.4%
86	Port Orchard	16,398	$81,472	$492,000	10.0%
87	Sunnyside	16,329	$53,350	$207,200	15.2%
88	Lynden	16,025	$94,869	$546,400	7.2%
89	Lake Stickney	15,514	$85,762	$598,400	8.5%
90	Ferndale	15,447	$83,839	$492,400	8.9%
91	White Center	15,017	$82,500	$591,500	13.1%
92	Lakeland North	14,664	$111,681	$501,600	6.9%
93	Bothell East	14,487	$189,519	$1,047,300	1.7%
94	East Wenatchee	14,114	$81,050	$414,000	4.8%
95	Artondale	14,051	$156,908	$714,000	1.0%
96	Fort Lewis	13,983	$54,902	N/A	16.0%
97	Elk Plain	13,863	$101,250	$440,300	4.4%
98	Snoqualmie	13,750	$197,531	$919,300	0.5%
99	Woodinville	13,440	$158,723	$1,032,900	1.4%
100	Lake Forest Park	13,356	$158,868	$928,700	1.6%

What to do with Washington's city data

599 cities is a lot to browse, here's where to start.

Seattle is Washington's largest tracked city by population, start there if you want the fullest picture of a major WA metro. Seattle profile
4 tracked cities in Washington sit at the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, so no single city can be named the highest-income. Browse the city table by income column instead of trusting a single crown. All Washington cities
See how Washington's cities stack up nationally, not just against each other. National rankings

City counts and averages on this page cover only the 599 places with sufficient Census ACS data, smaller towns below the reporting threshold are not included.

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

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.

Compare beyond this state

Nationwide similar states

Other states closest to Washington on two ACS statewide axes: tracked-city population sum and mean of city median household incomes. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a claim that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar statewide population

Nearest 50-state peers by ACS population of tracked cities. This state: 6,459,401.

4 peers

Similar mean household income

Nearest peers by mean of city median household incomes. This state: $91,378. Population peers are excluded.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many cities does PlainCities track in Washington?

PlainCities profiles 599 cities and towns in Washington, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2023).

What is the largest city in Washington?

Seattle is the largest tracked city in Washington, with a population of 741,440.

What is the average household income in Washington?

Across the 599 tracked cities in Washington, the average median household income is $91,378. Individual cities vary widely - 4 tracked cities in Washington sit at the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, so no single city can be named the highest-income.

What is the average poverty rate in Washington?

The average poverty rate across Washington's tracked cities is 7.7%, based on Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023).

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