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Seattle vs Denver

Seattle, WA compared with Denver, CO · 1,024 miles apart

Seattle has 784,777 residents to Denver’s 740,613. Seattle comes out ahead on median household income, bachelor's degree +, poverty rate. Denver does better on median rent, homeownership, average commute.

Seattle, WA Denver, CO
Population 784,777 740,613
Density (per sq mi) 9,340 4,838
Median household income $123,860 $94,718
Median home value $938,600 $616,000
Median rent $2,030 $1,831
Homeownership 43.7% 48.8%
Average commute 26 min 24.9 min
Median age 35.6 35.3
Bachelor's degree + 68.4% 56.5%
Poverty rate 9.9% 11.2%
Unemployment 4.6% 4.9%
Price to income 7.6× 6.5×
Clear days a year 25
Days above 90°F 1

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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