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Seattle vs Federal Way

Seattle, WA compared with Federal Way, WA · 21 miles apart

Seattle has 784,777 residents to Federal Way’s 99,729. Seattle comes out ahead on median household income, average commute, bachelor's degree +. Federal Way does better on median rent, homeownership, price to income.

Seattle, WA Federal Way, WA
Population 784,777 99,729
Density (per sq mi) 9,340 4,469
Median household income $123,860 $86,909
Median home value $938,600 $552,800
Median rent $2,030 $1,797
Homeownership 43.7% 55.3%
Average commute 26 min 32.1 min
Median age 35.6 37.4
Bachelor's degree + 68.4% 30.8%
Poverty rate 9.9% 13%
Unemployment 4.6% 5.4%
Price to income 7.6× 6.4×
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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