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Spokane vs Federal Way

Spokane, WA compared with Federal Way, WA · 230 miles apart

Spokane has 230,783 residents to Federal Way’s 99,729. Spokane comes out ahead on median rent, homeownership, average commute. Federal Way does better on median household income, poverty rate, unemployment.

Spokane, WA Federal Way, WA
Population 230,783 99,729
Density (per sq mi) 3,356 4,469
Median household income $70,064 $86,909
Median home value $363,500 $552,800
Median rent $1,215 $1,797
Homeownership 58.8% 55.3%
Average commute 20.6 min 32.1 min
Median age 37.2 37.4
Bachelor's degree + 33.9% 30.8%
Poverty rate 13.8% 13%
Unemployment 5.7% 5.4%
Price to income 5.2× 6.4×
Clear days a year 38
Days above 90°F 31

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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