ChangePort Orchard
The city’s population grew 28% from 2021–2026. The useful follow-up is whether homes, transportation, and local jobs moved on the same timetable.
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The Seattle metro, city by city
Inside theSeattle metro.
Follow where people and jobs are shifting, which cities are making room, and how decisions in one place reshape life across Puget Sound.
Residents3,291,760+6% from 2021 to 2026
Workplace jobs2,009,607+7% from 2018 to 2023
Housing units1,355,829occupied and vacant homes
Weekday transit departures593,777scheduled stop departures in the current GTFS snapshot
Totals cover the 82 incorporated places in Metroscope. They exclude residents, homes, and jobs in unincorporated parts of the four counties.
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No single statistic explains a city. Each lens opens a different part of the regional picture.
01PeopleWho is each city built around?Compare family households, age, income, and homeownership.→02WorkWhere does the region go to work?See the job centers, industries, and commuter cities behind one labor market.→03HousingWho can find—and keep—a home?Compare housing types, ownership, vacancy, and cost pressure for renters and owners.→04MobilityHow tightly are cities connected?Follow commute flows and compare the transit service available in each place.→05LifeWhat changes at the city line?Explore the schools, parks, shopping, and household choices that shape daily life.→06ChangeWhich places are taking on new roles?See where resident and job growth are moving together—and where they are pulling apart.→
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The map uses a different measure for each lens. Larger, darker circles indicate more of the measure shown in the legend—not a better city.
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Four connections worth following.
Each place reveals a different relationship between residents, work, housing, and daily life. See what changed in the data →
PeopleSammamish
87% of households are families. That makes school capacity, larger and flexible homes, parks, childcare, and transportation organized around household schedules unusually consequential.
Explore →Housing choicesBremerton
22% of homes are attached houses or in two-to-four-unit buildings—more room between a detached house and a large apartment building than most cities offer.
Explore →Work from homeBainbridge Island
40% of workers usually work from home. Employer office policy can therefore change daytime commerce and travel inside Bainbridge Island even when the local job count does not move.
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Every place in the atlas has the same core measures, regional comparisons, trends, and connections.
AlgonaKing County3,335ArlingtonSnohomish County23,390AuburnKing|Pierce County90,350Bainbridge IslandKitsap County25,650Beaux Arts VillageKing County310BellevueKing County158,300Black DiamondKing County7,550Bonney LakePierce County23,510BothellKing|Snohomish County52,010BremertonKitsap County46,310BrierSnohomish County6,630BuckleyPierce County5,905BurienKing County53,470CarbonadoPierce County755CarnationKing County2,415Clyde HillKing County3,100CovingtonKing County22,200DarringtonSnohomish County1,520Des MoinesKing County33,690DuPontPierce County10,190DuvallKing County8,910EatonvillePierce County2,945EdgewoodPierce County14,160EdmondsSnohomish County43,770