Washington > King County > SeaTac
SeaTac, WA
King County · population ~33,210
Population
33,210
↑ 23% since 2010
Jobs
44,009
↑ 92% since 2010
Renters
54%
↑ 9pp since 2009
Median income
$81,104
↑ 78% since 2009 (nominal)
Overview
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What stands out
- 1Only 60.8% of households here are family households — well below the regional median (67%).
- 2Renter-occupied housing outnumbers owner-occupied more than is typical here (46% owner-occupied vs. a regional median of 68%).
- 361% of SeaTac's local jobs sit in a single sector (Logistics / Industrial) — a signature of one dominant employer rather than broad-based economic diversity.
Key facts
Population
33,210
Jobs
44,009
Renters
54%
Median income
$81,104
Nearby places
Straight-line distance, not drive time
The story so far
Local job base moved from 22,945 in 2010 to 44,009 by 2023, with the pace of change shifting noticeably around 2020 (+4.3%/year before, +8.2%/year after). That trend is still underway as of the most recent data. Owner-occupancy has fallen 9 percentage points since 2009 (55% to 46% by 2024) — measured across non-overlapping ACS survey windows to avoid over-reading a single year's release.
Local jobs, 2010–2023
The numbers
Each row: the current value, its trend over time, and where it falls among all 82 places we cover.
Family households
ACS 5-yr
60.8%
higher than only 25% of places
Owner-occupied
ACS 5-yr
46.5%
higher than only 9% of places
Local jobs
LODES
44,009
higher than 79% of places
Job growth since 2010
LODES
92%
higher than 89% of places
Weekday transit departures
GTFS snapshot
6,086
higher than 63% of places
Tesla share of local EVs
WA DOL
24%
higher than only 1% of places
Multifamily permitting
Census BPS
92th pctl
vs. this place's own 2010–2025 permitting history (not a cross-place comparison)
2BR Fair Market Rent
HUD, county-level
$2,549
FY2020 → FY2027, shared across this HUD metro area — not place-specific
Housing mix
ACS 5-yr — current housing stock, not new permits
Single-family57%
Multifamily (5+ units)43%
Where SeaTac's workforce lives
LODES OD — commuting flows
Seattle
17.4%
Kent
11.0%
Federal Way
9.4%
SeaTac
7.9%
Tacoma
7.2%
Life
per place — WA OSPI, OpenStreetMap
Parks15
Schools8
Grocery stores1
Hospitals0
Libraries1
Nearest community site: (unnamed) (Churches), 1.01 km
Work
Share of local jobs by sector · LODES · workplace location, not resident industry
Logistics / Industrial61% (26,792)
Hospitality13% (5,743)
Administrative & Support Services6% (2,859)
Construction / Real Estate6% (2,736)
Retail4% (1,822)
Healthcare & Social Assistance2% (1,058)
Other2% (899)
Professional Services (partial technology proxy)2% (725)
Manufacturing (includes, but is not limited to, aerospace)1% (598)
Government (Public Administration)1% (377)
Information (partial technology proxy)0% (183)
Education (includes academia/research)0% (148)
Finance0% (69)