King County, Washington

2,287,171 people. The median home is worth $859,900 (typical Washington town: $475,000) and the median household earns $124,746.

Towns in King County

Town	People	Median home	Income	Median age
Seattle	737,015	$938,600	$123,860	35.6
Bellevue	151,854	$1,340,300	$165,576	38.5
Kent	136,588	$587,800	$92,302	35.5
Renton	106,785	$672,600	$100,432	36.5
Federal Way	101,030	$552,800	$86,909	37.4
Kirkland	92,175	$1,115,400	$150,414	38.3
Auburn	87,256	$547,900	$97,884	36.0
Redmond	73,256	$1,167,800	$162,560	35.0
Sammamish	67,455	$1,407,300	$239,690	39.9
Shoreline	58,608	$811,100	$112,751	42.9
Burien	52,066	$638,800	$91,318	40.4
Bothell	48,161	$925,100	$140,427	38.6
Issaquah	40,051	$963,000	$154,669	37.5
Des Moines	32,888	$597,000	$92,483	38.0
SeaTac	31,454	$519,700	$81,104	36.8
Maple Valley	28,013	$724,700	$152,885	36.7
Mercer Island	25,748	$2,000,001	$219,069	46.4
Kenmore	23,914	$920,800	$139,764	39.1
Cottage Lake	22,857	$1,230,700	$213,106	44.2
Union Hill-Novelty Hill	22,683	$1,218,500	$185,369	43.9
Tukwila	21,798	$489,000	$78,381	35.4
Covington	20,777	$637,300	$134,502	36.4
Fairwood	19,396	$733,200	$122,134	38.5
Bryn Mawr-Skyway	17,397	$655,200	$90,969	39.0
White Center	16,631	$645,200	$87,189	37.6
Snoqualmie	14,121	$977,200	$214,107	38.9
Lakeland North	13,663	$557,000	$105,216	40.1
Lake Forest Park	13,630	$953,200	$159,904	42.1
Lakeland South	13,169	$589,300	$110,735	37.4
Woodinville	13,069	$1,100,100	$164,398	40.8
Newcastle	13,017	$1,205,600	$160,278	37.5
Enumclaw	12,543	$524,600	$121,250	42.1
East Renton Highlands	11,937	$778,700	$142,500	40.7
Vashon	11,055	$790,700	$120,571	52.4
Lake Morton-Berrydale	10,474	$714,200	$129,833	41.9
Duvall	8,034	$830,100	$197,361	36.0
North Bend	7,461	$1,048,600	$175,109	39.4
Pacific	7,235	$489,100	$115,625	38.0
Normandy Park	6,771	$1,014,100	$162,476	43.4
Hobart	6,767	$950,300	$160,536	47.1
Black Diamond	4,697	$779,100	$141,383	38.1
Boulevard Park	4,094	$456,100	$78,954	33.9
Maple Heights-Lake Desire	3,873	$876,200	$143,148	45.7
Mirrormont	3,858	$973,900	$181,842	42.8
Lake Holm	3,430	$828,600	$177,371	49.4
Algona	3,290	$441,500	$85,332	34.5
Clyde Hill	3,126	$2,000,001	$250,001	48.6
Medina	2,915	$2,000,001	$250,001	47.4

People and housing

	King County	Typical Washington town
Median home value	$859,900	$475,000
Median rent	$2,092	$1,597
Median household income	$124,746	$90,625
Median age	37.4	40.1
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	27.6%
Below the poverty line	8.6%	8.5%

Jobs and pay

1,449,785 jobs in 2024, average pay $132,279 a year.

BLS QCEW 2024.

BLS LAUS via USDA ERS, annual averages.

Storms since 1996

NOAA recorded 75 storm events in King County from 1996 to 2026, with 2 deaths.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

Federal disaster declarations

King County has been included in 35 FEMA declarations since 1953.

Declared	Incident	Declaration
April 7, 2026	Flood	DR-4906: Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
December 12, 2025	Flood	EM-3629: Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
April 28, 2024	Severe Storm	DR-4775: Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
September 10, 2022	Fire	FM-5455: Bolt Creek Fire
April 23, 2020	Flood	DR-4539: Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
March 22, 2020	Biological	DR-4481: Covid-19 Pandemic

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024; BLS QCEW and LAUS; NOAA Storm Events; FEMA OpenFEMA (not endorsed by FEMA).