Bothell vs Sammamish

A side-by-side comparison of Bothell and Sammamish: population, income, housing, and more.

Bothell and Sammamish are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sammamish has the higher population (66,375 vs 48,610 in Bothell). Sammamish has the higher median household income ($227,273 vs $132,232 in Bothell). Sammamish has the higher median home value ($1,240,300 vs $871,300 in Bothell).

Population, income & housing

	Bothell	Sammamish
Population	48,610	66,375
Median age	38.0 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$132,232	$227,273
Median home value	$871,300	$1,240,300
Median gross rent	$2,295	$2,728
Housing units	19,926	22,481
Homeownership rate	63.2%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.6%	77.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bothell	Sammamish
Population	45,749 → 48,610 (+6.3%)	64,674 → 66,375 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$99,965 → $132,232 (+32.3%)	$174,003 → $227,273 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$530,300 → $871,300 (+64.3%)	$830,000 → $1,240,300 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,719 → $2,295 (+33.5%)	$2,395 → $2,728 (+13.9%)

Bothell

Population

45,74948,610

Median household income

$99,965$132,232

Median home value

$530,300$871,300

Median gross rent

$1,719$2,295

Sammamish

Population

64,67466,375

Median household income

$174,003$227,273

Median home value

$830,000$1,240,300

Median gross rent

$2,395$2,728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bothell	Sammamish
Under 5	5.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	23.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.3%
25 to 34	14.7%	8.2%
35 to 44	18.2%	18.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	18.9%
55 to 64	10.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.1%	6.2%
75 and over	5.4%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bothell	Sammamish
White (non-Hispanic)	62.6%	50.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	19.1%	36.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.2%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bothell	Sammamish
No high school diploma	4.7%	2.8%
High school graduate	11.3%	4.9%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.0%	40.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	36.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bothell	Sammamish
Drove alone	55.4%	53.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	5.0%
Public transit	4.3%	3.7%
Walked	1.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	30.2%	35.0%
Other means	0.9%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bothell	Sammamish
1-unit, detached	53.4%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	6.9%
20 or more units	14.6%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Bothell	Sammamish
Poverty rate	5.8%	4.4%
Average household size	2.56	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1992	1994