Burien vs Sammamish

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

Burien 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 51,331 in Burien). Sammamish has the higher median household income ($227,273 vs $90,597 in Burien). Sammamish has the higher median home value ($1,240,300 vs $609,300 in Burien).

Population, income & housing

	Burien	Sammamish
Population	51,331	66,375
Median age	39.8 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$90,597	$227,273
Median home value	$609,300	$1,240,300
Median gross rent	$1,742	$2,728
Housing units	21,184	22,481
Homeownership rate	56.9%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	77.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burien	Sammamish
Population	51,477 → 51,331 (-0.3%)	64,674 → 66,375 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$67,402 → $90,597 (+34.4%)	$174,003 → $227,273 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$380,300 → $609,300 (+60.2%)	$830,000 → $1,240,300 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,268 → $1,742 (+37.4%)	$2,395 → $2,728 (+13.9%)

Burien

Population

51,47751,331

Median household income

$67,402$90,597

Median home value

$380,300$609,300

Median gross rent

$1,268$1,742

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)

	Burien	Sammamish
Under 5	5.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	23.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	8.2%
35 to 44	15.6%	18.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	18.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.6%	6.2%
75 and over	5.8%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burien	Sammamish
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	50.9%
Black or African American	7.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	15.0%	36.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	23.1%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burien	Sammamish
No high school diploma	15.1%	2.8%
High school graduate	21.8%	4.9%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	40.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	36.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burien	Sammamish
Drove alone	61.8%	53.1%
Carpooled	13.6%	5.0%
Public transit	6.5%	3.7%
Walked	1.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	15.8%	35.0%
Other means	0.8%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burien	Sammamish
1-unit, detached	59.6%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	6.9%
20 or more units	15.1%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Burien	Sammamish
Poverty rate	10.4%	4.4%
Average household size	2.56	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1965	1994