Kirkland vs Sammamish

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

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

Kirkland has the higher population (91,614 vs 66,375 in Sammamish). Sammamish has the higher median household income ($227,273 vs $143,533 in Kirkland). Sammamish has the higher median home value ($1,240,300 vs $1,022,500 in Kirkland).

Population, income & housing

	Kirkland	Sammamish
Population	91,614	66,375
Median age	38.2 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$143,533	$227,273
Median home value	$1,022,500	$1,240,300
Median gross rent	$2,342	$2,728
Housing units	40,264	22,481
Homeownership rate	61.9%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.4%	77.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirkland	Sammamish
Population	89,438 → 91,614 (+2.4%)	64,674 → 66,375 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$117,190 → $143,533 (+22.5%)	$174,003 → $227,273 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$662,300 → $1,022,500 (+54.4%)	$830,000 → $1,240,300 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,861 → $2,342 (+25.8%)	$2,395 → $2,728 (+13.9%)

Kirkland

Population

89,43891,614

Median household income

$117,190$143,533

Median home value

$662,300$1,022,500

Median gross rent

$1,861$2,342

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)

	Kirkland	Sammamish
Under 5	5.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	23.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	17.5%	8.2%
35 to 44	16.6%	18.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	18.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	6.2%
75 and over	5.2%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirkland	Sammamish
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	50.9%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	17.8%	36.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.4%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kirkland	Sammamish
No high school diploma	3.1%	2.8%
High school graduate	10.9%	4.9%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	38.0%	40.0%
Graduate or professional degree	26.4%	36.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirkland	Sammamish
Drove alone	55.8%	53.1%
Carpooled	5.6%	5.0%
Public transit	4.6%	3.7%
Walked	2.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.3%
Worked from home	29.1%	35.0%
Other means	1.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirkland	Sammamish
1-unit, detached	54.2%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	6.9%
20 or more units	19.2%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Kirkland	Sammamish
Poverty rate	6.0%	4.4%
Average household size	2.37	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1983	1994