Redmond vs Sammamish

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

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

Redmond has the higher population (75,721 vs 66,375 in Sammamish). Sammamish has the higher median household income ($227,273 vs $162,099 in Redmond). Sammamish has the higher median home value ($1,240,300 vs $1,091,700 in Redmond).

Population, income & housing

	Redmond	Sammamish
Population	75,721	66,375
Median age	35.0 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$162,099	$227,273
Median home value	$1,091,700	$1,240,300
Median gross rent	$2,343	$2,728
Housing units	33,884	22,481
Homeownership rate	45.2%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.7%	77.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Redmond	Sammamish
Population	65,558 → 75,721 (+15.5%)	64,674 → 66,375 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$132,188 → $162,099 (+22.6%)	$174,003 → $227,273 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$703,000 → $1,091,700 (+55.3%)	$830,000 → $1,240,300 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,929 → $2,343 (+21.5%)	$2,395 → $2,728 (+13.9%)

Redmond

Population

65,55875,721

Median household income

$132,188$162,099

Median home value

$703,000$1,091,700

Median gross rent

$1,929$2,343

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)

	Redmond	Sammamish
Under 5	6.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	23.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	21.6%	8.2%
35 to 44	18.9%	18.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	18.9%
55 to 64	9.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	5.9%	6.2%
75 and over	4.9%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Redmond	Sammamish
White (non-Hispanic)	46.7%	50.9%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	39.1%	36.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Redmond	Sammamish
No high school diploma	2.5%	2.8%
High school graduate	6.3%	4.9%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.8%	40.0%
Graduate or professional degree	37.9%	36.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Redmond	Sammamish
Drove alone	47.8%	53.1%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.0%
Public transit	6.1%	3.7%
Walked	2.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.3%
Worked from home	35.0%	35.0%
Other means	1.3%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Redmond	Sammamish
1-unit, detached	38.3%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	6.9%
20 or more units	30.2%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Redmond	Sammamish
Poverty rate	5.8%	4.4%
Average household size	2.35	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1991	1994