Renton vs Seattle

A side-by-side comparison of Renton and Seattle: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Seattle has the higher population (741,440 vs 105,279 in Renton). Seattle has the higher median household income ($121,984 vs $96,626 in Renton). Seattle has the higher median home value ($912,100 vs $631,400 in Renton).

Population, income & housing

	Renton	Seattle
Population	105,279	741,440
Median age	36.5 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$96,626	$121,984
Median home value	$631,400	$912,100
Median gross rent	$1,923	$1,998
Housing units	43,066	382,933
Homeownership rate	54.9%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	67.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Renton	Seattle
Population	101,484 → 105,279 (+3.7%)	724,305 → 741,440 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$77,739 → $96,626 (+24.3%)	$92,263 → $121,984 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$400,500 → $631,400 (+57.7%)	$663,100 → $912,100 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,543 → $1,923 (+24.6%)	$1,614 → $1,998 (+23.8%)

Renton

Population

101,484105,279

Median household income

$77,739$96,626

Median home value

$400,500$631,400

Median gross rent

$1,543$1,923

Seattle

Population

724,305741,440

Median household income

$92,263$121,984

Median home value

$663,100$912,100

Median gross rent

$1,614$1,998

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Renton	Seattle
Under 5	6.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	9.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	10.1%
25 to 34	18.8%	24.9%
35 to 44	14.9%	16.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	9.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	7.7%
75 and over	5.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Renton	Seattle
White (non-Hispanic)	40.4%	59.9%
Black or African American	8.9%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	25.8%	17.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.3%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	8.5%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Renton	Seattle
No high school diploma	10.3%	4.3%
High school graduate	20.4%	9.5%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	30.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Renton	Seattle
Drove alone	63.0%	37.6%
Carpooled	9.5%	5.1%
Public transit	4.0%	13.9%
Walked	1.7%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	2.5%
Worked from home	20.0%	31.3%
Other means	1.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Renton	Seattle
1-unit, detached	50.5%	37.9%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	12.4%
20 or more units	18.5%	38.1%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Renton	Seattle
Poverty rate	7.8%	9.9%
Average household size	2.53	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1989	1974