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Snohomish County

Washington · 870,656 residents (2025 est.) · 2,087 sq mi
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With 844,430 people, Snohomish County is a county in Washington. The typical home is worth $696,000, having more than tripled since 2000. That puts it in the top 1% of US counties for household income. Growth has run 39% since 2000, or 238,406 more people. The median household earns $111,246, about 35% above the national median. Renters pay $1,949 a month at the median.

At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $111,246, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 38.6
US median: 38.9
Average education
38% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 103%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place

What stands out about Snohomish County

What changed most since 1990

  • White share92.2% → 62.0% (−30.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
  • Median home value (2024 dollars)$303,849 → $696,000 (+129%)US over the same years: +67%
  • Population465,642 → 844,430 (+81%)US over the same years: +35%

Among the 39 counties in Washington

  • 2nd in household income$111,246
  • 7th in share with a bachelor's degree38.2%
  • 3rd in home value$696,000
  • 3rd in diversity score71.7
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
844,430
+39%since 2000
from 606,024 in 2000
870,656 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
405 / sq mi
+39%since 2000
from 290 / sq mi in 2000
US average: 281
Median age
38.6
+11%since 2000
from 34.7 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
2,087 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
428K541K655K769K882K19902000201020202024Snohomish County
2024844K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 56%(50,557)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 96.3%(53,193)
US avg: 6%
10 to 146.1%(51,400)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 195.7%(48,089)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 245.3%(44,753)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3414.9%(125,466)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4415.7%(132,227)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5412.7%(107,174)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6412.6%(106,808)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 749.3%(78,292)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 844%(33,652)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over1.5%(12,819)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$111,246
+15%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $53,060 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$54,628
+133%since 2000
from $23,417 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
67.3%
+25.6 ptssince 2009
from 41.7% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
8.0%
+1.2 ptssince 2000
from 6.9% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.433
+10%since 2010
from 0.395 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Retail trade13.3%
US avg: 9.9%
Information12%
US avg: 10.8%
Wholesale trade8.7%
US avg: 6.9%
Other services5.5%
US avg: 6.7%
Finance & insurance5%
US avg: 5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical4.2%
US avg: 5.1%
Public administration3.5%
US avg: 4.8%
Arts, entertainment, food2.6%
US avg: 1.9%
Transportation & warehousing1.9%
US avg: 2.2%
Education & health services0.9%
US avg: 0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing0.7%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction0.7%
US avg: 1.2%
Manufacturing0%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$696,000
+103%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $188,600 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$1,949
+40%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $766 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
68.2%
+0.4 ptssince 2000
from 67.8% in 2000
31.8% rent
Vacancy rate
4.6%
−1.0 ptssince 2009
from 5.7% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.64 people
+3%since 2009
from 2.56 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
25.7%
−12.8 ptssince 2009
from 38.5% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
51.6%
+6.2 ptssince 2009
from 45.5% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
6.3
+23%since 2009
from 5.1 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
86
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic83.4%(505,198)
Black1.6%(9,803)
Hispanic / Latino4.7%(28,590)
Asian5.7%(34,748)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic62%(523,347)
Black3.6%(30,238)
Hispanic / Latino12.1%(102,350)
Asian13.6%(114,492)
Other8.8%(74,003)
Diversity Score
72
+53%since 2009
from 47 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
25
−9%since 2020
from 27 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican8.4%(71,346)
South American1.1%(9,445)
Central American0.9%(7,664)
Salvadoran0.5%(3,802)
Puerto Rican0.4%(3,448)
Spaniard0.4%(3,149)
Colombian0.4%(3,121)
Peruvian0.3%(2,197)
Venezuelan0.2%(1,921)
Guatemalan0.2%(1,889)
Cuban0.2%(1,470)
Honduran0.1%(1,023)
+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data
Dominican0.1%(1,009)
Ecuadorian0.1%(971)
Chilean0.1%(638)
Nicaraguan0%(397)
Argentine0%(299)
Panamanian0%(206)
Uruguayan0%(119)
Bolivian0%(103)
Asian origin
Asian Indian3.4%(28,761)
Filipino2.1%(17,360)
Chinese1.9%(15,727)
Vietnamese1.8%(14,839)
Korean1.6%(13,514)
Cambodian0.5%(3,979)
Japanese0.4%(3,463)
Pakistani0.3%(2,580)
Thai0.2%(1,612)
Taiwanese0.2%(1,549)
Indonesian0.2%(1,523)
Nepalese0.1%(810)
+ 12 more asian origin groups with data
Hmong0.1%(783)
Laotian0.1%(687)
Mongolian0.1%(613)
Kazakh0.1%(579)
Sri Lankan0.1%(444)
Malaysian0%(258)
Burmese0%(230)
Bhutanese0%(21)
Mien0%(19)
Uzbek0%(3)
Pacific Islander origin
Native Hawaiian0.4%(3,541)
Chamorro0.2%(2,059)
Samoan0.1%(1,234)
Marshallese0.1%(1,167)
Fijian0.1%(904)
Tongan0%(332)
Chuukese0%(52)
Guamanian0%(26)
Ancestry
German13.5%(114,160)
English11.7%(99,069)
Irish9.2%(77,585)
Norwegian5.2%(43,576)
American3%(25,712)
Italian3%(25,479)
Scottish2.7%(22,723)
Swedish2.7%(22,558)
French2.3%(19,602)
Subsaharan African1.8%(15,287)
Dutch1.4%(11,988)
Polish1.3%(11,398)
+ 51 more ancestry groups with data
Ukrainian1.2%(10,343)
Russian1%(8,749)
Scotch-Irish0.9%(7,829)
Danish0.9%(7,538)
Arab0.8%(7,079)
Welsh0.7%(6,121)
Ethiopian0.7%(5,708)
Finnish0.6%(5,059)
British0.5%(4,571)
Greek0.4%(3,101)
French Canadian0.3%(2,927)
Swiss0.3%(2,518)
Canadian0.3%(2,367)
Iranian0.3%(2,361)
Portuguese0.3%(2,343)
Czech0.3%(2,225)
Hungarian0.3%(2,209)
Romanian0.2%(2,106)
Brazilian0.2%(1,826)
Austrian0.2%(1,736)
West Indian0.2%(1,639)
Nigerian0.2%(1,513)
Egyptian0.2%(1,468)
Croatian0.2%(1,431)
Lithuanian0.2%(1,295)
Bulgarian0.1%(1,193)
Armenian0.1%(1,175)
Kenyan0.1%(976)
Belgian0.1%(910)
Lebanese0.1%(875)
Jamaican0.1%(849)
Syrian0.1%(833)
Slovak0.1%(819)
Jordanian0.1%(778)
Iraqi0.1%(777)
Moroccan0.1%(658)
Palestinian0.1%(600)
Australian0%(365)
Latvian0%(342)
Turkish0%(341)
Ghanaian0%(278)
Haitian0%(254)
Serbian0%(178)
Slovene0%(172)
Israeli0%(151)
Somali0%(63)
Barbadian0%(45)
Guyanese0%(25)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
38.2%
+13.8 ptssince 2000
from 24.4% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
93.1%
+3.9 ptssince 2000
from 89.2% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
13.4%
+6.5 ptssince 2000
from 6.9% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
30.8 min
+42%since 2000
from 21.7 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
65.0%
−9.7 ptssince 2009
from 74.7% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
9.1%
−4.0 ptssince 2009
from 13.1% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
2.8%
−1.8 ptssince 2009
from 4.6% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
20.0%
+15.4 ptssince 2009
from 4.6% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
1.6%
Unchangedsince 2009
from 1.6% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.3%
−0.1 ptssince 2009
from 0.4% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
4.7%
+0.2 ptssince 2009
from 4.5% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
4.5%
−3.8 ptssince 2011
from 8.2% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
67.3%
−2.6 ptssince 2011
from 69.9% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
74.9%
+1.5 ptssince 2020
from 73.4% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
12.7%
+1.0 ptssince 2009
from 11.7% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
45.8%
+10.5 ptssince 2009
from 35.3% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
50.4%
+0.4 ptssince 2009
from 50.0% in 2009
Female
49.6%
−0.4 ptssince 2009
from 50.0% in 2009
Foreign born
19.3%
+6.6 ptssince 2009
from 12.7% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
6.9%
−5.2 ptssince 2009
from 12.1% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
12.4%
+1.6 ptssince 2012
from 10.8% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
6.2%
−6.7 ptssince 2013
from 12.9% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
94.4%
+7.4 ptssince 2017
from 87.0% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
97.7%
+1.6 ptssince 2020
from 96.1% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
87.3%
+1.8 ptssince 2020
from 85.4% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
75.6%
−4.9 ptssince 2016
from 80.6% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
7.5%
+1.2 ptssince 2016
from 6.3% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married33.7%(116,755)
Married54.9%(189,950)
Widowed2%(6,797)
Divorced9.4%(32,693)
Women 15+
Never married26.7%(91,740)
Married53.7%(184,073)
Widowed6.6%(22,714)
Divorced13%(44,558)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
6.2%
−6.7 ptssince 2013
from 12.9% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
64.0%
−0.2 ptssince 2020
from 64.2% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
11.9%
−0.7 ptssince 2020
from 12.6% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
15.1%
+0.7 ptssince 2020
from 14.4% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
16.9%
+0.6 ptssince 2020
from 16.3% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
1.6%
−0.4 ptssince 2020
from 2.0% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
74.3%
−1.8 ptssince 2020
from 76.1% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
30.1%
+1.0 ptssince 2020
from 29.1% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)28.4%(12,782)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)25.9%(11,663)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era30.3%(13,637)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.6%(1,152)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.9%(390)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 44,982 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Over time

Snohomish County, decade by decade

Snohomish County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
YearPopulationMedian household incomeMedian home valueBachelor's degree+Diversity score
1990465,642$88,435$303,84919.3%18.6
2000606,024$96,657$343,56424.4%37.2
2010713,335$95,377$487,10028.2%53.7
2020827,957$108,202$533,41832.8%69.8
2024844,430$111,246$696,00038.2%71.7

Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.

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Frequently asked

How many people live in Snohomish County, Washington?

Snohomish County, Washington has about 844,430 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Snohomish County, Washington?

The typical household in Snohomish County, Washington earns about $111,246 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Snohomish County, Washington expensive?

In Snohomish County, Washington, the median home is worth about $696,000, and the typical rent is about $1,949 a month.

How educated are people in Snohomish County, Washington?

About 38.2% of adults age 25 and over in Snohomish County, Washington hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Snohomish County, Washington?

About 8.0% of people in Snohomish County, Washington live below the federal poverty line.

Has Snohomish County, Washington grown since 1990?

Yes, Snohomish County, Washington has grown since 1990. The population has added about 378,788 residents, a change of about 81 percent over that period.

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DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR + DECENNIAL CENSUS · UPDATED 2024

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