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Seattle vs South Hill

Seattle, WA compared with South Hill, WA · 35 miles apart

Seattle has 784,777 residents to South Hill’s 68,025. Seattle comes out ahead on median household income, median rent, average commute. South Hill does better on homeownership, poverty rate, unemployment.

Seattle, WA South Hill, WA
Population 784,777 68,025
Density (per sq mi) 9,340 3,660
Median household income $123,860 $113,130
Median home value $938,600 $543,600
Median rent $2,030 $2,088
Homeownership 43.7% 70.5%
Average commute 26 min 33.9 min
Median age 35.6 35.3
Bachelor's degree + 68.4% 32.9%
Poverty rate 9.9% 7.2%
Unemployment 4.6% 4.2%
Price to income 7.6× 4.8×
Clear days a year 25
Days above 90°F 1

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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