Downtown Seattle 2021 Report Card
LIVE
Residential Population
67% increase since 2010 / 2021 estimate: 98,627
67% increase since 2010 / 2021 estimate: 98,627
WORK
Total Number of Jobs
47% increase since 2010 / 2021 estimate: 323,158
47% increase since 2010 / 2021 estimate: 323,158
SHOP
Brick-and-Mortar Retail Jobs
15% decrease since 2010 / 2021 estimate: 7,549
15% decrease since 2010 / 2021 estimate: 7,549
PLAY
Dining, Hotel, Recreation, Arts and Entertainment Jobs
37% decrease since 2010 / 2021 estimate: 17,149
37% decrease since 2010 / 2021 estimate: 17,149
Sources: ESRI Community Analyst, Puget Sound Regional Council. The 2021 jobs estimate was derived from data provided by PSRC and the Washington State Employment Security Department. Note that data here are for Q1 of each year.
Downtown Seattle Is the Heart of the City’s Economy
Downtown as a Percent of the City’s Total
87%
Hotel Rooms
81%
Office Space Inventory
52%
Business Taxes
51%
Jobs
50%
Gross Regional Product
49%
Commercial Property Values
Sources: CoStar, Emsi, ESRI Community Analyst, King County Assessor, Puget Sound Regional Council. Business taxes include state, federal and local. All statistics are for the most recent year available from each data source.
Credit: Philip Craft
Demographic Snapshot
Who Lives Downtown?
Source: ESRI Community Analyst. These data are as of July 2021.
Who Works Downtown?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (https://onthemap.ces.census.gov/)
Data last updated March 2022.