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80% of young Seattle women are college grads. Men aren’t far behind - The Daily Chronicle (opens the original)
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Last year, I reported a remarkable finding in census data: 70% of Seattle residents age 25 and older were college graduates, the highest share of any major U.S. city. An even more remarkable finding was buried in that same data: among young Seattle women, the rate was around 80%. Of the 98,000 women ages 25 to 34 living in the city, 78,000 had a bachelor's degree or higher — 79.6%, to be precise. The share for young men was lower but still impressive: 73,500 of 98,900, or about 74%. Nationally,
Seattle ranks 3rd in U.S. for shrinking commutes. Here’s why - The Daily Chronicle (opens the original)
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Many Seattle residents have kept the pandemic's ultimate perk: trading the grueling I-5 crawl for a morning commute to the living room. The most recent census data, from 2024, shows that about one-quarter of the city's employed residents now work from home. But even those who still slog into the workplace every day gained a significant benefit: reduced travel time. According to the latest Census Bureau data, the average one-way commute for Seattleites fell by 2 minutes, 30 seconds, between 2019
While Seattle slows, the region’s fastest growth is on the fringes - The Daily Chronicle (opens the original)
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Want a snapshot of the region's changing shape? Look at 2026. Seattle, once our undisputed growth engine, posted a meager 0.8% population increase last year, according to the state Office of Financial Management. Bellevue was even more sluggish: 0.2%. Meanwhile, the fastest-growing sites in the region were places many Seattleites couldn't find on a map — Stanwood and Carnation, both topping 4% growth in a single year. It's a broad national trend that's been dubbed the Donut Effect": remote work
How the pandemic permanently scrambled Seattle’s commuter map - The Daily Chronicle (opens the original)
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In Seattle, as in most big cities, the population swells on weekdays as commuters flood into town for work — a key part of what's called the daytime population. But recent census data shows that in Seattle and many other cities, the population isn't swelling like it used to. To see how much things have changed, I crunched the numbers on what policy wonks call net commuters" — simply put, this is the number of workers commuting into a city minus the number of workers commuting out of the city. Mo
Washington state stops slide in ranking of best states, remains in Top 10 - The Daily Chronicle (opens the original)
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There’s some good news for Washington in the U.S. News & World Report “Best States” rankings for 2026: We've finally reversed our recent slide. In the new report, released Tuesday, Washington ranked ninth in the nation. That’s up from 10th in 2025, though still well below our second-place finish in the 2023 rankings. The rankings are based entirely on quantitative data from government and other sources, factoring in 71 metrics across eight broad categories: healthcare, education, economy, crime
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