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DEMOGRAPHICS
Seattle Metro: an area of educated, affluent adults

Any well-planned advertising campaign or company initiative needs to meet one key objective: it needs to understand the audience it intends to serve.

Do you know the age breakdowns of metro Seattle? How about household income and educational achievement? And where The Seattle Times Company's audience fits in?

In looking at the demographic characteristics of the Seattle-Bellevue-Everett MD, you will notice that it is a well-educated, affluent market with high levels of home ownership and a predominantly white-collar workforce. The Seattle Times Media Network serves the market effectively with significant reach of each demographic group.

Demographics Seattle-Bellevue-Everett MD Adults STC Print and Online Network Reach STC Print Audience Reach
(cumes)
STC Online Network Reach
(30 days)
TOTAL ADULTS

2,007,300

1,392,300

 1,243,400

574,600

Seattle/Bellevue/Everett MD

100%

69%

62%

29%

GENDER

 

 

 

 

Men

50%

69%

61%

30%

Women

50%

70%

63%

27%

AGE

 

 

 

 

18 - 34

28%

66%

51%

31%

35 - 44

21%

69%

58%

35%

45 - 54

21%

74%

67%

31%

55 or older

30%

74%

71%

20%

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

 

 

 

 

Less than $25,000

9%

59%

55%

14%

$25,000 to $49,999

24%

64%

60%

18%

$50,000 - $74,999

17%

74%

67%

31%

$75,000 - $99,999

20%

64%

55%

30%

$100,000 - $149,999

18%

80%

67%

44%

$150,000 or more

10%

77%

69%

34%

HOME OWNERSHIP

 

 

 

 

Own

72%

72%

64%

32%

Rent or other

28%

62%

56%

20%

EDUCATION

 

 

 

 

College graduate or higher

36%

81%

71%

43%

Some college

34%

69%

62%

25%

HS graduate or less

30%

56%

51%

16%

OCCUPATION SUMMARY

 

 

 

 

White collar

41%

75%

65%

40%

Blue collar

21%

59%

53%

20%

LENGTH OF TIME AT RESIDENCE

 

 

 

 

Less than 5 years

37%

62%

52%

27%

Five or more years

63%

73%

68%

29%

RACE/HISPANIC

 

 

 

 

White (non-Hispanic)

79%

71%

64%

28%

Black/African American

4%

70%

57%

28%

Asian

6%

62%

52%

29%

Other

4%

82%

77%

43%

Hispanic

7%

48%

43%

22%

MARITAL STATUS

 

 

 

 

Married

60%

71%

62%

32%

Single, never married

25%

65%

60%

26%

Divorced/separated/widowed

15%

68%

63%

19%

PRESENCE OF CHILDREN IN HOUSEHOLD      
One or more

40%

67%

57%

33%

None

60%

71%

65%

26%

How to read: Of the 2.007,300 adults in King and Snohomish counties, 50% are men and 50% are women. Among the men, 69% access The Seattle Times Media Network, 61% read The Seattle Times newspaper and 30% access websites in The Seattle Times Company Online Network.

 

Source: 2010 Scarborough Report, Release 1
Base: Seattle-Bellevue-Everett MD

 

* The STC Print and Online Network includes five weekday issues of The Seattle Times and four issues of the Sunday Seattle Times and an average month of visitors to seattletimes.com, NWsource.com, NWjobs.com, NWautos.com and NWhomes.com.