Census ACS 2023 · 131 cities
Most Educated Cities in Washington
Educational attainment is one of the strongest predictors of income and economic opportunity. In Washington, Mercer Island city has the highest bachelor's degree rate at 78.8%. Cities with more educated populations tend to attract knowledge-economy employers, have higher incomes, and offer more cultural amenities. Compare education levels across all 131 major cities in Washington.
Source: Census ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates
| # | City | Bachelor's+ | Median Income | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yelm city | 26.1% | $88,279 | 10,618 |
| 2 | Yakima city | 20.8% | $59,228 | 96,810 |
| 3 | Woodinville city | 70.7% | $158,723 | 13,440 |
| 4 | White Center Cdp | 34.2% | $82,500 | 15,017 |
| 5 | West Richland city | 39.5% | $118,056 | 17,126 |
| 6 | Wenatchee city | 28.7% | $70,000 | 35,502 |
| 7 | Washougal city | 28.5% | $100,916 | 16,945 |
| 8 | Walla Walla city | 28.9% | $65,493 | 33,766 |
| 9 | Vashon Cdp | 51.9% | $115,750 | 10,424 |
| 10 | Vancouver city | 31.5% | $78,156 | 192,696 |
| 11 | University Place city | 43.5% | $94,952 | 34,850 |
| 12 | Union Hill-Novelty Hill Cdp | 71.8% | $181,820 | 23,272 |
| 13 | Tumwater city | 41.6% | $93,635 | 26,519 |
| 14 | Tukwila city | 23.9% | $80,534 | 21,479 |
| 15 | Tacoma city | 33.5% | $83,857 | 220,482 |
| 16 | Sunnyside city | 9.0% | $53,350 | 16,329 |
| 17 | Sumner city | 23.5% | $98,376 | 10,674 |
| 18 | Spokane Valley city | 24.8% | $70,722 | 105,460 |
| 19 | Spokane city | 32.6% | $65,745 | 229,228 |
| 20 | Spanaway Cdp | 15.6% | $94,028 | 34,322 |
| 21 | South Hill Cdp | 32.4% | $109,235 | 68,161 |
| 22 | Snoqualmie city | 67.1% | $197,531 | 13,750 |
| 23 | Snohomish city | 32.3% | $84,688 | 10,177 |
| 24 | Silverdale Cdp | 35.7% | $101,445 | 21,046 |
| 25 | Silver Firs Cdp | 49.9% | $153,026 | 21,796 |
| 26 | Shoreline city | 52.8% | $113,336 | 59,280 |
| 27 | Shelton city | 18.8% | $60,589 | 10,619 |
| 28 | Sedro-Woolley city | 17.1% | $72,140 | 12,633 |
| 29 | Seattle city | 67.5% | $121,984 | 741,440 |
| 30 | SeaTac city | 26.6% | $76,517 | 31,143 |
| 31 | Sammamish city | 77.0% | $227,273 | 66,375 |
| 32 | Salmon Creek Cdp | 36.0% | $100,534 | 19,594 |
| 33 | Ridgefield city | 38.0% | $117,550 | 12,576 |
| 34 | Richland city | 46.0% | $92,550 | 61,912 |
| 35 | Renton city | 39.0% | $96,626 | 105,279 |
| 36 | Redmond city | 74.7% | $162,099 | 75,721 |
| 37 | Puyallup city | 28.3% | $95,639 | 42,642 |
| 38 | Pullman city | 62.5% | $45,097 | 31,939 |
| 39 | Prairie Ridge Cdp | 15.9% | $110,795 | 12,054 |
| 40 | Poulsbo city | 48.2% | $95,774 | 11,962 |
| 41 | Port Townsend city | 52.2% | $60,015 | 10,290 |
| 42 | Port Orchard city | 32.2% | $81,472 | 16,398 |
| 43 | Port Angeles city | 31.4% | $61,640 | 20,087 |
| 44 | Pasco city | 20.7% | $81,130 | 78,446 |
| 45 | Parkland Cdp | 17.1% | $71,829 | 39,174 |
| 46 | Orchards Cdp | 24.5% | $96,893 | 29,716 |
| 47 | Olympia city | 50.0% | $76,930 | 55,583 |
| 48 | Oak Harbor city | 27.9% | $72,041 | 24,396 |
| 49 | North Lynnwood Cdp | 42.2% | $102,888 | 23,653 |
| 50 | Newcastle city | 71.1% | $162,646 | 12,945 |
| 51 | Mukilteo city | 54.8% | $122,612 | 21,312 |
| 52 | Mountlake Terrace city | 41.9% | $101,404 | 21,419 |
| 53 | Mount Vista Cdp | 41.3% | $101,189 | 10,635 |
| 54 | Mount Vernon city | 25.6% | $73,277 | 35,312 |
| 55 | Moses Lake city | 21.7% | $71,854 | 25,594 |
| 56 | Monroe city | 26.7% | $107,556 | 19,696 |
| 57 | Minnehaha Cdp | 27.3% | $108,203 | 12,080 |
| 58 | Mill Creek East Cdp | 64.4% | $183,466 | 25,461 |
| 59 | Mill Creek city | 53.7% | $121,578 | 20,846 |
| 60 | Mercer Island city | 78.8% | $202,359 | 25,282 |
| 61 | Marysville city | 22.7% | $100,362 | 71,570 |
| 62 | Martha Lake Cdp | 47.5% | $132,130 | 22,740 |
| 63 | Maple Valley city | 47.5% | $147,546 | 28,121 |
| 64 | Maltby Cdp | 46.9% | $179,276 | 10,859 |
| 65 | Lynnwood city | 32.6% | $76,439 | 40,953 |
| 66 | Lynden city | 28.2% | $94,869 | 16,025 |
| 67 | Longview city | 16.7% | $60,844 | 37,836 |
| 68 | Liberty Lake city | 45.2% | $105,599 | 12,435 |
| 69 | Lakewood city | 22.6% | $70,524 | 63,034 |
| 70 | Lakeland South Cdp | 25.9% | $105,273 | 12,869 |
| 71 | Lakeland North Cdp | 29.1% | $111,681 | 14,664 |
| 72 | Lake Tapps Cdp | 41.4% | $145,250 | 12,360 |
| 73 | Lake Stickney Cdp | 34.4% | $85,762 | 15,514 |
| 74 | Lake Stevens city | 33.6% | $118,290 | 39,500 |
| 75 | Lake Morton-Berrydale Cdp | 30.5% | $127,074 | 10,591 |
| 76 | Lake Forest Park city | 66.0% | $158,868 | 13,356 |
| 77 | Lacey city | 32.2% | $87,277 | 57,088 |
| 78 | Kirkland city | 64.4% | $143,533 | 91,614 |
| 79 | Kent city | 29.4% | $90,416 | 135,015 |
| 80 | Kennewick city | 26.9% | $72,867 | 84,389 |
| 81 | Kenmore city | 57.2% | $137,926 | 23,594 |
| 82 | Kelso city | 11.8% | $59,462 | 12,697 |
| 83 | Issaquah city | 69.6% | $153,786 | 39,472 |
| 84 | Hazel Dell Cdp | 26.6% | $78,958 | 23,086 |
| 85 | Grandview city | 6.6% | $59,875 | 11,042 |
| 86 | Graham Cdp | 20.9% | $115,501 | 35,090 |
| 87 | Gig Harbor city | 50.6% | $106,042 | 12,202 |
| 88 | Frederickson Cdp | 21.9% | $107,241 | 24,219 |
| 89 | Fort Lewis Cdp | 22.5% | $54,902 | 13,983 |
| 90 | Five Corners Cdp | 24.6% | $102,423 | 21,444 |
| 91 | Fife city | 28.0% | $90,515 | 10,902 |
| 92 | Ferndale city | 32.8% | $83,839 | 15,447 |
| 93 | Felida Cdp | 54.6% | $150,430 | 10,695 |
| 94 | Federal Way city | 31.1% | $82,144 | 99,232 |
| 95 | Fairwood Cdp (Spokane County) | 45.0% | $84,911 | 10,439 |
| 96 | Fairwood Cdp (King County) | 48.5% | $119,013 | 18,437 |
| 97 | Everett city | 28.9% | $81,502 | 111,083 |
| 98 | Enumclaw city | 27.0% | $116,563 | 12,663 |
| 99 | Ellensburg city | 41.3% | $49,888 | 18,913 |
| 100 | Elk Plain Cdp | 17.0% | $101,250 | 13,863 |
| 101 | Edmonds city | 52.2% | $116,095 | 42,783 |
| 102 | Edgewood city | 28.8% | $114,342 | 12,683 |
| 103 | Eastmont Cdp | 40.9% | $139,346 | 23,486 |
| 104 | East Wenatchee city | 20.0% | $81,050 | 14,114 |
| 105 | East Renton Highlands Cdp | 43.4% | $140,048 | 12,241 |
| 106 | Des Moines city | 33.2% | $89,787 | 32,545 |
| 107 | Covington city | 35.9% | $126,730 | 20,957 |
| 108 | Cottage Lake Cdp | 67.7% | $197,331 | 23,170 |
| 109 | Cheney city | 36.8% | $47,039 | 12,830 |
| 110 | Centralia city | 17.6% | $52,387 | 18,457 |
| 111 | Camas city | 54.3% | $140,053 | 26,779 |
| 112 | Camano Cdp | 34.2% | $100,124 | 17,535 |
| 113 | Burien city | 31.5% | $90,597 | 51,331 |
| 114 | Bryn Mawr-Skyway Cdp | 38.0% | $90,258 | 17,577 |
| 115 | Bremerton city | 26.9% | $74,399 | 44,531 |
| 116 | Bothell West Cdp | 53.0% | $144,941 | 21,014 |
| 117 | Bothell East Cdp | 66.9% | $189,519 | 14,487 |
| 118 | Bothell city | 58.6% | $132,232 | 48,610 |
| 119 | Bonney Lake city | 29.6% | $131,524 | 22,776 |
| 120 | Birch Bay Cdp | 30.9% | $77,120 | 11,103 |
| 121 | Bellingham city | 46.5% | $65,821 | 92,367 |
| 122 | Bellevue city | 71.4% | $161,300 | 151,199 |
| 123 | Battle Ground city | 24.5% | $100,185 | 21,293 |
| 124 | Bainbridge Island city | 75.0% | $159,882 | 24,607 |
| 125 | Auburn city | 27.0% | $95,367 | 85,455 |
| 126 | Artondale Cdp | 55.8% | $156,908 | 14,051 |
| 127 | Arlington city | 20.3% | $84,919 | 20,599 |
| 128 | Anacortes city | 45.7% | $89,788 | 17,837 |
| 129 | Alderwood Manor Cdp | 38.6% | $118,077 | 10,168 |
| 130 | Airway Heights city | 20.2% | $64,659 | 10,766 |
| 131 | Aberdeen city | 14.7% | $52,181 | 17,040 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Mercer Island city is the #1 ranked city in Washington by bachelor's degree rate, with a value of 78.8% according to Census ACS 2023 data.
Washington has 131 cities with 10,000+ population tracked in Census ACS 2023 data.
All data comes from the American Community Survey (ACS) 2023 5-Year estimates by the US Census Bureau.
Data from the American Community Survey 2023 5-Year estimates. Covers cities with populations of 10,000 or more in Washington.