Seattle Tops 730,000 Residents in 2018, State and Region Continue to Grow
New population estimates for 2018 have been released by the Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM). The estimates differ from the annual census...
2019 Population Estimates Have Seattle Pushing 750,000 with Steady Growth
Seattle, King County, and Washington State growth rates all stabilized for the last year of this long decade.
The Office of Financial Management's (OFM) April...
Downtown Redmond’s Building Boom Shows No Signs of Slowing
New apartment buildings like Eastline and Polaris have brought hundreds of units close to Redmond's forthcoming downtown light rail station. On the horizon are even bigger projects.
Zoomers Flock to Tacoma over Pricey Seattle
You would have to be quite old to remember when it was cheaper to live in the city than the countryside. It’s been a...
Map of the Week: Average Annual Household Carbon Emissions
We are a carbon-based society. Our daily lives are built around our ability to acquire and consume goods, produce things, move freely from one...
Despite Slowdown Worries, 2021 Sets A Townhouse Production Record in Seattle
Last year, The Urbanist covered a Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties (MBAKS) report suggesting that townhouse development in Seattle might be...
Seattle Voters On Board with Big Transportation Levy, New Polling Shows
The survey found 56% of Seattleites supported a $1.7 billion transportation levy, with safety and transit top concerns.
Smart Cities Require Better Digital Privacy Planning
We’ve moved beyond the initial excitement about the sizzle of smart cities. The basic idea—much heralded but limited so far in practical application—is to...