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Federal Way, WA
100,252 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 5323515 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (0 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, Federal Way ranked #279 of 340 cities and 13th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Federal Way and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Kent WA, Sparks NV, Clovis CA, Elgin IL, Westminster CO, Richmond CA, Lakewood CO, Rialto CA, Fairfield CA, Concord CA, Antioch CA, West Jordan UT, Arvada CO · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #279 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #141 | #54 | #49 | #122 | #170 | #83 | #81 | #83 | #97 | #64 | #104 | #216 | #202 | #206 | #191 | #154 | #220 | #230 | #279 | #175 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 85,367 | 86,155 | 86,817 | 87,594 | 88,770 | 89,556 | 90,664 | 91,913 | 92,632 | 93,421 | 95,254 | 97,131 | 97,274 | 96,726 | 96,289 | 100,994 | 99,243 | 98,164 | 98,830 | 100,252 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #212 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | -0.1 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.6 | — | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.1 | -0.2 | -0.2 | +0.1 | -1.7 | -0.7 | -0.9 | -0.5 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #255 of 271 cities with data · 13th of 13 in its peer group with data | 3.3 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 6.0 | 7.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #217 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 17.1% | 18.4% | 19.5% | 19.3% | 21.3% | 21.2% | 21.7% | 24.3% | 22.0% | 24.2% | 20.6% | 22.0% | 24.7% | 24.9% | 28.3% | — | 24.4% | 25.1% | 27.2% | 25.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #141 of 304 cities with data · 7th of 12 in its peer group with data | 7.0 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 9.1 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 9.3 | 7.2 | — | 4.2 | 6.9 | 11.1 | 8.1 | 12.1 | 5.0 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #186 of 295 cities with data · 9th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25.0 | 16.2 | 20.3 | 29.4 | 54.6 | 52.4 | 44.5 | 46.7 | 70.3 | 118.9 | 113.1 | 102.2 | 85.8 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 28,612 | 29,777 | 30,542 | 31,033 | 29,206 | 29,342 | 30,247 | 30,311 | 30,795 | 32,402 | 32,493 | 32,816 | 31,693 | 31,550 | 30,616 | 31,260 | 31,851 | 32,414 | 32,624 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #278 of 329 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -2.1 | -0.9 | +0.9 | -0.4 | -3.7 | +1.1 | -0.1 | -1.4 | -0.9 | +2.1 | -2.1 | -3.0 | -5.6 | -3.7 | -2.0 | +2.6 | +2.6 | -4.5 | -2.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43,682 | 44,300 | 43,446 | 46,197 | 46,932 | 47,215 | 50,357 | 47,189 | 48,698 | — | 45,348 | 48,220 | 50,505 | 54,237 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #94 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.8% | 7.0% | 7.1% | 6.4% | 8.1% | 5.4% | 5.1% | 5.1% | 3.8% | — | 7.2% | 6.1% | 4.1% | 4.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #174 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 9 in its peer group with data | 44% | 44% | 48% | 50% | 39% | 34% | 38% | 33% | 28% | 23% | 19% | 16% | 30% | 24% | 19% | 19% | 20% | 22% | 24% | 21% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #15 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 9 in its peer group with data | $623 | $539 | $549 | $355 | $341 | $256 | $234 | $203 | $191 | $183 | $489 | $458 | $679 | $587 | $527 | $497 | $464 | $367 | $401 | $362 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Federal Way. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.