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Spokane, WA

Spokane County

City in and county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States.

Population
230,609 (2024)
Density
3,354 / sq mi
Land area
68.8 sq mi
Water area
0.7 sq mi
Elevation
1,844 ft
Founded
1871
Coordinates
47.6669, -117.4333

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Photos of Spokane

  • Upper Spokane Falls 20070217

    Mark Wagner · CC BY 2.5

  • PostStreetSubstation 20070317

    Mark Wagner · CC BY 2.5

  • USGS Idaho Montana 1900 Survey Spokane Courthouse Astronomic Piers

    United States Geological Sur… · Public domain

  • MK02740 Spokane

    Martin Kraft · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • MK02746-47 Spokane

    Martin Kraft · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • MK02742 Spokane

    Martin Kraft · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • MK02725 Spokane Upper Falls

    Martin Kraft · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • MK02733 Spokane Upper Falls

    Martin Kraft · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Climate

July average high
87°F
January average low
26°F
Annual rainfall
17.4 in
Annual snowfall
0.0 in
  1. 38° 26° Jan 2.0"
  2. 43° 27° Feb 1.3"
  3. 51° 32° Mar 1.8"
  4. 60° 37° Apr 1.5"
  5. 70° 44° May 1.7"
  6. 76° 50° Jun 1.5"
  7. 87° 56° Jul 0.7"
  8. 86° 55° Aug 0.5"
  9. 76° 47° Sep 0.7"
  10. 60° 38° Oct 1.5"
  11. 45° 31° Nov 2.0"
  12. 37° 26° Dec 2.2"

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Spokane Felts Fld (9 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

How Spokane ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$65,745
Median rent
$1,141 / mo
Median home value
$326,200
Median age
37.2
Unemployment
6.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher
32.6%
Poverty rate
14.6%
Renter-occupied homes
41.7%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools
99
Students enrolled
41,314
Students per teacher
15.2 : 1
Free or reduced-price lunch
57.4%
Charter schools
3.0%
School districts serving the city
10

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Districts: Spokane School District, West Valley School District (Spokane), Mead School District, Educational Service District 101, Cheney School District

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity
35.8%
No leisure-time physical activity
20.1%
Adults with diabetes
9.6%
Adults who smoke
13.1%
Frequent mental distress
19.0%
Sleeping under 7 hours
34.0%
Adults without health insurance
8.2%
Routine checkup in past year
71.3%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
85.8%
Share of city that is parkland
9.3%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
14.4
Median air quality index (county)
43
Unhealthy air days (county)
3

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
90.8%
Households with no internet
6.4%
Average commute
21.2 min
Work from home
13.8%
Commute by transit
2.9%
Commute on foot
3.7%
Commute by bike
0.6%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Spokane County as relatively moderate overall for natural hazard risk, with 15 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

  • Cold wave: relatively high
  • Ice storm: very high
  • Wildfire: relatively moderate
  • Heat wave: relatively moderate

Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

ZIP codes

  • 99001
  • 99201
  • 99202
  • 99203
  • 99204
  • 99205
  • 99207
  • 99208
  • 99212
  • 99217
  • 99218
  • 99223
  • 99224
  • 99258