"Between 2017 and 2023, Seattle added 35,000 households, but just 3,300 cars, new Census data has revealed - in news that is music to urbanist ears. "Census data shows the number of vehicles in the city has been effectively unchanged for years, even as the number of households has grown," Gene Balk wrote in his most recent "FYI Guy" column in the Seattle Times."
"In 2023, which is the latest available census data, there were 127 vehicles for every 100 city households, which is down from about 140 vehicles for every 100 households in 2017. In 2023, there were a record 74,100 carless households, representing 20 percent of all Seattle households. That's up from 53,200, or 16 percent of households, in 2017. From 2017 to 2023, the number of cars in Seattle remained effectively unchanged at just over 460,000. In 2023, the estimate was around 463,300."
"In fact, the rate of car ownership appears to be down about 10 percent in just six years, and the share of households that are carless grew to 20 percent of all Seattle households, up 25 percent. Renter households are driving this trend: "Around nine out of 10 carless homes were rental units in 2023," Balk noted."
Seattle added roughly 35,000 households between 2017 and 2023 while the vehicle count remained essentially flat at about 463,300. Vehicles per 100 households fell from about 140 to 127, indicating an approximate 10 percent drop in car ownership rates over six years. Carless households rose to a record 74,100, representing 20 percent of households, up from 16 percent in 2017. Renter households account for the majority of carless homes, with around nine in ten carless households in 2023 being rentals. Homeowner households retained higher vehicle rates, with about 177 vehicles per 100 homeowner households versus roughly 87 among renters.
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