人口普查局在最新的統計數據中顯示，西雅圖的家計收入成長快速，但是貧富差距也愈來愈大。在西雅圖，收入超過20萬美元的家庭多於收入少於5萬美元的家庭，這是西雅圖蓬勃發展的新常態。家庭的收入中位數在2017年達到121,000美元，是美國最高的城市之一。即使是調整通貨膨脹後，這個漲幅還是比2010年增加了22％。
你可能好奇每年賺不到5萬美元的家庭如何在這個城市生活，事實上，有25000個家庭成功的靠著少於5萬美元的收入過活。這25000個家庭在西雅圖算是少數民族，西雅圖大約有151000個家庭，賺不到5萬元的家庭只佔了17%的比例；相反地，有大約38000個家庭，每年的收入高於20萬美元，占了1/4。簡單地說，西雅圖高薪家庭的家庭比低薪的家庭多得多。
這是一件很不尋常的事，大部分的城市並沒有這麼多的高薪家庭，在美國50個最大的城市中，西雅圖是家庭收入偏高的三個城市之一，另外兩個是高收入的城市是舊金山和矽谷。大部分的城市如波特蘭、丹佛、華盛頓特區和奧斯汀，收入不到5萬元的都超過25%，在波士頓和紐約低薪家庭更是高過35%，遠遠比西雅圖多，西雅圖是很少見的高薪城市。
這代表了什麼？第一，西雅圖的人口組成以科技員工居多，科技員工的薪水高，因次推高了收入中位數；第二，西雅圖的敘薪標準很高，最低薪資是全美最高，即使不是在科技業上班，不少人也可以獲得不錯的薪水；第三，西雅圖是美國教育水準最高的城市，居民的教育水準高，比較容易找到高薪資的工作。
西雅圖的大約71,000個家庭成員是沒有孩子的已婚夫婦，或者其子女年齡超過18歲。另有47,000個是已婚夫婦，其子女未滿18歲。然後，大約有16,000個家庭，其中單親家庭的孩子不滿18歲 - 70歲這些家庭的百分比由一名婦女領導。其餘的 - 大約18,000個家庭 - 是其他一些家庭配置。
在這些不同類型的家庭之間，收入差異很大。當然，這部分是因為已婚夫婦家庭通常有兩個養家糊口的人，與許多單親家庭不同。但是收入的差異比你想像的要大得多。對於有18歲以下子女的已婚夫婦，去年西雅圖的收入中位數為161,000美元。對於單親家庭來說，中位數僅為36,000美元。在Eastside東區，貝爾維尤(Bellevue)有32％的家庭家庭收入高出20萬美元，在人口普查數據中包括的600多個城市中，排名第15位。
你可能好奇每年賺不到5萬美元的家庭如何在這個城市生活，事實上，有25000個家庭成功的靠著少於5萬美元的收入過活。這25000個家庭在西雅圖算是少數民族，西雅圖大約有151000個家庭，賺不到5萬元的家庭只佔了17%的比例；相反地，有大約38000個家庭，每年的收入高於20萬美元，占了1/4。簡單地說，西雅圖高薪家庭的家庭比低薪的家庭多得多。
這是一件很不尋常的事，大部分的城市並沒有這麼多的高薪家庭，在美國50個最大的城市中，西雅圖是家庭收入偏高的三個城市之一，另外兩個是高收入的城市是舊金山和矽谷。大部分的城市如波特蘭、丹佛、華盛頓特區和奧斯汀，收入不到5萬元的都超過25%，在波士頓和紐約低薪家庭更是高過35%，遠遠比西雅圖多，西雅圖是很少見的高薪城市。
這代表了什麼？第一，西雅圖的人口組成以科技員工居多，科技員工的薪水高，因次推高了收入中位數；第二，西雅圖的敘薪標準很高，最低薪資是全美最高，即使不是在科技業上班，不少人也可以獲得不錯的薪水；第三，西雅圖是美國教育水準最高的城市，居民的教育水準高，比較容易找到高薪資的工作。
西雅圖的大約71,000個家庭成員是沒有孩子的已婚夫婦，或者其子女年齡超過18歲。另有47,000個是已婚夫婦，其子女未滿18歲。然後，大約有16,000個家庭，其中單親家庭的孩子不滿18歲 - 70歲這些家庭的百分比由一名婦女領導。其餘的 - 大約18,000個家庭 - 是其他一些家庭配置。
在這些不同類型的家庭之間，收入差異很大。當然，這部分是因為已婚夫婦家庭通常有兩個養家糊口的人，與許多單親家庭不同。但是收入的差異比你想像的要大得多。對於有18歲以下子女的已婚夫婦，去年西雅圖的收入中位數為161,000美元。對於單親家庭來說，中位數僅為36,000美元。在Eastside東區，貝爾維尤(Bellevue)有32％的家庭家庭收入高出20萬美元，在人口普查數據中包括的600多個城市中，排名第15位。
這樣的薪資結構，為西雅圖的房價帶來很有力的支撐，有許多的當地居民可以負擔這裡的房價，而不是完全依靠外來的投資。
如果你想買賣西雅圖房屋，歡迎與我聯絡：elleninwa@gmail.com，我很樂於提供您更多的訊息。
下面是英文原文版新聞：
For any family on a modest budget, Seattle has become an increasingly difficult place to live, and many have left. That’s not news to anyone.
Even so, this new statistic from the Census Bureau is remarkable — and it calls into question what it means to be middle class in Seattle these days:
The number of Seattle families with an income of at least $200,000 is now greater than the number making less than $50,000.
That’s the new normal here in the Seattle bubble, where the median income for family households — in other words, half make more and half make less — hit $121,000 in 2017. That figure has increased by 22 percent since 2010, after adjusting for inflation.
You may wonder how any family could scrape by on less than $50,000 in the city these days, but there were more than 25,000 that managed to do it last year.
Even so, they were easily outnumbered by those families at the other end of the financial spectrum. Fully one in four Seattle families — that’s around 38,000 households — reported income of $200,000 or higher.
How unusual is that?
Among the 50 largest U.S. cities, Seattle is one of just three where family income is so heavily skewed toward the top. The other two are the usual suspects when it comes to exorbitant incomes: San Francisco and San Jose, California.
Even in Portland, which is demographically similar to Seattle in many ways, the number of families making less than $50,000 is more than double the number making $200,000 or higher.
In Portland and other “peer” cities to Seattle — Denver, Washington, D.C., and Austin, Texas — more than a quarter of families get by on less than $50,000. In Boston and New York, more than 35 percent do.
A word on terminology: The Census Bureau defines a family as a household with two or more people related by birth, marriage or adoption. Seattle is home to about 151,000 families, making up slightly less than half of all the city’s households.
About 71,000 of Seattle’s family households are married couples without children, or whose children are older than 18. Another 47,000 are married couples with children under the age of 18. Then there are about 16,000 households with a single parent of a child under 18 — 70 percent of these households are headed by a woman. The remainder — about 18,000 households — are some other family configuration.
Between these different types of families, incomes vary widely. Of course, that’s partly because married-couple families typically have two breadwinners, unlike many single-parent households. But the difference in incomes is more dramatic than you might think.
For married couples with children under 18, the median income in Seattle was $161,000 last year. For single-mom households, the median was just $36,000.
Over on the Eastside, in Bellevue, 32 percent of families have a household income of $200,000 of higher. Of the more than 600 cities included in the census data, that ranks 15th highest.
But if you head to our metro area’s main cities to the north and south, it’s a very different picture. In Tacoma, just 6 percent of families make that much, and in Everett, just 4 percent do.
下面是英文原文版新聞：
For any family on a modest budget, Seattle has become an increasingly difficult place to live, and many have left. That’s not news to anyone.
Even so, this new statistic from the Census Bureau is remarkable — and it calls into question what it means to be middle class in Seattle these days:
The number of Seattle families with an income of at least $200,000 is now greater than the number making less than $50,000.
That’s the new normal here in the Seattle bubble, where the median income for family households — in other words, half make more and half make less — hit $121,000 in 2017. That figure has increased by 22 percent since 2010, after adjusting for inflation.
You may wonder how any family could scrape by on less than $50,000 in the city these days, but there were more than 25,000 that managed to do it last year.
Even so, they were easily outnumbered by those families at the other end of the financial spectrum. Fully one in four Seattle families — that’s around 38,000 households — reported income of $200,000 or higher.
How unusual is that?
Among the 50 largest U.S. cities, Seattle is one of just three where family income is so heavily skewed toward the top. The other two are the usual suspects when it comes to exorbitant incomes: San Francisco and San Jose, California.
Even in Portland, which is demographically similar to Seattle in many ways, the number of families making less than $50,000 is more than double the number making $200,000 or higher.
In Portland and other “peer” cities to Seattle — Denver, Washington, D.C., and Austin, Texas — more than a quarter of families get by on less than $50,000. In Boston and New York, more than 35 percent do.
A word on terminology: The Census Bureau defines a family as a household with two or more people related by birth, marriage or adoption. Seattle is home to about 151,000 families, making up slightly less than half of all the city’s households.
About 71,000 of Seattle’s family households are married couples without children, or whose children are older than 18. Another 47,000 are married couples with children under the age of 18. Then there are about 16,000 households with a single parent of a child under 18 — 70 percent of these households are headed by a woman. The remainder — about 18,000 households — are some other family configuration.
Between these different types of families, incomes vary widely. Of course, that’s partly because married-couple families typically have two breadwinners, unlike many single-parent households. But the difference in incomes is more dramatic than you might think.
For married couples with children under 18, the median income in Seattle was $161,000 last year. For single-mom households, the median was just $36,000.
Over on the Eastside, in Bellevue, 32 percent of families have a household income of $200,000 of higher. Of the more than 600 cities included in the census data, that ranks 15th highest.
But if you head to our metro area’s main cities to the north and south, it’s a very different picture. In Tacoma, just 6 percent of families make that much, and in Everett, just 4 percent do.
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