Find out what the numbers tell us about Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. The Seattle Times' FYI Guy, Gene Balk, and other contributors comb data sets to look at the numbers behind news topics -- especially those that offer insight into the quality of life and cost of living in the Seattle area.
The amount a family of four needs to scrape by in Seattle has risen 86 percent since 2001, and has increased at more than twice...
Seattle has a higher percentage of new-construction apartments in its housing stock than any other big U.S. city. That can make it pricey for newcomers...
A new survey shows new residents and longtime residents in Seattle and its suburbs think differently about the region and its growth over the past...
The data reveal that little, if any, of Seattle’s growth last year came from white people. That means the number of white people who moved...
In an unprecedented analysis of IRS data, a local public-policy think tank determined that 51 percent of Seattle tax filers reported income of less than...
Are Seattle’s motorists just driving better? Maybe, but there are other plausible theories to account for a dramatic drop in traffic citations issued by the...
Will Seattle ever kick its addiction to the car? Transit, zoning and a culture change would need to happen first, FYI Guy explains.
