• noahm@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    There’s actually a decent sized income gap between the two cities, which no doubt contributes. Rents looks very comparable.

    Median income for the city of Boston: $89,212 (source)

    Median income for the city of Seattle: $116,068 (source)

    Per the same source,

    • median gross rent is very comparable between the two cities ($1,945 vs. $1,981 in Seattle vs Boston, respectively)
    • Seattle has a higher percentage of its population with college degrees, which likely explains some of the higher income
    • Seattle also has a higher percentage of owner-occupied homes, which probably influences this, though I’m not exactly sure how.
    • sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip
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      6 months ago

      Seattle, the actual city proper, only has a population of around 800k. But during work hours, it has a population of around 2.5 million.

      Basically a huge amount of people live outside the city limits, all the lower wage workers.

      Boston probably has a larger proportion of more poor people actually within its city limits.