Bothell, WA real estate and demographic information

About Bothell

Bothell is a medium-sized city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 34,055 people and 19 constituent neighborhoods, Bothell is the 30th largest community in Washington.

Bothell home prices are not only among the most expensive in Washington, but Bothell real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Bothell is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.99% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Bothell is a city of professionals, sales and office workers and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bothell who work in office and administrative support (13.29%), management occupations (11.94%) and sales jobs (11.84%).

Also of interest is that Bothell has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because of many things, Bothell is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Bothell really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Bothell perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Bothell is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the bus helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Bothell area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

Bothell Information and Demographics

The education level of Bothell ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Bothell, 42.91% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Bothell in 2010 was $36,877, which is wealthy relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $147,508 for a family of four. However, Bothell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Bothell is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bothell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bothell residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bothell include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, Italian and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Bothell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.