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Spokane Valley, Washington

Spokane Valley is a city in Spokane County, Washington, part of the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA metro area. It has 106,365 residents. Spokane Valley, Washington has a quality-of-life score of 45 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,577 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Washington it ranks #284 of 395 cities and towns. It ranks best on natural hazard risk (low), mental health providers (high) and new business applications (high). It ranks worst on drug overdose deaths (high), property crime rate (high) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high).

45Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,577 of 15,651 cities and towns
Washington: #284 of 395 in WA
Population: 106,365 (2020-2024)
Land area: 38 mi²
Density: 2,819.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 5367167

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety26#11,579/15,637
Economy55#7,094/15,631
Housing34#9,877/14,977
Health39#9,507/15,609
Healthcare59#6,377/15,650
Environment27#11,321/15,453
Education44#8,702/15,649
Infrastructure85#2,387/15,650
Community56#6,866/15,651
Leisure & amenities50#7,763/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Spokane Valley, Washington ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Spokane County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Natural hazard risk · low1.1
99/100Washington 63.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencySpokane County value
Mental health providers · high713 /100k
97/100Washington 568 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSpokane County value
New business applications · high25.4 /1k
96/100Washington 17.8 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauSpokane County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,586 /100k
95/100Washington 1,865 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSpokane County value
High school diploma or higher · high94.4%
91/100Washington 92.3%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Distance to an airport · low11 mi
85/100Washington 29 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauSpokane County value

Weaknesses

Drug overdose deaths · high43.9 /100k
2/100Washington 32.7 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataSpokane County value
Property crime rate · high2,938 /100k
2/100Washington 1,975 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationSpokane County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.7 µg/m³
4/100Washington 8.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySpokane County value
Pharmacies · low1.0 /10k
13/100Washington 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSpokane County value
Depression · high27.6%
14/100Washington 25.5%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Suicide rate · high21.9 /100k
15/100Washington 17.0 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataSpokane County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
97,562 (2015-2019) → 106,365 (2020-2024)
+9%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
10.7 /1k (2021) → 5.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−53%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Median household incomeImproving
$51,961 (2015-2019) → $74,042 (2020-2024)
+42%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.9× (2015-2019) → 5.2× (2020-2024)
+31%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
85.3% (2015-2019) → 90.3% (2020-2024)
+5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
23.4% (2015-2019) → 26.5% (2020-2024)
+3.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Spokane Valley, Washington improved on 3 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 9 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Household income+42%$51,961 → $74,042
Bachelor's++3.1 points23.4% → 26.5%
Broadband+5 points85.3% → 90.3%

Declined2

Price / income+1.2×3.9× → 5.2×
Transit use−0.8 points2.1% → 1.3%

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Spokane Valley, Washington between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.7 min2015-2019	20.8 min2020-2024	+0.1 min	Within the margin of error	46%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%2015-2019	26.5%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Improved	52%
Broadband subscriptions	85.3%2015-2019	90.3%2020-2024	+5 points	Improved	32%
Child poverty rate	16.8%2015-2019	16.9%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Effective property tax rate	1.10%2015-2019	0.84%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	68%
High school diploma or higher	93.3%2015-2019	94.4%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Home price to income ratio	3.9×2015-2019	5.2×2020-2024	+1.2×	Declined	15%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4142015-2019	0.4162020-2024	+0.002	Within the margin of error	49%
Median household income	$51,9612015-2019	$74,0422020-2024	+42%	Improved	77%
Poverty rate	12.3%2015-2019	12.9%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Public transit commuters	2.1%2015-2019	1.3%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Declined	19%
Rent as share of income	30.6%2015-2019	31.1%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Rent-burdened households	51.3%2015-2019	52.3%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Unemployment rate	5.4%2015-2019	5.2%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.2%2015-2019	7.5%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	55%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Spokane Valley, Washington five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Spokane Valley, Washington in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Spokane Valley, Washington itself moved −0.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

106,365 residents (±56)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

42,775 households (±1,065)

Spokane Valley, Washington
Washington share

Under $25k14%6,172
$25k–50k19%8,221
$50k–75k17%7,329

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

42,775 households (±1,065)

Spokane Valley, Washington
Washington share

Own58%24,883
Rent42%17,892

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

50,764 workers (±1,342)

Spokane Valley, Washington
Washington share

Drive alone75%37,856
Carpool8.2%4,160
Public transit1.3%†642

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Spokane County, the county holding most of Spokane Valley's residents.

Spokane County has 14,426 employer establishments, 261 for every 10,000 residents (1.05× the US rate of 248; 1.01× Washington's), with 218,708 paid employees at an average annual pay of $58,034. The Census Bureau also counts 38,809 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 14,426; 38,809 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 261; US 248 · Washington 258
Paid employees: 218,708
Average annual pay: $58,034; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Spokane County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	1,199	21.7	1.40×More than typical	9,667	$69,178	1,978
Ambulatory health care services	1,131	20.5	0.98×About typical	25,628	$66,494	2,043
Restaurants and other eating places	1,001	18.1	0.99×About typical	17,337	$26,803	106
Lessors of real estate	812	14.7	1.19×About typical	3,463	$55,372	4,923
Construction of buildings	660	11.9	1.58×More than typical	3,681	$74,942	1,142
Services to buildings and dwellings	468	8.5	1.26×More than typical	3,503	$44,117	1,567
Offices of other health practitioners	403	7.3	1.20×About typical	2,491	$46,997	1,159
Full-service restaurants	396	7.2	0.93×About typical	7,639	$31,840	43
Real estate agents and brokers	370	6.7	1.38×More than typical	625	$60,933	1,214
Limited-service restaurants	367	6.6	0.83×About typical	7,185	$22,761	39
Building equipment contractors	350	6.3	1.05×About typical	4,218	$72,904	239
Building finishing contractors	325	5.9	1.55×More than typical	2,164	$57,632	764

Rank places for an industry Open Spokane County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 552,475 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $4.7M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Spokane Valley, Washington: $44.45 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $4.7M; +18% vs FY2025
Per resident: $44.45; US $1,994
Sole-source: 8.3%; US 30%
Single offer: 30%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$2.9M60%
Bureau of Land Management$1.2M25%
Department of the Navy$172K3.6%
Forest Service$161.2K3.4%
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$144K3.0%
Federal Aviation Administration$91.2K1.9%
Social Security Administration$59K1.2%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$34.2K0.7%

Top recipients

EDMO DISTRIBUTORS, INCORPORATED$1.6M33%
DEA INCORPORATED$1.3M27%
RJS CONSTRUCTION, INC$580.4K12%
IMPERIAL FORESTRY, INCORPORATED$408.5K8.6%
JETSEAL INC$147.5K3.1%

Spending by fiscal year

13.1MFY2017
8.8MFY2018
33.6MFY2019
22.9MFY2020
7.6MFY2021
19.2MFY2022
6MFY2023
5.4M

Top industries (NAICS)

Boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturing · 3324$1M21%
Electrical equipment manufacturing · 3353$659K14%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$580.4K12%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$523.5K11%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$312.5K6.6%
Architectural and structural metals manufacturing · 3323$295.5K

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Spokane Valley, Washington

RIGID WALL SHELTER CDRLS.$3M
HDT EXPEDITIONARY SYSTEMS INC· Spokane County, WA· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 5, 2024 – Mar 9, 2026· W911QY24F0097
DISPOSAL CONTAINERS$1.2M
DEA INCORPORATED· Spokane County, WA· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 10, 2026 – Apr 21, 2026· SPMYM226P5374
GAOA WASHINGTON RECREATION SITE IMPROVEMENTS TASK ORDER ISSUED UNDER FWS MATOC 140F0822D0102.$999.9K
RJS CONSTRUCTION, INC· Spokane County, WA· Construction & real property· Apr 27, 2026 – Jun 12, 2026· 140L4326F0033
8512022482!PANEL,CONTROL,ELECT

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Spokane Valley, Washington, so they do not add up across cities.

Spokane Valley, Washington's figures are part of those of Spokane County, WA ($206.8M in FY2026), never added to them: 2.3% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Spokane Valley is mostly in Spokane County.

See federal money in Spokane County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Spokane Valley, Washington is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Michael BaumgartnerR-WA-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Spokane County63100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA64

Other cities and towns in Spokane County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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