Land Use Characteristics of Seattle Light Rail Project Station Areas
as Percent of City

 

City

Station Areas
Outside Downtown (12)

Station Areas Downtown (4)

All Station Areas (16)

Population

536,600

19,304 (3.6%)

6,573 (1.2%)

25,877 (4.8%)

Residential units

261,979

11,383 (4.4%)

4,763 (1.8%)

16,146 (6.2%)

Employment

460,000

56,318 (12.2%)

170,647 (37.1%)

226,965 (49.3%)

Land Area (sq. mi)

83.78

2.07(2.5%)

0.52 (0.6%)

2.59 (3.1%)

Prepared by Dick Nelson, Integrated Transport Research, Inc.