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2011 Peer City Review
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Peer Cities
Geographic
Diversity
Similar Economic Compositi
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Similar Size
Challenges Defining “Downtown”
• Used local definitions/publications
• Defined by streets? Zip code? Census tracts?
Needed to define peer downtowns
• Each needed to be about 3 sq. miles
Needed a comparable
size
• E.g. Taxable retail sales data were not available everywhere, needed to find alternative
Needed to find data that were
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downtown
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Seattle ranked 2nd in total downtown residents (59,884) and 3rd in resident population density
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Figure 1. Total Downtown Population and Resident Density (2011)
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Downtown Seattle experienced a 26% increase in residents since 2000 yet ranked 2nd in the absolute number of new residents
Seattle is highest of downtowns with populations above 30,000 residents
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Figure 2. Percent Growth in Downtown Residents (2000 -2011)
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Figure 3. Downtown Employment and Job Density (2009)
One of the most productive downtowns in the United States, over 202,000 jobs
Room to improve employment density, rank 4th amongst peer cities
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Figure 4. Average Percent of Total City Employment Located Downtown (2002-2009)
Downtown Seattle is home to more than 45 percent of Seattle’s total jobs
Downtown Seattle employees earned more than $11.3 billion in salaries and benefits in 2009
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Most downtowns are centers for the finance and professional services sectorsDowntown Seattle has the largest healthcare sector amongst peer cities
Figure 5. Average Percent of Total City Employment Located Downtown (2002-2009)
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Figure 6. Retail Jobs to Total Employment Ratio (2009)
Seattle has a large retail sector, both as a percent of total downtown employment and in absolute terms (11,634)
Downtown Seattle is well above the sample retail employment ratio of 3.4 percent
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Downtown Seattle is below the sample entertainment employment ratio, although SoDo was not included in the sample
Entertainment sector combines traditional arts & entertainment with accommodations and restaurants
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Figure 7. Entertainment Sector Ratio (2009)
Key Findings
Downtown Seattle has a large downtown population that continues to grow (59,800+)
Downtown has more than 202,000 employees, edging closer to San Francisco and Boston
Room to improve downtown employment density, rank 4th
Downtown Seattle is a major retail center
Lower percent of downtown economy devoted to entertainment sector than peer cities
Thank you for your time
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