Housing density: 1,701 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $3,998,983.
Median contract rent in 2022: over $2,000 (lower quartile is $1,760, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $3,203
Median gross rent in Mercer Island, WA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Mercer Island with a mortgage: 4,149 (617 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 602 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 135
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $262,073
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $178,098
Median monthly housing costs: $2,734
Compare current foreclosures near Mercer Island, WA:
Size of family households: 3,000 2-persons, 1,397 3-persons, 1,760 4-persons, 642 5-persons, 76 6-persons, 27 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 2,491 1-person, 536 2-persons, 30 3-persons.
4,989 married couples with children.
580 single-parent households (190 men, 390 women).
74.3% of residents of Mercer Island speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
7.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
15.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).
Foreign born population: 6,560 (25.6%)
(61.3% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Mercer Island, Washington
2,1302010 or later
1,3432000 to 2009
9991990 to 1999
7391980 to 1989
4691970 to 1979
1,022Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
English: 837 (6.2%)
German: 762 (5.6%)
European: 704 (5.2%)
Italian: 456 (3.4%)
Irish: 432 (3.2%)
American: 388 (2.9%)
Norwegian: 297 (2.2%)
British: 232 (1.7%)
Turkish: 232 (1.7%)
Polish: 229 (1.7%)
Albanian: 210 (1.5%)
Russian: 200 (1.5%)
Ukrainian: 192 (1.4%)
Swedish: 184 (1.4%)
Austrian: 129 (0.9%)
Scottish: 117 (0.9%)
Eastern European: 110 (0.8%)
Serbian: 99 (0.7%)
Northern European: 97 (0.7%)
Iranian: 94 (0.7%)
Scandinavian: 75 (0.6%)
Dutch: 72 (0.5%)
Czech: 60 (0.4%)
Lithuanian: 49 (0.4%)
Nigerian: 49 (0.4%)
French: 47 (0.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 42 (0.3%)
Romanian: 35 (0.3%)
Canadian: 28 (0.2%)
Belgian: 26 (0.2%)
Yugoslavian: 26 (0.2%)
Brazilian: 25 (0.2%)
Danish: 24 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 23 (0.2%)
Greek: 23 (0.2%)
Guyanese: 22 (0.2%)
African: 21 (0.2%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.1%)
Finnish: 14 (0.1%)
Swiss: 13 (0.10%)
Armenian: 13 (0.10%)
Egyptian: 11 (0.08%)
Slovak: 11 (0.08%)
Portuguese: 11 (0.08%)
Israeli: 9 (0.07%)
Welsh: 8 (0.06%)
Kenyan: 6 (0.04%)
Slavic: 5 (0.04%)
Pennsylvania German: 4 (0.03%)
Senegalese: 4 (0.03%)
Estonian: 4 (0.03%)
South African: 2 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Mercer Island:
28.6% (1,876)
Washington:
7.4% (84,470)
India
Mercer Island:
8.7% (569)
Washington:
8.9% (101,353)
Korea
Mercer Island:
7.0% (462)
Washington:
4.3% (48,886)
Canada
Mercer Island:
5.3% (347)
Washington:
4.1% (47,238)
Hong Kong
Mercer Island:
5.1% (337)
Washington:
0.8% (8,785)
Taiwan
Mercer Island:
4.6% (301)
Washington:
1.5% (16,607)
Brazil
Mercer Island:
3.1% (205)
Washington:
0.8% (9,359)
Other Eastern Europe
Mercer Island:
2.9% (193)
Washington:
0.3% (3,673)
United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland
Mercer Island:
2.6% (172)
Washington:
1.0% (10,943)
Mexico
Mercer Island:
2.4% (160)
Washington:
21.1% (241,655)
Ukraine
Mercer Island:
2.2% (142)
Washington:
3.1% (35,872)
Argentina
Mercer Island:
1.9% (123)
Washington:
0.2% (2,284)
Israel
Mercer Island:
1.8% (116)
Washington:
0.2% (2,506)
Thailand
Mercer Island:
1.7% (114)
Washington:
0.9% (9,937)
Vietnam
Mercer Island:
1.7% (112)
Washington:
5.4% (62,003)
Turkey
Mercer Island:
1.6% (106)
Washington:
0.3% (2,970)
Russia
Mercer Island:
1.6% (104)
Washington:
1.9% (21,540)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 8,574
Other state: 9,824
Northeast: 2,079
Midwest: 2,769
South: 1,710
West: 3,288
85.9% of Mercer Island residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 38.2% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 16.0% lived in Washington.
Mercer Island:
85.9%
State average:
85.2%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 40
Nursery to 4th grade: 27
5th and 6th grade: 22
7th and 8th grade: 0
9th grade: 17
10th grade: 16
11th grade: 8
12th grade, no diploma: 49
High school graduate (or equivalency): 286
Less than 1 year of college: 153
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 468
Associate degree: 288
Bachelor's degree: 3,201
Master's degree: 1,994
Professional school degree: 1,310
Doctorate degree: 897
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 154
Nursery to 4th grade: 29
5th and 6th grade: 18
7th and 8th grade: 3
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 0
11th grade: 8
12th grade, no diploma: 31
High school graduate (or equivalency): 710
Less than 1 year of college: 166
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 759
Associate degree: 679
Bachelor's degree: 3,831
Master's degree: 2,154
Professional school degree: 721
Doctorate degree: 595
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 7,140
One, attached: 68
Two: 25
3 or 4: 86
5 to 9: 512
10 to 19: 413
20 to 49: 951
50 or more: 1,603
Mobile homes: 56
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.4%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 1.9%
House/condo owner moved in on average 10 years ago