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Population (year 2000): 22,036. Estimated
population in July 2005: 22,862 (+3.7% change)
Males: 10,598 (48.1%), Females: 11,438 (51.9%)
King County
Zip code:
98040
Median resident age: 44.3 years
Median household income: $91,904 (year 2000)
Median house value: $573,900 (year 2000)
Races in Mercer Island:
- White Non-Hispanic (82.8%)
- Chinese (5.7%)
- Japanese (2.6%)
- Two or more races (2.2%)
- Hispanic (1.9%)
- Korean (1.5%)
- Black (1.1%)
- Asian Indian (0.8%)
- Other Asian (0.6%)
- Other race (0.5%)
Ancestries: English (17.4%), German (15.7%),
Irish (10.9%), Italian (5.1%), Norwegian (4.7%), Swedish (4.5%).
Elevation: 75 feet
Land area: 6.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Mercer Island
- High school or higher: 97.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 69.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 31.6%
- Unemployed: 3.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Mercer Island city
- Never married: 17.6%
- Now married: 67.9%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 5.9%
- Divorced: 7.8%
13.8% Foreign born (6.3% Asia, 4.4% Europe, 2.1%
North America).
Population change in the 1990s: +528 (+2.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Mercer Island:
- OVERLAKE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 4 miles;
BELLEVUE, WA)
- SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER (about 6 miles; SEATTLE, WA)
- HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER (about 8 miles; SEATTLE,
WA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Mercer Island:
- BOEING FIELD/KING COUNTY INTL (about 6 miles;
SEATTLE, WA; ID: BFI)
- SEATTLE-TACOMA INTL (about 11 miles; SEATTLE, WA;
ID: SEA)
- SNOHOMISH COUNTY (PAINE FLD) (about 23 miles;
EVERETT, WA; ID: PAE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mercer Island:
- WILL ROGERS WILEY POST MEML (about 7 miles; RENTON,
WA; ID: W36)
- RENTON MUNI (about 7 miles; RENTON, WA; ID: RNT)
- SEATTLE SEAPLANES (about 7 miles; SEATTLE, WA; ID:
0W0)
Amtrak stations near Mercer Island:
- 7 miles: SEATTLE (303 S. JACKSON ST.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, paid short-term parking, paid
long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi
stand, intercity bus service, public transit connection.
- 20 miles: EDMONDS (211 RAILROAD AVE.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, paid short-term parking, paid
long-term parking, call for taxi service, public transit
connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Mercer Island:
- CITY UNIVERSITY (about 4 miles; BELLEVUE, WA;
Full-time enrollment: 4,007)
- RENTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 6 miles; RENTON, WA;
FT enrollment: 2,623)
- SEATTLE UNIVERSITY (about 6 miles; SEATTLE, WA; FT
enrollment: 4,743)
- SEATTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-CENTRAL CAMPUS (about 6
miles; SEATTLE, WA; FT enrollment: 4,386)
- BELLEVUE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 7 miles; BELLEVUE,
WA; FT enrollment: 7,013)
- ART INSTITUTE OF SEATTLE (about 9 miles; SEATTLE,
WA; FT enrollment: 2,313)
- SEATTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-SOUTH CAMPUS (about 9
miles; SEATTLE, WA; FT enrollment: 3,013)
Public high school in Mercer Island:
- MERCER ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,395;
Location: 9100 SE 42ND; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high schools in Mercer Island:
- NORTHWEST YESHIVA HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 106;
Location: 5017 90TH AVE. SE; Grades: 9 - 12)
- ETC PREP ACADEMY IS.CREST CTR (Students: 67;
Location: 8005 SE 28TH ST; Grades: 5 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Mercer Island:
- ISLANDER MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,059;
Location: 8225 SE 72ND; Grades: 05 - 08)
- WEST MERCER ELEMENTARY (Students: 588;
Location: 4141 81ST AVE SE; Grades: PK - 05)
- ISLAND PARK ELEMENTARY (Students: 559;
Location: 5437 ISLAND CREST WAY; Grades: KG - 06)
- LAKERIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 558;
Location: 8215 SE 78TH; Grades: KG - 06)
- EEU SPECIAL EDUCATION (Students: 4; Location:
4030 86TH AVE SE; Grades: PK - 04)
- CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING DIFFERENCES
(CHI (Students: 1; Location: 4030 86TH AVE SE SUITE
F; Grades: PK - 12)
Private primary/middle schools in Mercer Island:
- ST MONICA (Students: 232; Location: 4320 87TH
AVE SE; Grades: KG - 8)
- FRENCH-AM SCH OF PUGET SOUND (Students: 137;
Location: 3795 E MERCER WAY; Grades: PK - 4)
- CHILDRENS INSTITUTE FOR LEARNI (Students: 65;
Location: 4030 86TH AVE SE SUITE F; Grades: KG - 9)
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