Sedro-Woolley is a medium-sized city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 12,940 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Sedro-Woolley is the 81st largest community in Washington. Housing costs in Sedro-Woolley are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Washington.Sedro-Woolley is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Sedro-Woolley is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Sedro-Woolley who work in office and administrative support (12.06%), management occupations (9.54%), and sales jobs (8.34%). Also of interest is that Sedro-Woolley has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.15% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In terms of college education, Sedro-Woolley is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.14% of adults 25 and older in Sedro-Woolley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Sedro-Woolley in 2022 was $31,955, which is lower middle income relative to Washington, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,820 for a family of four. However, Sedro-Woolley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Sedro-Woolley is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sedro-Woolley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sedro-Woolley residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Sedro-Woolley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.10% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sedro-Woolley include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Sedro-Woolley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
