The week in review: September 14–18
The week of September 14–18 on seattletrendlines.com, in 10 posts.
Monday, September 14 — Sounder commuter rail, July 2026. Sounder carried 177,833 boardings in July 2026, down 5.3% on the year — against a peak of 442,159 in October 2019, which makes it 60% below its high-water mark.
Monday, September 14 — Washington State Ferries ridership, July 2026. Washington State Ferries carried 2,317,416 passengers in July 2026, up 0.6% from a year earlier.
Tuesday, September 15 — Seattle’s crime rate, July 2026. Seattle recorded 1.36 offences against persons per 1,000 residents in July 2026, and 4.56 offences against property per 1,000.
Tuesday, September 15 — Seattle’s crimes against society, July 2026. Seattle police recorded 600 crimes against society in July 2026, up 24.5% from a year earlier.
Wednesday, September 16 — Seattle gas prices, August 2026. The Seattle-area average price of regular gasoline was $5.32 a gallon in August 2026, up 16.9% from a year earlier. Monthly update to the gas-price post; figures are nominal (not inflation-adjusted).
Wednesday, September 16 — Washington business applications, August 2026. Washingtonians filed 8,747 new business applications in August 2026, up 8.9% from a year earlier.
Thursday, September 17 — Seattle gas in today’s dollars, August 2026. A gallon of regular cost $5.32 at the Seattle pump in August 2026. The line is deflated to the latest month, so today’s price is its own real price; the work is done on the old ones.
Thursday, September 17 — Seattle inflation against the country, August 2026. Seattle-metro prices were 4.4% higher than a year earlier in August 2026; nationally the figure was 3.4%. The gap is 1.0 points, with Seattle running hotter this month.
Friday, September 18 — Buy or rent: the Seattle ratio, August 2026. The typical Seattle-area home was worth $727,359 in August 2026, and the typical asking rent was $2,278 a month. Divide the first by a year of the second and you get the price-to-rent ratio: 26.6.
Friday, September 18 — Seattle asking rents, August 2026. The typical asking rent in the Seattle metro was $2,278 a month in August 2026, up 1.7% from a year earlier.
The week in review: every post from September 14–18, summarised from its own listing blurb and linked. Assembled each Saturday from the posts that actually published that week.