Renton is a city in

King County King County is located in the U.S. state of Washington. The population was 2,269,675 in the 2020 census, making it the most populous county in Washington, and the 13th-most populous in the United States. The county seat is Seattle, also the st ...

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, and an inner-ring suburb of

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. Situated southeast of

downtown Seattle Downtown is the central business district of Seattle, Washington. It is fairly compact compared with other city centers on the U.S. West Coast due to its geographical situation, being hemmed in on the north and east by hills, on the west by ...

, Renton straddles the southeast shore of

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, at the mouth of the Cedar River. As of the 2020 census, the population of Renton was 106,785, up from 90,927 at the 2010 census. The city is currently the sixth-largest municipality in

greater Seattle The Seattle metropolitan area is an urban conglomeration in the U.S. state of Washington that comprises Seattle, its surrounding satellites and suburbs. It contains the three most populous counties in the state—King, Snohomish, and Pierce� ...

and the ninth-largest in Washington state. After a long history as an important salmon fishing area for Native Americans, Renton was first settled by people of European descent in the 1860s. Its early economy was based on coal mining, clay production, and timber export. Today, Renton is best known as the final assembly point for the

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family of commercial airplanes, but it is also home to a growing number of well-known manufacturing, technology, and healthcare organizations, including Boeing Commercial Airplanes Division,

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Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente (; KP), commonly known simply as Kaiser, is an American integrated managed care consortium, based in Oakland, California, United States, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney Garfield. Kaiser P ...

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Providence Health & Services Providence Health & Services (since 2016: Providence St. Joseph Health) is a not-for-profit, Catholic health care system operating multiple hospitals across seven states, with headquarters in Renton, Washington. The health system includes 51 ho ...

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, and

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History

Long a cultural center for the Duwamish,

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an settlers arrived in the area of present-day Renton in the 1870s. First among them were Henry Tobin and his wife Diana. The town of Renton was accessed via the

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, the first railroad to be built to

, and was in the vicinity of several

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that attracted entrepreneurs like Erasmus M. Smithers, who is credited with the founding and establishment of the town in 1875. Smithers named Renton in honor of Captain William Renton, a local lumber and shipping merchant who invested heavily in the coal trade. Smithers discovered coal there and brought in Charles D. Shattuck as the coal mine operator. Renton was incorporated as a city on September 6, 1901, when coal mining and timber processing were the most important economic industries in the area. The town was prone to flooding from the Cedar River and Black River. In 1916 the completion of the Lake Washington Ship Canal lowered the surface of Lake Washington by several feet which consequently eliminated drainage of Lake Washington through the Black River (in favor of the Ship Canal). The Cedar River was then diverted to drain into Lake Washington instead of into the Black River. As a result, the Black River largely disappeared, leaving only a few remnants. The culmination of these actions reduced the threat of annual flooding. The population sharply increased during

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when

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built their Renton Factory to produce the

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. Renton grew from a population of 4,488 in 1940 to 16,039 in 1950. The game company

also is headquartered in Renton. Providence Health System has centralized its administrative offices in Renton, along with

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. Owing to its location at the confluence of three major

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s (

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, I-405, and SR 167), Renton's economic development team has lured a number of specialty retailers that draw consumers from around the region, including

. Some retail establishments were unwanted though, and the city successfully defended zoning restrictions on pornographic theaters before the U.S. Supreme Court in ''

Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. ''Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc.'', 475 U.S. 41 (1986), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that localities may impose regulations prohibiting adult theaters from operating within certain areas, finding that the regu ...

'' The Renton Public Library was built directly over the Cedar River and opened in 1966. It stretches across the river, next to Liberty Park, and was the main branch of the city's independent library system until its 2010 annexation into the King County Library system.

21st-century redevelopment

The city government has encouraged redevelopment of industrial areas around Downtown Renton and near Southcenter since the 1980s. The first

in the

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opened in Renton in 1994. The former

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horse-racing track was redeveloped in the 1990s to support offices for Boeing and the

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, which moved from its Seattle building. Port Quendall, a land parcel in north Renton, is home to the Virginia Mason Athletic Center (VMAC), housing the

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Headquarters and training facility that opened in August 2008; before then, the Seahawks trained in Kirkland. In the mid-1990s, Renton undertook a major redevelopment effort to revitalize its downtown core, which had declined in commercial prominence since the opening of the

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in Tukwila in 1968. The many car dealerships that had previously occupied the center of downtown Renton were encouraged through economic incentives to relocate to a newly created auto sales zone close to the I-405/SR-167 interchange. In place of the old dealerships downtown, a new transit center and parking garage were built in partnership with

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. The transit center is surrounded by several multi-family residential buildings and a small

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named Piazza Park, which hosts a weekly

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Centered on former Boeing Co. property near the south shore of Lake Washington is a residential and commercial development named The Landing. To the north of the Landing, a hotel and office development on the lakefront called Southport has been developed at the site of the former Shuffleton power plant, which was demolished in 2001. A 347-room hotel operated under the

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brand opened in June 2017.

Geography

Renton is located at (47.486622, −122.195163), on the southeast shore of

. According to the

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, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water, most of which is the Cedar River. Potential Annexation Areas (PAAs) include the communities of Fairwood southeast of Renton, the East Renton Plateau on the eastern edge of Renton, and West Hill northwest of Renton. These communities are large unincorporated urban areas that are encouraged by the King County Annexation Initiative
additional text. to incorporate as cities or annex into neighboring cities. As of 2012 these three PAAs are not part of the City of Renton, and not included in its demographics or statistics. Renton one of the cities in the Puget Sound Region with an independent street grid system. Roads names beginning with sectional divisions (N 32nd ST) generally follow a latitudinal direction, while roads names ending in a sectional direction (Duvall Ave NE) generally follow a longitudinal direction. Many of the avenues in the city are named in honor of other cities in

. Renton is bordered to the north by Newcastle, Washington, Newcastle. Along the east side of Renton is the Urban Growth Boundary established by

, as such there is no incorporated city directly east of Renton. The geographical characteristics of Renton's eastern border are varied and include (from north to south) the south flank of

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descending southward merging with the community of May Valley. The terrain then elevates south of May Valley to the communities of the East Renton Plateau before descending to the north bank of the Cedar River. Renton is bordered to the south by the city of

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. The western border consists of the city of Tukwila, and finally the unincorporated King County community West Hill and

to the northwest.

Areas

; Downtown Renton : In 2015, ESRI estimated that in Downtown Renton the total population was 3,019 and the average household income was $50,809. ; North Renton : In 2015, ESRI estimated that in North Renton the total population was 8,211 and the average household income was $79,387. ; Northeast Renton : In 2015, ESRI estimated that in Northeast Renton the total population was 44,626 and the average household income was $93,556. ; Southeast Renton : In 2015, ESRI estimated that in Southeast Renton the total population was 39,066 and the average household income was $78,424. ; Southwest Renton : In 2015, ESRI estimated that in Southwest Renton the total population was 3,551 and the average household income was $64,661.

Climate

Renton has a warm-summer

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(

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: ''Csb'') with warm and dry summers mixed with cloudy, wet and cool winters, with a precipitation regime typical of the

. Being located in a partial rain shadow and shielded from the coastal summers, Renton has more of a climate influenced by the interior than many other areas nearby.

Demographics

Seattle Car and Foundry Renton Works 1916

The 2019 median income for households in Renton is $70,661, while the mean household income is $89,808. The per capita income is $49,624 – 9% of families and 12% of individuals are below the federal poverty line, while 15% of those under 18 and 9% of those 65 years or older are below.

2010 census

As of the

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of 2010, there were 90,927 people, 36,009 households, and 21,849 families residing in the city. The

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was . There were 38,930 housing units at an average density of . The

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of the city was 54.6% White (49.4%

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), 10.6% African American, 0.7% Native American, 21.2% Asian, 0.8% Pacific Islander, 6.2% from other races, and 5.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.1% of the population. There were 36,009 households, of which 32.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.2% were

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living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.3% were non-families. 30.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.16. The median age in the city was 35.2 years. 23.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 33.5% were from 25 to 44; 24.4% were from 45 to 64; and 10.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.5% male and 50.5% female.

Economy

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, and

have their headquarters in Renton. The

Boeing Renton Factory The Boeing Renton Factory is the Boeing Company's manufacturing facility for narrow-body commercial airliners, and their military derivatives. Current production includes the Boeing 737 MAX passenger airliner and the Boeing P-8 Poseidon military ...

has operated since World War II, when it manufactured the

; currently, it produces the

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airliner. The Renton plant produced the Jetfoil and Pegasus class hydrofoils in the 1970s. As of 2001, 40% of all commercial aircraft in the air were assembled in Renton. Boeing remains the largest employer in Renton, which is home to over 10,000 employees and three of the aerospace giant's six major business divisions:

, Boeing Capital Corporation and the Shared Services Group. The local newspaper in the 1970s, the Record Chronicle, proclaimed the city the jet capital of the world.

has traditionally been a large employer in the city as well with its Kenworth Truck plant located in Renton's industrial area on the south end of

. In 1907 the Seattle Car Mfg Company also known as the Car Company moved to a large manufacturing plant in Renton after demand for the company's railroad equipment exceeded the capacity of its Seattle plant. The Car Company was the only manufacturer of train cars on the

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. The Renton plant expanded to foundry capabilities in 1911, and Seattle Car and Foundry Co merged with the Twohy Brothers of Portland in 1917 and became the Pacific Car and Foundry Company or Paccar. During the great depression the Renton Paccar plant developed power winches for use in the logging industry. When

arrived the Renton manufacturing switched its production towards the war effort, and by the war's end in 1945 had built 1,500 Sherman Tanks. In the second half of the 20th century there was not enough repeat business for Paccar-built train cars as rail equipment in 1965 came to only 1/3 of the company's sales. Thus the Paccar Renton plant began manufacturing structural steel until the 1970s recession. In the early 1980s the Paccar Railcar Division; the last remnants of the original Pacific Car and Foundry Co closed down. In 1993, a new

Kenworth Kenworth Truck Company is an American truck manufacturer. Founded in 1923 as the successor to Gersix Motor Company, Kenworth specializes in production of heavy-duty ( Class 8) and medium-duty (Class 5–7) commercial vehicles. Headquartered in ...

assembly plant opened on the former site of Pacific Car and Foundry.

Top employers

As of 2016 the top employers in the city are:

Education

Renton Technical College Renton Technical College (Renton Tech or RTC) is a public community college in Renton, Washington. The college offers bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and certificates of completion in professional-technical fields. History In 1941, Renton ...

, originally opened in 1942 as a war production school, offers

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and certificates of completion in professional-technical fields. The Renton School District provides K–12 public schooling. Additionally, the

Issaquah School District Issaquah School District No. 411 is a public school district in King County, Washington, U.S., headquartered in Issaquah. As of the 2018–2019 school year, the district has an enrollment of 20,965 students with 24 total schools. Attendance b ...

serves a small portion of unincorporated Renton neighborhoods. The

Tahoma School District Tahoma School District is a school district based in Maple Valley, Washington, United States. The district provides for citizens in southeast King County and operates 6 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, and the district's sole high school, Tah ...

serves a small portion of Renton along Maple Valley Highway. The

Kent School District The Kent School District #415 is a public school district in the State of Washington, headquartered in Kent. Covering , the Kent School District has 40 schools (28 elementary schools, six middle schools, two academy schools, and four high school ...

serves the majority of Fairwood, a

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between Renton and Maple Valley. The Renton School District includes the four high schools: Hazen High School, Lindbergh High School,

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, and Albert Talley Senior High School. The school district also has four middle schools and fifteen elementary schools. Parts of the city are also served by the

, and the

, all of which predominantly serve neighboring cities.

Government

Renton has a

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that oversees municipal services and contracts with other entities for utilities. The mayor and seven councilmembers are elected to four-year terms in staggered,

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elections. Councilmembers are divided into working committees that recommend legislation to the whole council in meetings.

Sister cities

Renton has two sister cities: * Nishiwaki, Hyogo, Japan (since 1969) *

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, Mexico (since 2001)

Transportation

Renton is served by

and

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buses. Metro operates the

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through the city and plans to expand

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service in the 2020s;

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is scheduled to open its own bus rapid transit service,

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along the Interstate 405 corridor through Renton in 2026. The city government owns and operates

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(KRNT), officially Clayton Scott Field, a public airport at the foot of Lake Washington. It is used by the Boeing Renton Factory as well as for charter services and flight training.

Notable people

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, ballet dancer and choreographer *

Jamal Crawford Aaron Jamal Crawford (born March 20, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2000 to 2020. He is regarded as one of the best ball handlers in NBA history,. He was nam ...

, basketball player *

Clint Eastwood Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor and film director. After achieving success in the Western TV series '' Rawhide'', he rose to international fame with his role as the "Man with No Name" in Sergio Leone's "''Doll ...

, actor and director *

Joshua Farris Joshua Farris (born January 6, 1995) is a former American competitive figure skater. He is the 2015 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2013 World Junior champion, a two-time Junior Grand Prix Final medalist (silver in 2012, bronze in 2011), ...

, figure skater, was born in Renton *

Avery Garrett Avery Garrett (August 3, 1916 – April 15, 1988) was an American politician in the state of Washington. He served as Mayor of Renton from 1969 to 1976. He also served in the Washington House of Representatives The Washington House of Repr ...

, former Mayor of Renton (1969) and state legislator *

Sally Jewell Sarah Margaret "Sally" Roffey Jewell (born February 21, 1956) is a British-American businessperson who served as the 51st United States secretary of the interior in the Obama administration from 2013 to 2017. Jewell was born in London and moved ...

, 51st

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and former CEO of

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Sean Kinney Sean Howard Kinney (born May 27, 1966) is an American musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band Alice in Chains. Kinney also founded the short-lived supergroup Spys4Darwin, and has collaborated with other artists such a ...

, drummer for

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Zach LaVine Zachary Thomas LaVine ( ; born March 10, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected in the first round of the 2014 NBA draft with the 13th overall pick ...

, basketball player *

Sam Longoria Sam Longoria (born March 12, 1956, in Seattle, Washington, United States) is a Hollywood producer-director and visual effects engineer. He produces independent feature movies, (digital and 35mm and 65mm film), and serves as writer, director, act ...

, Hollywood producer-director *

Rick May Rick May (September 21, 1940 – April 8, 2020) was a Canadian-American voice actor, theatrical performer, director, and teacher. May provided the English-language voice for Peppy Hare and Andross in ''Star Fox 64'', the Soldier in '' Team Fort ...

, voice actor and theatrical director and actor *

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, actress *

Brandon Roy Brandon Dawayne Roy (born July 23, 1984) is an American basketball coach and former player. He serves as the head coach of the boys' basketball team at Garfield High School in Seattle. Roy played six seasons in the National Basketball Associati ...

, basketball player *

Doug Sisk Douglas Randall Sisk (born September 26, 1957), is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. His primary pitch was a sinker that was difficult for batters to drive in the air. Early years Sisk earned all-league honors both seasons he spen ...

, baseball player * Aretha Thurmond, Olympic discus thrower *

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, musician *

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, actor and producer

References

External links

Renton city government webpage
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