Seattle, WA vs Minneapolis, MN

Seattle, WA spends 57% more per resident than Minneapolis, MN: $34,463 against $21,910. That gap is large enough to show up across most functional budget categories below.

Minneapolis, MN edges Seattle, WA on the Fiscal Health Score by 4 points — 65/100 (grade B) to 61/100 (grade C). At a margin this narrow the grade is close enough that the factor-level detail matters more than the composite.

On debt, Minneapolis, MN carries the lighter load at $644 per resident versus $1,100 for Seattle, WA. Both cities pour the most per-resident dollars into the same function: parks and recreation leads in Seattle, WA at $3,923 per resident and in Minneapolis, MN at $3,486.

They also fund themselves differently: intergovernmental transfers is the largest single revenue source in Seattle, WA at 13% of total revenue, whereas Minneapolis, MN relies most on other revenue at 17%.