The week in review: August 3–7
The week of August 3–7 on seattletrendlines.com, in five posts.
Monday, August 3 — Lake Washington sockeye: the run that no longer runs. Sockeye salmon have been counted at the Ballard Locks every year since 1972. Runs that once topped half a million fish have collapsed: just 17,881 crossed in 2025, and the run hasn’t cleared the 350,000 needed to open a fishery since 2006.
Tuesday, August 4 — Seattle-metro unemployment, June 2026. Seattle-metro unemployment was 5.0% in June 2026, the newest month in the series and the monthly update to the unemployment post. That is up 0.3 points from 4.7% in the same month a year earlier, and up from 4.8% the month before.
Wednesday, August 5 — What a Seattle-area house is worth, June 2026. The typical Seattle-metro home was worth $742,410 in June 2026, down 1.8% from a year earlier. The index peaked at $783,683 in June 2022, so the market is still 5.3% below its high-water mark.
Thursday, August 6 — Seattle library checkouts, July 2026. Seattle Public Library patrons checked out 248,692 items in July 2026, up 3.8% from a year earlier.
Friday, August 7 — Seattle Fire 911 responses, July 2026. Seattle Fire dispatched 9,886 responses in July 2026, down 3.8% from a year earlier.
The week in review: every post from August 3–7, summarised from its own listing blurb and linked. Assembled each Saturday from the posts that actually published that week.