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Washington·King County
39 neighborhoods·754K people·$939K median·8,978/mi²
violent · property Part-I incidents per 1,000 residents/yr · Seattle PD reported, 2020–2021 · not official UCR · neighborhood comparison only. · Source: Crime Open Database (CODE), M. Ashby, CC BY 4.0.
White 59 · Asian 17 · Hispanic 8 · Multiracial 8 · Black 6 · Other 1
Living alone 43 · Married couple 34 · Other 23
Professional 34 · Health 23 · Retail 21 · Manufacturing 9 · Leisure 6 · Public admin 4 · Other 4
Management · business · science · arts 67 · Sales · office 14 · Service 11 · Production · transport 5 · Construction · maintenance 3
Drive alone 37 · Work from home 34 · Transit 12 · Carpool 9 · Walk 8 · Bike 2
Rep-tract reading · same station-interpolated source as address reports
Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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| Neighborhood | Pop. | Home value |
|---|---|---|
| Ballard | 45,725 | $957K |
| Beacon Hill | 39,490 | $760K |
| Capitol Hill | 37,590 | $813K |
| Central District | 33,472 | $867K |
| University District | 31,358 | $797K |
| Queen Anne | 29,572 | $1.19M |
| Belltown | 28,551 | $927K |
| Wallingford | 22,457 | $1.11M |
The median home value in Seattle is $938,600 (Census ACS) — 2.0× the US median of $458,812.
Seattle has 754,195 residents across 178 census tracts and 28 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 35.6; the population is 58.8% White, 17.5% Asian, 8.5% Hispanic or Latino, 7.7% Multiracial, 6.4% Black and 1.2% Other; the average household has 2.0 people; 68.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 9.9% (Census ACS).
Cascadia Elementary (97%), Frantz Coe Elementary School (90%) and John Stanford International School (89%) lead the elementary schools; Hamilton International Middle School (76%), Madison Middle School (74%) and Eckstein Middle School (73%) lead the middle schools; Lincoln High School (81%), Ballard High School (79%) and Roosevelt High School (75%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $2,030/month, 29% above the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Seattle is $123,860 a year, 44% above the US median (Census ACS).
In Seattle, median rent is $2,030/month and the median home value is $938,600 (Census ACS).
Seattle reported 7.8 violent crimes and 50.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 74°F; winter lows average 36°F; there are 118 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 41 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Seattle are earthquake (92), volcanic activity (83) and heat wave (45), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.64g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Seattle, 7.7% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).