Bellevue vs Mercer Island
Bellevue and Mercer Island on the published weights — then move the weights to yours and see whether the result survives.
Bellevue
74B
Category by category
C+HousingB
Mercer Island +9 pts
B+SchoolsA−
Mercer Island +2 pts
C−Cost of livingC+
Mercer Island +11 pts
B+CommuteB+
Bellevue +4 pts
A+AmenitiesB−
Bellevue +28 pts
B−EmploymentB
Mercer Island +6 pts
—Residents—
not comparable yet
Weigh it yourself
The published weights are an editorial judgement, not a fact. Drag them. Both totals recompute live and the bar above moves with them.
Weights total 100% · normalised to 100% before scoring, so you can be sloppy.
The numbers side by side
$1.34MMedian home value$2.00M+
$2,572Median rent$2,502
23.6 minMean commute23.6 min
$166kMedian household income$219k
0.72%Effective property tax0.65%
96th pctWithin-state proficiency99th pct
155Restaurants & cafés31
151,847Population25,307
0Resident responses0
Bold marks the better figure on that row. ACS 2020–24 · EDFacts SY2021–22 · OpenStreetMap Sep 2026.