Seattle vs Mercer Island
Seattle and Mercer Island on the published weights — then move the weights to yours and see whether the result survives.
Seattle
70B−
Category by category
D+HousingB
Mercer Island +27 pts
B−SchoolsA−
Mercer Island +11 pts
C+Cost of livingC+
Seattle +2 pts
BCommuteB+
Mercer Island +5 pts
A+AmenitiesB−
Seattle +32 pts
C+EmploymentB
Mercer Island +10 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
$939kMedian home value$2.00M+
$2,030Median rent$2,502
26.0 minMean commute23.6 min
$124kMedian household income$219k
0.72%Effective property tax0.65%
89th pctWithin-state proficiency99th pct
1,096Restaurants & cafés31
754,195Population25,307
0Resident responses0
Bold marks the better figure on that row. ACS 2020–24 · EDFacts SY2021–22 · OpenStreetMap Sep 2026.