Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue

59 cities and suburbs across Seattle, each scored out of 100 on the same national scales. The metro's median home is $717,500 and its mean commute 29.2 min. Redmond scores highest overall at 75. Everett leads on cost of living.

Places

Median score

Poll responses

Jeffery Hayes · CC BY-SA 3.0

Coverage

59 places
in Seattle

One of 50 metros graded so far, on the same national scales.

10 mi

20 mi

30 mi

Downtown Seattle

Downtown Tacoma

Redmond

Kirkland

Issaquah

Sammamish

Bothell East

Edmonds

Mill Creek East

Silver Firs

Cottage Lake

Shoreline

Eastmont

University Place

Maple Valley

Everett

Renton

Lake Stevens

Puyallup

South Hill

Kent

Artondale

Fairwood

Burien

Lakeland North

Federal Way

White Center

Marysville

Arlington

SeaTac

Lakewood

Frederickson

Graham

Dot size = overall scoreA B C D Positions plotted from place centroids · rings measured from Downtown Seattle

Every suburb of Seattle, ranked

#	Place	Score	Hous	Scho	Cost	Comm	Amen	Empl	Resi
1	Redmond	75 B	C	A−	C+	A−	A	B−	—
2	Mercer Island	75 B	B	A−	C+	B+	B−	B	—
3	Bellevue	74 B	C+	B+	C−	B+	A+	B−	—
4	Kirkland	74 B	C	A−	C	B+	A	B−	—
5	Issaquah	73 B	C	B+	C	B	A	B	—
6	Sammamish	70 B−	B+	B+	D	C−	B−	A−	—
7	Woodinville	70 B−	C	B+	C	B−	B	B−	—
8	Seattle	70 B−	D+	B−	C+	B	A+	C+	—
9	Bothell	69 B−	C	B+	C	C+	B+	B−	—
10	Snoqualmie	69 B−	B	B+	C−	C−	C	A	—
11	Bothell East	69 B−	C+	B+	C	D+	B	A−	—
12	Kenmore	68 B−	C−	B+	B−	C	B	B−	—
13	Bothell West	67 C+	C+	B	C+	D+	B+	B	—
14	Edmonds	67 C+	C−	C	B−	B−	A	C	—
15	Mill Creek East	67 C+	B	B	C−	D	B−	B+	—
16	Lake Forest Park	66 C+	C+	B	C−	C	B+	C+	—
17	Mill Creek	65 C+	C−	B	B−	D+	B+	C+	—
18	Silver Firs	65 C+	B−	B−	C+	D+	C−	B+	—
19	Cottage Lake	65 C+	B+	B+	D+	B−	F	B−	—
20	Union Hill-Novelty Hill	64 C+	B	B+	D+	C	D+	C	—
21	Shoreline	64 C+	D+	B	C	C+	A−	C−	—
22	Mountlake Terrace	64 C+	D	C+	B	C	A	C	—
23	Eastmont	63 C+	C+	B	C	C−	B	D+	—
24	Martha Lake	62 C	D+	C	C	C	B	C+	—
25	Mukilteo	61 C	C	D+	C+	B−	C−	B−	—
26	University Place	60 C	D−	B	B−	C	B	D+	—
27	Maple Valley	60 C	C	B−	C	F	B	C+	—
28	Lynnwood	59 C	F	C	B	D+	A+	D	—
29	Everett	59 C	F	B−	B+	C	B+	D−	—
30	North Lynnwood	59 C	F	C	B−	D+	A−	C	—
31	Renton	58 C	D−	D	B−	C−	A+	C−	—
32	Lake Stickney	58 C	F	C−	B	D+	A−	C	—
33	Bonney Lake	58 C	C−	B−	C+	F	D+	C+	—
34	Lake Stevens	57 C−	D+	C+	C	F	B−	C	—
35	Covington	56 C−	C−	D+	B−	F	B	C+	—
36	Puyallup	56 C−	F	C	B	D	A−	D	—
37	South Hill	56 C−	D	C	C+	F	B+	C	—
38	Kent	55 C−	D−	D+	C+	D	A+	D−	—
39	Tacoma	55 C−	F	D+	B−	C	A	D	—
40	Artondale	54 C−	C+	C+	C+	D	F	B−	—
41	Fairwood	54 C−	C−	D+	C+	D	C	C−	—
42	Monroe	54 C−	D	D+	B−	D	B−	D	—
43	Auburn	53 C−	F	D	B−	D	A−	D	—
44	Burien	53 C−	D−	F	C+	C	A	D−	—
45	Lakeland North	53 C−	D+	D−	C+	D	B+	D+	—
46	Federal Way	53 C−	F	D−	B	D−	A+	D	—
47	White Center	52 D+	F	F	B−	D+	A−	D+	—
48	Marysville	52 D+	D	D−	C+	D	B	C−	—
49	Arlington	52 D+	D−	C−	B	D−	C	D	—
50	Bryn Mawr-Skyway	51 D+	F	D	C+	D	A−	F	—
51	SeaTac	50 D+	F	F	B	C	B	F	—
52	Lakewood	49 D+	F	D−	B	D+	B	F	—
53	Tukwila	49 D+	F	F	C	C+	B+	D−	—
54	Des Moines	49 D+	D−	F	B−	D	B	F	—
55	Spanaway	48 D+	D−	D+	B−	F	C	D+	—
56	Parkland	47 D	F	D−	B	D	B−	F	—
57	Elk Plain	46 D	D+	D+	C+	F	D−	C−	—
58	Frederickson	46 D	D	D+	C	F	D	D+	—
59	Graham	45 D	D+	D+	C+	F	D	D+	—

— for Residents: fewer than 8 poll responses, so the category is not yet counted. Those places' overall scores are computed on the other six categories, re-normalised to 100%. 59 of 59 are currently below the threshold.

Six Seattle lists

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8 head-to-heads

Seattle vs Mercer Island Tacoma vs University Place Bellevue vs Mercer Island Kent vs Lakeland North Everett vs Eastmont Renton vs Bryn Mawr-Skyway Federal Way vs Lakeland North Kirkland vs Kenmore

5 guides

What "median home value" hides when you compare suburbsWhat a school proficiency percentile actually measuresWhat a two-mile amenity count can and cannot seeReading an effective property tax rateWhat the scores deliberately do not coverAll guides →