Seattle

Most walkable Seattle suburbs

Ranked on amenities within two miles at 40%, transit stop density at 15%, and the three poll questions about walking to groceries, restaurants and the state of the sidewalks at 45%. Walkability is mostly something residents know and datasets do not.

Updated Sep 2026·59 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
Seattle Center as night falls.
Seattle$939k median · 26.0 min commute
Amenities A+Commute BResidents inactive
100
Walkability
overall 70 B−
2
Drone view of Downtown Bellevue, Washington State, USA
Bellevue$1.34M median · 23.6 min commute
Amenities A+Commute B+Residents inactive
96
Walkability
overall 74 B
3
A welcome sign in northern Lynnwood, Washington.
Lynnwood$687k median · 29.9 min commute
Amenities A+Commute D+Residents inactive
96
Walkability
overall 59 C
4
The north side of The Commons at Federal Way, a shopping center in Federal Way, Washington, seen from the parking garage at Federal Way Transit Center.
Federal Way$553k median · 32.1 min commute
Amenities A+Commute D−Residents inactive
93
Walkability
overall 53 C−
5
Mountlake Terrace, welcome sign at the Mountlake Terrace Transit Center
Mountlake Terrace$667k median · 27.9 min commute
Amenities ACommute CResidents inactive
93
Walkability
overall 64 C+
6
Aerial view of the Kent Station shopping center in downtown Kent.
Kent$588k median · 30.4 min commute
Amenities A+Commute DResidents inactive
93
Walkability
overall 55 C−
7
Aerial photo of Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma$480k median · 28.8 min commute
Amenities ACommute CResidents inactive
92
Walkability
overall 55 C−
8
Drone view of Renton, Washington State, USA
Renton$673k median · 29.7 min commute
Amenities A+Commute C−Residents inactive
91
Walkability
overall 58 C
9
The downtown area of Edmonds, WA.
Edmonds$890k median · 26.6 min commute
Amenities ACommute B−Residents inactive
91
Walkability
overall 67 C+
10
The downtown waterfront area of Kirkland, Washington, on the shores of Lake Washington.
Kirkland$1.12M median · 23.9 min commute
Amenities ACommute B+Residents inactive
91
Walkability
overall 74 B
This list's weighting
Amenities 40%Transit stop density 15%Resident poll (Q3, Q4, Q8) 45%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Seattle (Jeffery Hayes · CC BY-SA 3.0); Bellevue (Spicypepper999 · CC0); Lynnwood (SounderBruce · CC BY-SA 4.0); Federal Way (SounderBruce · CC BY-SA 4.0); Mountlake Terrace (ECTran71 (talk) · Public domain); Kent (Junnell · Public domain); Tacoma (Spicypepper999 · CC0); Renton (Spicypepper999 · CC0); Edmonds (Sea Cow · CC BY-SA 4.0); Kirkland (Jelson25 · CC BY-SA 3.0).