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Seattle Neighborhoods

Consistently ranked as one of America's top livable cities, Seattle is doing something-correction, many things-right. Its neighborhoods, like individual towns unto themselves, play no small role in the city's appeal. These diverse communities can offer such amenities as homes of classic styling, quiet residential streets, cultural events, shopping within walking distance, and tremendous views of the water or mountains.

Compared with the rest of the country, this isn't a cheap place to live. But like Seattle's hilly terrain, the cost of living in its neighborhoods runs from high to low. Housing prices tend to drop in areas farther away from downtown Seattle and waterfronts, with the main exception of Eastside cities. Less pricey apartments, condominiums, and public housing developments exist in some areas.

Greater Seattle's neighborhoods include:
Central Seattle -
Capitol Hill | Denny Regrade | Downtown | International District | Madison Park
Madrona | Magnolia | Pioneer Square | Queen Anne | Other neighborhoods

Northwest Seattle -
Ballard | Fremont | Green Lake | Wallingford | Other neighborhoods

Northeast Seattle -
Laurelhurst | Maple Leaf | Ravenna | University District | View Ridge | Other neighborhoods

The Eastside -
Bellevue | Kirkland | Redmond | Other neighborhoods