Seattle is a much bigger city than Portland – both in terms of the city’s size and population. Seattle’s population is 745,000, compared to Portland’s 654,000. Seattle’s downtown core is filled with skyscrapers and cranes (in fact, Seattle has more cranes than any city in America year after year). Is Seattle nicer than Portland? Which […]

Chicago is 38.0% less expensive than Seattle. Chicago housing costs are 67.9% less expensive than Seattle housing costs. Health related expenses are 6.3% more in Chicago. Is Chicago an expensive city? Compared to the national average, the Chicago cost of living is higher. In fact, the city is ranked as the 11th most expensive city […]

Best Neighborhoods in Seattle Fremont. Belltown. Downtown. Pioneer Square. Magnolia. Is north or south Seattle better? The north end has better elementary schools (higher income families and more parent involvement), but higher home prices. South Seattle has lower prices but struggling schools. Friends living there are weighing whether to send their kids to private schools. […]

Precipitation Days Year Inches 168 2020 41.3 141 2019 33.9 158 2018 35.8 162 2017 47.9 How much rainfall did we get in 2020? Rainfall Scorecard 2017 8.18 7.71 2018 3.26 3.86 2019 6.23 6.46 2020 8.01 2.64 2021 3.62 6.36 How many inches of rain did Seattle get? Climate Averages Seattle, Washington United States […]

Lake City. Lake City is by far the number one safest place to live in the Seattle area. This is a very small strip of almost entirely coastal land that’s very expensive to live in. It’s mostly single-family homes and small apartments. In 98125 you’ll find a mix of professionals who are raising children in […]

Yes and no. Mainly, Seattle has a rainy season and summer. The rainy season includes fall, winter and spring. Does Seattle get all 4 seasons? It’s true that Seattle does get pretty steady rain in the fall and winter (and sometimes in the spring), often the summers are warm and dry. In fact, many years, […]

At 37.7 inches of precipitation annually, Seattle ranks 32nd among the nation’s 50 largest cities.It rarely rains hard; instead, it has a (seemingly) never-ending drizzle that keeps the city wet almost all-year round. (The dry season is the summer, which lasts from roughly July to early October.) Does Seattle get heavy rain? Weather in Seattle […]

The repeated shouting of fish orders started out as a prank on one employee, but became a tradition as the display was enjoyed by customers.Occasionally they will throw a foam fish into the crowd to scare bystanders, or select a customer from the crowds to participate in the fish toss. Why do they throw fish […]

152 sunny days. On average, there are 152 sunny days per year in Seattle. The US average is 205 sunny days. Seattle gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 155 days per year. How many sunny days are in Seattle? In the table below, the average number of Sunny Days for a city in Washington […]

Table Population Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2015-2019 27.9 Income & Poverty Median household income (in 2019 dollars), 2015-2019 $92,263 Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2019 dollars), 2015-2019 $59,835 What is a livable salary in Seattle? Recommended Salary in Seattle The recommended household income for a two-bedroom […]

Boston is 5.7% less expensive than Seattle. Boston housing costs are 15.7% less expensive than Seattle housing costs. Health related expenses are 2.1% less in Boston. How expensive is Seattle compared to Boston? Comparison Highlights Cost of Living Indexes Seattle, WA Boston, MA Overall Index: Homeowner, No Child care, Taxes Not Considered 167.8 153.4 Food […]

By one estimate, a household would need to make nearly $107,000 a year to afford a home in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue area with a 20% down payment. With less money to put down, you need an even higher income. For a buyer putting 10% down, the salary threshold increases to about $125,000. How are people affording […]

Table Population Income & Poverty Median household income (in 2019 dollars), 2015-2019 $92,263 Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2019 dollars), 2015-2019 $59,835 Persons in poverty, percent  11.0% What is the poverty level in Seattle? In 2018, the federal poverty income threshold was $25,465 for a family of four with two children, […]

Linked by road, rail, ship, and air to global distribution networks, the city has grown to take on international economic importance, a development that owes much to Seattle’s role as one of the world’s leading centres for the manufacture of high technology and for Internet-based commerce. Inc. town, 1865; city, 1869. Is Seattle a major […]

But the number leaving the city limits soared, by 36%. In all, 43,350 households requested moves into the city in 2020, and 69,432 moved out. That means the net migration out of the city was more than 26,000 households. In a city with about 351,000 households, that’s a big change, a potential decline of 7%. […]