77fit
Downtown
$2K median rent
Pike Place to Pioneer Square to Belltown to First Hill — one official district, four different nights. Visitor traffic inflates the Part I rate. Walk scores max.
NightlifePlannedWalk 100Safety 5
Seattle/Queen Anne
47fit
Queen Anne
Official district: Queen Anne
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · SPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
The hill looks at downtown; Lower Queen Anne eats after the game. Counterbalance and a grocery you can walk to if you picked the right side of the ridge.
lower queen anneuptownseattle center
Best in Seattle for familiesWalkable SeattleUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
21
103 violent · 2225 property · 54.8 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)-29 vs city set
Schools
74
Rating 7.8 / 10 nearby+22 vs city set
Walk
33
OSM: 16 groceries · 35 cafes · 158 transit · 56 parks-3 vs city set
Cost
100
$2,141 ACS median vs your rent budget+2 vs city set
Vibe
23
OSM: 35 cafes · 88 restaurants · 26 bars · 56 parks-5 vs city set
Commute to work
From Queen Anne, a typical weekday is 10 min to Downtown, 10 min to South Lake Union, 18 min to University. Not live traffic.
Downtown is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Downtown
10 min
Pike Place, Pioneer Square · -8 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
South Lake Union
10 min
Amazon, Cascade · -9 min vs the city-set median
University
18 min
UW campus, the Ave · -3 min vs the city-set median
Minutes are baked from neighborhood geography to three job centers — not Google, not this hour’s traffic.
Cost of living
The ACS median rent is $2,141 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 19% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($136K) could “afford” about $3,393 a month at 30% of pay.
61% of households rent. Median home value is $1,093,603.
ACS median rent
$2,141
30% income budget
$3,393
Rent / income
19%
Median home
$1,093,603
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Seattle city. Up 79% since 2014. Queen Anne is 5% above the 2024 city median.
Overlapping 5-year ACS windows (B25064), not asking rent. Census does not publish a rent series for each official neighborhood, so the line is the city place. The dashed mark is this area’s ACS 2024 median.
HUD treats 30% of income as the cost-burden line. We do not split ACS rent into 1-bed vs 2-bed. Method.
Within a walk
Within a short walk of this official district: 16 groceries, 35 cafes, 56 parks, and 158 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 56 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (158 stops or stations).
35 cafes and 88 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the Seattle set.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 6 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
42,490
Median age
35.4
Median income
$136K
Renters
61%
Bachelor+
75%
Violent / 1k
2.4
Property / 1k
52.4
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 11 census tracts · SPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM 2026-09-04
NightlifeFamily streets
Crime is SPD Part I reports per 1,000 ACS residents — not a judgment of who lives here. Home and rent figures are ACS medians, not live MLS. Read the method.
On the ground
What it is like to live here, beyond the scores.
The counterbalance, the view of downtown, and Lower Queen Anne after a Sonics-that-isn’t night at Climate Pledge. Uptown is the search for the flats; Queen Anne is the official hill. Groceries exist if you picked the right side of the ridge.
You will walk some errands and still own a car for the rest. Weight walk on the lowland, family on the crown. Magnolia is quieter. Downtown is the stack you are looking at.
Compiled from Zillow neighborhood guides, 5280 Magazine, Chicago and San Francisco resident guides, Mpls With Love, Eastside LA reporting, Seattle Times coverage, and local writing, 2025–2026. Editorial — not part of the fit score.
Reported here lately
City 311 service requests in this official unit, last 14 days. This is what neighbors filed with the city — not a chat thread, and not part of the fit score.
875 reports
- Unauthorized Encampment167
- Abandoned Vehicle/72hr Parking Ordinance151
- Scooter or Bike Share Issue128
- Illegal Dumping / Needles98
- Graffiti90
- Streetlight Maintenance
- Scooter or Bike Share Issue
- Unauthorized Encampment
- Illegal Dumping / Needles
- Scooter or Bike Share Issue
City of Seattle 311 (Find It, Fix It), last 14 days, mapped to Neighborhood Map Atlas districts. No street addresses stored. Method.
On Reddit
Public posts from r/Seattle that mention this neighborhood. Not Nextdoor, not people on this block, and not part of the fit score.
In r/Seattle lately: lost-and-found, housing, and the police.
- Beware: Cougar sighted late evening, Saturday, in Queen Anne.
r/Seattle · Aug 31 · 696 upvotes · 156 comments
- 15-year-old Seattle Center shooting suspect denied home release
r/Seattle · Sep 2 · 517 upvotes · 186 comments
- After Seattle Center shooting, Mayor Wilson says police will update the public faster
r/Seattle · Sep 2 · 86 upvotes · 40 comments
The line above is a reading of the titles, not a verdict. Up to 3 links, last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Queen Anne safe?
Queen Anne shows more Part I than most of this Seattle set (safety 21 vs city 50). SPD logged 2.4 violent and 52.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 54.8 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Queen Anne?
ACS median rent is $2,141 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 61% of households rent. Median home value is $1,093,603. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Queen Anne walkable?
Walk is 33 here vs 36 for the Seattle set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 16 groceries, 35 cafes, 158 transit stops, 56 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Queen Anne good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 7.8 / 10. Median age is 35.4. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Queen Anne?
10 typical weekday minutes to Downtown. Not the app on your phone this hour. Other job centers are further down this page.
How many people live in Queen Anne?
About 42,490 people. Median income $136K. 75% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Queen Anne?
Interbay, Cascade, North Central sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official districts, start with Queen Anne vs Interbay.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Queen Anne vs InterbayQueen Anne vs CascadeQueen Anne vs North Central
60fit
North Central
$2K median rent
The official district glues Fremont, Wallingford, Green Lake, and Phinney Ridge. Search those names. The troll, the lake loop, and the Sunday streets are all in here.
NightlifeWaterfrontFamily streetsWalk 42Safety 58
47fit
Magnolia
$3K median rent
A peninsula with one way in. Discovery Park is the amenity; the quiet is the product. You will drive more than you think, and hear less than almost anywhere else on this map.
Family streetsWaterfrontWalk 17Safety 84
40fit
Interbay
$2K median rent
The cut between Magnolia and Queen Anne. Tracks, yards, a driving range, and a few apartment stacks. You live here for the commute, not the block party.
Walk 10Safety 68
33fit
Cascade
$3K median rent
The official name is Cascade. Search South Lake Union or Eastlake. Amazon’s campus, Lake Union, and a skyline that did not exist fifteen years ago.
PlannedWaterfrontNightlifeWalk 18Safety 11