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/Seward Park
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Seward Park
Official district: Seward Park
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · SPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
The peninsula in the lake. A loop trail, old houses, and almost no night. The smallest official district on this map, and the one that feels furthest from downtown without leaving the city.
lakewood
Best in Seattle for familiesWalkable SeattleUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
95
5 violent · 130 property · 24.1 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)+45 vs city set
Schools
87
Rating 8.2 / 10 nearby+35 vs city set
Walk
0
OSM: 1 groceries · 2 cafes · 26 transit · 18 parks-36 vs city set
Cost
82
$2,667 ACS median vs your rent budget-16 vs city set
Vibe
0
OSM: 2 cafes · 2 restaurants · 1 bars · 18 parks-28 vs city set
Commute to work
From Seward Park, a typical weekday is 26 min to Downtown, 30 min to South Lake Union, 28 min to University. Not live traffic.
Downtown is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Downtown
26 min
Pike Place, Pioneer Square · +8 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
South Lake Union
30 min
Amazon, Cascade · +11 min vs the city-set median
University
28 min
UW campus, the Ave · +7 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 $2,667 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 16% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($197K) could “afford” about $4,933 a month at 30% of pay.
11% of households rent. Median home value is $1,037,700.
ACS median rent
$2,667
30% income budget
$4,933
Rent / income
16%
Median home
$1,037,700
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Seattle city. Up 79% since 2014. Seward Park is 31% 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: 1 grocery, 2 cafes, 18 parks, and 26 transit stops.
You will likely ride or drive for a weekly shop. Parks are close — 18 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (26 stops or stations).
2 cafes and 2 restaurants sit in the same radius.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 0 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
5,610
Median age
45.2
Median income
$197K
Renters
11%
Bachelor+
76%
Violent / 1k
0.9
Property / 1k
23.2
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 1 census tract · SPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM 2026-09-04
Family streetsWaterfront
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.
A peninsula in Lake Washington with a loop trail and almost no night. The smallest official district in this set. Old houses, a park that is actually a park, and a drive to everything that is not the water.
Weight lake and safety. Rainier Valley is the official neighbor and a different city in practice. If you wanted Columbia City’s strip, you are one district over.
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.
122 reports
- Graffiti42
- Parks and Recreation Maintenance17
- General Inquiry - Customer Service Bureau9
- General Inquiry - Transportation8
- Illegal Dumping / Needles8
- Parks and Recreation Maintenance
- General Inquiry - Transportation
- General Inquiry - Public Utilities
- General Inquiry - Customer Service Bureau
- Parks and Recreation Maintenance
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: parks, lost-and-found, and pets.
- Running event at Seward Park today?
r/Seattle · Aug 28 · 4 upvotes · 2 comments
- Missing cat near Seward Park?
r/Seattle · Sep 4 · 1 upvote
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 Seward Park safe?
Seward Park sits on the quieter side of this Seattle map (safety 95 vs city 50). SPD logged 0.9 violent and 23.2 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 24.1 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Seward Park?
ACS median rent is $2,667 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 11% of households rent. Median home value is $1,037,700. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Seward Park walkable?
Walk is 0 here vs 36 for the Seattle set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 1 groceries, 2 cafes, 26 transit stops, 18 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Seward Park good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 8.2 / 10. Median age is 45.2. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Seward Park?
26 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 Seward Park?
About 5,610 people. Median income $197K. 76% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Seward Park?
Rainier Valley, Beacon Hill, Central Area sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official districts, start with Seward Park vs Rainier Valley.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Seward Park vs Rainier ValleySeward Park vs Beacon HillSeward Park vs Central Area
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Rainier Valley
$2K median rent
Columbia City is the search; Rainier Valley is the official district. Light rail down the middle, Mount Baker at the lake, and a food strip that is not a tourist reconstruction.
Family streetsWalk 57Safety 32
50fit
Central Area
$2K median rent
The CD on the map, Madrona and Leschi on the lake edge. Older Seattle — churches, new infill, and a name people still argue about.
Family streetsWalk 44Safety 26
49fit
Beacon Hill
$2K median rent
The ridge above I-5 with a light-rail spine. Jefferson Park is the lawn; downtown is a short train, not a short walk.
Family streetsWalk 31Safety 74
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Greater Duwamish
$2K median rent
Georgetown’s bars sit inside an industrial official district. SODO and the port set the noise. A relocator list that skipped this polygon would be lying about the map.
NightlifeWalk 38Safety 0