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/West Seattle
66fit
West Seattle
Official district: West Seattle
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · SPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
Alki is the beach; the Junction is the errand. A peninsula that feels like a second city until the bridge backs up. You come for the water and stay because the grocery is still a walk.
alkiadmiraljunctionfauntleroy
Best in Seattle for familiesWalkable SeattleUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
100
98 violent · 1199 property · 22.4 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)+50 vs city set
Schools
74
Rating 7.8 / 10 nearby+22 vs city set
Walk
48
OSM: 23 groceries · 30 cafes · 235 transit · 80 parks+12 vs city set
Cost
100
$2,022 ACS median vs your rent budget+2 vs city set
Vibe
27
OSM: 30 cafes · 90 restaurants · 26 bars · 80 parks-1 vs city set
Commute to work
From West Seattle, a typical weekday is 22 min to Downtown, 26 min to South Lake Union, 34 min to University. Not live traffic.
Downtown is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Downtown
22 min
Pike Place, Pioneer Square · +4 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
South Lake Union
26 min
Amazon, Cascade · +7 min vs the city-set median
University
34 min
UW campus, the Ave · +13 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 $2,022 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 18% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($134K) could “afford” about $3,353 a month at 30% of pay.
42% of households rent. Median home value is $944,567.
ACS median rent
$2,022
30% income budget
$3,353
Rent / income
18%
Median home
$944,567
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Seattle city. Up 79% since 2014. West Seattle is 0% 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: 23 groceries, 30 cafes, 80 parks, and 235 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 80 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (235 stops or stations).
30 cafes and 90 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the Seattle set.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 15 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
58,033
Median age
41.4
Median income
$134K
Renters
42%
Bachelor+
67%
Violent / 1k
1.7
Property / 1k
20.7
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 13 census tracts · 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.
Alki is the beach; the Junction is the errand; Fauntleroy is the ferry. A peninsula that feels like a second city until the bridge backs up. You come for the water. You stay because the grocery is still a walk in the Junction.
The official district is large — Admiral is not Arbor Heights. Weight lake and family. Delridge is the inland valley next door. Downtown is a bridge, which is the whole conversation on a Friday at 5.
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.
623 reports
- Abandoned Vehicle/72hr Parking Ordinance129
- Graffiti84
- General Inquiry - Customer Service Bureau71
- Illegal Dumping / Needles54
- Overgrown Vegetation48
- Abandoned Vehicle/72hr Parking Ordinance
- Abandoned Vehicle/72hr Parking Ordinance
- Abandoned Vehicle/72hr Parking Ordinance
- Abandoned Vehicle/72hr Parking Ordinance
- Graffiti
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: the beach, lost-and-found, and pets.
- lost cat in west seattle near 6955 delridge way sw
r/Seattle · Aug 31 · 174 upvotes · 13 comments
- ice kidnapping on i5 north near the West Seattle exit
r/Seattle · Sep 1 · 47 upvotes · 2 comments
- careful going onto the on ramp from I5 to west seattle.
r/Seattle · Aug 29 · 21 upvotes · 4 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 West Seattle safe?
West Seattle sits on the quieter side of this Seattle map (safety 100 vs city 50). SPD logged 1.7 violent and 20.7 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 22.4 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in West Seattle?
ACS median rent is $2,022 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 42% of households rent. Median home value is $944,567. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is West Seattle walkable?
Walk is 48 here vs 36 for the Seattle set — some errands work on foot; some still need a ride. Inside 800 meters: 23 groceries, 30 cafes, 235 transit stops, 80 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is West Seattle good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 7.8 / 10. Median age is 41.4. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from West Seattle?
22 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 West Seattle?
About 58,033 people. Median income $134K. 67% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to West Seattle?
Delridge, Greater Duwamish, Downtown sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official districts, start with West Seattle vs Delridge.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
West Seattle vs DelridgeWest Seattle vs Greater DuwamishWest Seattle vs Downtown
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
44fit
Delridge
$2K median rent
The valley west of the Duwamish. More house than scene. High Point’s new streets sit next to older blocks that still feel like south end Seattle.
Family streetsWalk 28Safety 53
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
38fit
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