Bellevue, WA: Local News, Events & Neighbors

Bellevue (, BEL-vew) is a city in the Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, located across Lake Washington from Seattle. It is the third-largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area, and the fifth-largest city in Washington. It has variously been characterized as a satellite city, a suburb, a boomburb, or an edge city. The population was 151,854 at the 2020 census. The city's name is derived from the French term belle vue ("beautiful view"). Bellevue is home to some of the world's largest technology companies. Before and after the 2008 recession, its downtown area has been undergoing rapid change with many high-rise projects being constructed. Downtown Bellevue is curr…

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How Bellevue ranks

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#7Most educated in WA #11Most remote workers in WA #5Rent easiest to afford in WA All WA rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code98004, 98005, 98006

Area code425

Living in Bellevue

Housing in Bellevue

$1.42M▼ 3.9% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Bellevue home is worth about $1,418,000, down 3.9% in a year, 140% above the Washington typical home.

A balanced market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market15

Sale-to-list99.1%

Sold in May125

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Safety in Bellevue

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Safety Grade C-

Bellevue reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 78% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 55%.

Violent crime per 1,000

Bellevue 1.1

Washington 2.9

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Bellevue 21.7

Washington 20.2

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Bellevue

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School Grade A+

The public schools Bellevue’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 96% of Washington’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

DistrictBellevue School DistrictSchools62

Somerset Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 741 students Stevenson ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 581 students Jing Mei Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 577 students Woodridge ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 554 students Cherry Crest Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 553 students Newport Heights ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 549 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within WA. Ratings are from neighbors.