Best PlacesBellevue, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bellevue, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bellevue ranks 4,776th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bellevue
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Bellevue's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bellevue ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
Where Bellevue ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 15% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$974 a month, better than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bellevue
A household needs to earn about $155,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bellevue home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $89,850, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Bellevue's effective rate of 0.34%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bellevue
Bellevue runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bellevue.
Who works in Bellevue, and how
Work in Bellevue centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Bellevue
Bellevue has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Bellevue and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bellevue, month by month
Bellevue sees roughly 126 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 23° | 16° |
| April | 55° | 43° | 33° |
| July | 86° | 70° | 54° |
| October | 58° | 45° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Bellevue
The nearest airport, Friedman Memorial, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 99 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bellevue
Schools across Bellevue average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bellevue Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Hailey Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Alturas Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wood River Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Camas County High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Wood River High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bellevue school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bellevue measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Bellevue against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bellevue
Is Bellevue a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bellevue ranks 4,776th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, biking, and heat safety, and lowest on distance from a big city and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bellevue expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $631,460. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $89,850 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Bellevue safe?
Bellevue is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $383 per resident a year.
Compare Bellevue with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bellevue. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bellevue represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Bellevue detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bellevue: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bellevue: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bellevue: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bellevue: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bellevue detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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