Best PlacesBellevue, NE 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 813th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and the weather 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 99% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 85% of cities
- Short commute20.7 minutes each way, better than 84% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 77% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of cities
Where Bellevue ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 52 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 15% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 22% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 38% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 40% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Bellevue
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bellevue home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,416, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 1.67%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bellevue
Bellevue runs younger 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 health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bellevue
Bellevue has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of cities and more parkland per resident than 94% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife 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 52 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 25° | 17° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 41° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 67° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Bellevue
Eppley Airfield sits about 11 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.6 million passengers in 2025, with 73 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bellevue
Schools across Bellevue average a B−, better than 55% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- West Elementary SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Bellevue Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Fairview Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Glenwood Middle SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Lewis Central Middle SchoolA+ · 71% proficient
- Lewis & Clark Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top high schools
- Lewis Central Senior High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Glenwood Senior High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Bellevue West Sr High SchoolB+ · 55% 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 2,097 cities.
Who Bellevue suits
Common questions about living in Bellevue
Is Bellevue a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bellevue ranks 813th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state finances, state infrastructure, and short commutes, and lowest on the weather and property taxes. 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 $251,471. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $90,416 median income, cost of living beats 68% of cities.
Is Bellevue safe?
Yes, Bellevue is safer than 63% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $279 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Bellevue?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 35 with lows near 17. That works out to about 52 pleasant days a year, more than 0% of cities.
Is Bellevue good for families?
Schools beat 55% of cities, crime safety beats 63%, and childcare runs $1,085 a month.
Compare Bellevue with other cities
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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