Best PlacesView Ridge, Seattle, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around View Ridge, Seattle, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
View Ridge, Seattle ranks 98th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in View Ridge, Seattle
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.
View Ridge, Seattle's strengths and weaknesses
Where View Ridge, Seattle ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Household income$185,101 median, better than 98% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
Where View Ridge, Seattle ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,022 a month, better than only 7% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 25% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 35% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in View Ridge, Seattle
A household needs to earn about $320,000 a year to comfortably buy the median View Ridge, Seattle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $185,101, 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 View Ridge, Seattle's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 View Ridge, Seattle
View Ridge, Seattle runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for View Ridge, Seattle.
Who works in View Ridge, Seattle, and how
Work in View Ridge, Seattle centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 43%
- Work from home 38%
- Transit, walk, or bike 19%
Life in View Ridge, Seattle
The coast is about 9 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across View Ridge, Seattle, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in View Ridge, Seattle, month by month
View Ridge, Seattle sees roughly 152 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 42° | 35° |
| April | 62° | 52° | 43° |
| July | 81° | 68° | 58° |
| October | 63° | 54° | 46° |
Flying in and out of View Ridge, Seattle
The nearest airport, Boeing Field/King County International, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 16 miles away.
View Ridge, Seattle 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 View Ridge, Seattle against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in View Ridge, Seattle
Is View Ridge, Seattle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, View Ridge, Seattle ranks 98th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on an educated workforce, high incomes, and quiet, and lowest on childcare costs and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is View Ridge, Seattle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,238,687. The overall cost of living runs about 33% above the national average. Set against a $185,101 median income, cost of living beats 95% of neighborhoods.
Is View Ridge, Seattle safe?
View Ridge, Seattle is safer than 38% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $690 per resident a year.
Compare View Ridge, Seattle with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to View Ridge, Seattle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in View Ridge, Seattle 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.
View Ridge, Seattle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for View Ridge, Seattle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in View Ridge, Seattle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of View Ridge, Seattle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in View Ridge, Seattle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
View Ridge, Seattle 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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