West · Washington · pop 750K
Seattle, WA
Fair match
at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.
Personalize this score →After estimated taxes in WA, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,412 — covering estimated essentials here (about $1,955 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $648 left over.
There's plenty to do — roughly 38 restaurants, arts, and recreation spots per 10k residents.
Expect summer highs near 78°F, winter lows around 37°F, and about 152 sunny days a year.
Tradeoff: reported crime rates are higher than most cities here, so research specific neighborhoods before deciding.
The Seattle fit print
Est. monthly cost
$4,764/mo
Typical rent
$2,300/mo
Home value ÷ income
7.3×
Score breakdown
The data behind the score
Money (Census ACS · HUD)
- Median gross rent
- $2,000/mo
- HUD fair market rent (2BR)
- $2,300/mo
- Median home value
- $850,000
- Median household income
- $116,000
- Population
- 750,000
Work (BLS)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.8%
- Job growth (1yr)
- 1.0%
Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)
- Violent crime rate
- 730
- Property crime rate
- 5,300
Climate (NOAA normals)
- Avg. summer high
- 78°F
- Avg. winter low
- 37°F
- Sunny days / year
- 152
- Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
- ≈1/yr
- Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
- ≈4/yr
- Unhealthy air days
- ≈9/yr
- Annual rain
- 38"
- Annual snow
- 5"
Community & access (approx.)
- 2024 county margin
- D+52
- Int'l airport
- ≈14 mi
- Walkability
- 74/100
- Disaster risk
- 70/100
Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.
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