• What is Seattle like?


• What is the weather in Seattle?


• What are the neighborhoods in Seattle?


• What neighborhoods in Seattle are close to downtown?


• What neighborhoods in Seattle are Family-friendly?


• What are the schools in Seattle? (You could search for apartments around the school)

Apartments for rent in Seattle

What is Seattle like?

Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of North America and the largest city on the West Coast north of San Francisco. It is a major coastal seaport city and the seat of King County, in the U.S. state of Washington. There are 620,778 residents living in this city making its population density is about 7,251 people per square smile. Being a major gateway for trade with Asia, Seattle is the 8th largest port in the United States and 9th largest in North America in terms of container handling. It was known as the “Queen City” until 1982. This is a very beautiful city which has two official slogans: "The City of Flowers", meant to encourage the planting of flowers to beautify the city, and "The City of Goodwill", adopted prior to the 1990 Goodwill Games.

What is the weather in Seattle?

Seattle’s climate is oceanic or temperate marine with mild, wet winters and warm, dry summers. Seattle is in the top 5 rainiest U.S. cities by number of precipitations days, and it gets the least amount of annual sunlight of all major cities in the lower-48 states. Seattle experiences moderate rain and heavy rain during the months of November, December, and January.

Autumn, winter, and spring are frequently characterized by rain. Winters are cool and wet with average lows in the mid 30s °F (2–4 °C) at night, with 28 annual days with nightly lows of 32 °F or colder, and two days with daily highs at or below freezing. Summers are fairly dry and warm by comparison, with average daytime highs around 73 °F, and with temperatures reaching 90 °F on three days per year. Thunderstorms are rare; the city reports thunder on just seven days per year. Seattle typically receives some snowfall on an annual basis but heavy snow is rare. Average annual snowfall is 5.9 inches.

What are the neighborhoods in Seattle?

What neighborhoods in Seattle are close to downtown?

Lower Queen Anne

Lower Queen Anne is one of the older areas of the city, which is located at the base of Queen Anne Hill. Lower Queen Anne is best known for Seattle Center including the Key Arena, McCaw Hall, the Bagley Wright Theater, and other performance venues, and was the site of the 1962 World's Fair. There is no place that better than Lower Queen Anne to live. This neighborhood is the center of Seattle with hundreds of restaurants, bars, and fast-food locations, such as Pagliacci Pizza, Dick's Drive In, & The Mecca Cafe. Apartment and condo communities sit a wide array of shopping possibilities, many with a contemporary look. The average rental price is $1,100 per month for a one bedroom apartment. Though Lower Queen Anne is considered an urban neighborhood, there are plenty of green spaces, including Myrtle Edwards Park on the waterfront. Lower QA is a great place for first apartments: it is near downtown, but residential enough to make you feel at home.

The bottom line: lots of restaurants, bars, shops, convenient location.

Eastlake

Named for its location on the east side of Lake Union, Eastlake is one of the oldest and most inviting neighborhoods in the city. It is located between the University District and Downtown Seattle, giving it an ideal position to live because it is close to everything the city has to offer. The main thoroughfare is Eastlake Avenue and is populated with landmark restaurants and taverns, salons, burger joints, small businesses, art galleries, fine dining and shops. Eastlake spreads itself like a large saddle over two bodies of water known as Lake Union and Portage Bay. Eastlake possesses the warmth and eccentric feel of a beach community, with lush gardens and brightly painted houses. One of the streets in the area has a line of homes in green, pink, purple, yellow, and red.

In Eastlake, you'll find every style of housing possible, from condos to bungalows and even houseboats. The landlocked homes enjoy a view of downtown and the Olympic Mountains. Along Eastlake Avenue in the heart of the community, you'll find plenty of shopping and dining possibilities, from landmark restaurants to burger joints. In the 1970s and 1980s, several parks and public art spaces were created in the neighborhood, many of which are situated at street ends, where the street meets the water. Though being one of the more expensive communities in Seattle, people living in Eastlake always happy because of its convenience. The average rental price of a one bedroom apartment is about $1,250 per month.

The bottom line: convenient, lots of housing choices, high rental price, beautiful.

What neighborhoods in Seattle are Family-friendly?     

Fremont

Fremont is seen as Center of the Universe, the place where all things and people gravitate toward. It is one of Seattle's most artistic and eclectic communities, and one of the trendiest areas of the city for couples, young professionals, and artists. This is a neighborhood that is haughty with charm and enthusiasm for—everything.
Although Fremont is known for the arts, there are also plenty of green spaces, including the B.F. Day Playfield, and the Burke-Gilman bike trail. Just east of Fremont is the large and ever-popular Gasworks Park. You and your family will enjoy the Sunday markets in Fremont. This market hosts blocks of items like fresh vegetables and fruits, crafts and food vendors selling gyros and other street fair type items. There is a lively social scene in the neighborhood with plenty of options to choose from. There are coffee and tea shops on virtually every corner and some of the best bakeries in the city. There are a number of popular nightspots that range of the most modern to swanky hole-in-the-wall. Fremont has just about everything you can imagine. The average rental price is about $600-$700 for a one bedroom apartment per month.

The bottom line: interesting, charm, low rental price, good for couples.

Ballard

Ballard is one of the oldest neighborhoods and one of the most distinctive neighborhoods in Seattle.

It is an established community that has its own library branches, five elementary schools, a high school, live music, and strip club. Despite the strip club, Ballard is a mild-mannered, family friendly type of place.

Ballard is also one of Seattle's hottest neighborhoods for shopping, dining, and drinking. Most of the shopping and dining opportunities are found along Ballard Ave and Market Street. There are trendy cafes, neighborhood pubs, and unique shops which have made Ballard a favorite destination for locals and visitors alike. Ballard’s pubs, like its restaurants, are often known as much for their unusual settings as for their excellent fare. Converted hardware stores, historic buildings and Ballard’s famous library have become settings for unique meeting places, adding to the attractive atmosphere that makes up one of Seattle’s most popular neighborhoods.
The living arrangements are diverse and range from ramblers to condos. Recently, around a dozen condo/retail locations were in development that, all told, contributed about two thousand or more new households to the area. It costs you about $1300 to rent a two bedroom apartment in this neighborhood.

The bottom line: family friendly, lots of shops, restaurants, many houses to choose.

What are the schools in Seattle?

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• Adams Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98107
• Ae #2 (Decatur) School - Seattle, WA, 98115
• African American Academy K-8 - Seattle, WA, 98118
• Aki Kurose Middle School - Seattle, WA, 98118
• Alcuin School - Seattle, WA, 98119
• Alki Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98116
• Amazing Grace Christian School - Seattle, WA, 98118
• Antioch University Seattle - Seattle, WA, 98121
• Arbor Heights Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98146
• Argosy University-Seattle - Seattle, WA, 98121
• Argosy University-Seattle Campus - Seattle, WA, 98109
• Art Institute Of Seattle - Seattle, WA, 98121
• Arts & Academics Academy - Seattle, WA, 98146
• As #1 (Pinehurst) K-8 School - Seattle, WA, 98125
• Assumption St Bridget School - Seattle, WA, 98115
• Aviation High School - Seattle, WA, 98108
• Ballard High School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98117
• Beacon Hill Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98144
• Bertschi School - Seattle, WA, 98102
• Beverly Park Elementary At Glendale School - Seattle, WA, 98168
• B F Day Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98103
• Billings Middle School - Seattle, WA, 98115
• Birth To 3 Contracts School - Seattle, WA, 98134
• Bishop Blanchet High School - Seattle, WA, 98103
• Black River High School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98178
• Boyer Clinic School - Seattle, WA, 98112
• Brighton Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98126
• Bright Water School - Seattle, WA, 98102
• Broadview-Thomson Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98133
• Bryant Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98115
• Bryn Mawr Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98178
• Business Career Training Institute: Seattle - Seattle, WA, 98188
• Campbell Hill Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98178
• Career Link School - Seattle, WA, 98106
• Cascade Middle School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98146
• Cascade View Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98168
• Catharine Blaine K-8 School - Seattle, WA, 98199
• Childhaven School - Seattle, WA, 98102
• Children'S House Montessori School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98118
• Christ The King Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98133
• Cleveland High School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98108
• Coe Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98119
• Concord Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98108
• Concordia Lutheran School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98115
• Cooper Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98106
• Cornish College Of The Arts - Seattle, WA, 98121
• Cortiva Institute-Brian Utting School Of Massage - Seattle, WA, 98109
• Cortiva Institute-Seattle - Seattle, WA, 98109
• Cri Career Training - Seattle, WA, 98125
• Daniel Bagley Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98103
• Dartmoor School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98115
• Dearborn Park Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98108
• Denny Middle School - Seattle, WA, 98106
• Dimmitt Middle School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98178
• Divers Institute Of Technology - Seattle, WA, 98107
• Dunlap Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98118
• Eckstein Middle School - Seattle, WA, 98115
• Educational Advancement Academy, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98115
• Education Service Centers School - Seattle, WA, 98108
• Emerson Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98118
• Epiphany School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98122
• Evening School (Marshall) - Seattle, WA, 98103
• Everest College, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98133
• Experimental Education Unit School - Seattle, WA, 98195
• Explorer West Middle School - Seattle, WA, 98126
• Fairview Christian School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98115
• Family Academy And Academy Northwest - Seattle, WA, 98166
• First Place School - Seattle, WA, 98122
• Franklin High School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98144
• Garfield High School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98122
• Gatewood Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98136
• Gatzert Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98122
• Gene Juarez Academy Of Beauty - Seattle, WA, 98125
• Giddens School - Seattle, WA, 98144
• Graham Hill Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98118
• Green Lake Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98103
• Greenwood Academy Of Hair - Seattle, WA, 98103
• Greenwood Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98117
• Hamilton International Middle School - Seattle, WA, 98103
• Hamlin Robinson School - Seattle, WA, 98168
• Hawthorne Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98118
• Hay Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98109
• Head Start School, Seattle, WA, 98106 - Seattle, WA, 98106
• Head Start School, Seattle, WA, 98134 - Seattle, WA, 98134
• Health Sciences & Human Services School - Seattle, WA, 98146
• Highland Park Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98106
• High Point Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98126
• Hilltop Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98168
• Holy Family School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98106
• Holy Names Academy - Seattle, WA, 98112
• Holy Rosary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98116
• Home School Resource Center, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98117
• Hope Lutheran School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98116
• Hutch School - Seattle, WA, 98109
• Ingraham High School - Seattle, WA, 98133
• Interagency Programs School - Seattle, WA, 98134
• International Academy Of Design & Technology - Seattle, WA, 98188
• Itt Technical Institute-Seattle - Seattle, WA, 98168
• Jane Addams K-8 School - Seattle, WA, 98125
• John Muir Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98144
• John Rogers Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98125
• John Stanford International Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98105
• Kimball Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98144
• King County Detention Center School - Seattle, WA, 98122
• Kitchen Academy, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98188
• Lafayette Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98116
• Lakeridge Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98178
• Lakeside School Middle - Seattle, WA, 98125
• Lakeside School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98125
• Lake Washington Girls Middle School - Seattle, WA, 98122
• Laurelhurst Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98105
• Lawton Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98199
• Learning Way School - Seattle, WA, 98106
• Leschi Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98122
• Lowell Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98102
• Loyal Heights Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98117
• Madison Middle School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98116
• Madrona K-8 School - Seattle, WA, 98122
• Manhattan Learning Center School - Seattle, WA, 98148
• Maple Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98108
• Mars Hill Graduate School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98121
• Matheia School - Seattle, WA, 98117
• Mcclure Middle School - Seattle, WA, 98119
• Mcgilvra Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98112
• Meany Middle School - Seattle, WA, 98112
• Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder Mmsc Day School - Seattle, WA, 98105
• Mercer Middle School - Seattle, WA, 98108
• Middle College High School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98125
• Montlake Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98112
• Morningside Academy, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98109
• Mount View Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98146
• Nathan Hale High School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98125
• New Start School - Seattle, WA, 98146
• North Beach Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98117
• Northgate Christian Academy - Seattle, WA, 98133
• Northgate Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98125
• North Seattle Community College - Seattle, WA, 98103
• Northwest Montessori School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98115
• Nova High School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98122
• O Dea High School - Seattle, WA, 98104
• Olympic Hills Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98125
• Olympic View Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98115
• Orca (Columbia) School - Seattle, WA, 98118
• Our Lady Of Fatima School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98199
• Our Lady Of Guadalupe School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98126
• Our Lady Of The Lake School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98115
• Pacific Crest Montessori School - Seattle, WA, 98107
• Pathfinder K-8 School - Seattle, WA, 98116
• Pima Medical Institute, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98115
• Puget Sound Community School - Seattle, WA, 98105
• Rainier Beach High School - Seattle, WA, 98118
• Residential Consortium School - Seattle, WA, 98119
• Roosevelt High School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98115
• Roxhill Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98126
• Sacajawea Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98115
• Sanislo Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98106
• Schmitz Park Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98116
• Sealth High School - Seattle, WA, 98106
• Sea-Tac Occupational Skills Center School - Seattle, WA, 98148
• Seattle Academy - Seattle, WA, 98122
• Seattle Academy Of Fine Art - Seattle, WA, 98102
• Seattle Central Community College - Seattle, WA, 98122
• Seattle Community College-Central Campus - Seattle, WA, 98122
• Seattle Community College-North Campus - Seattle, WA, 98103
• Seattle Community College-South Campus - Seattle, WA, 98106
• Seattle Country Day School - Seattle, WA, 98109
• Seattle Girls School - Seattle, WA, 98144
• Seattle Hebrew Academy - Seattle, WA, 98112
• Seattle Institute Of Oriental Medicine - Seattle, WA, 98115
• Seattle Jewish Community School - Seattle, WA, 98125
• Seattle Lutheran High School - Seattle, WA, 98116
• Seattle Midwifery School - Seattle, WA, 98105
• Seattle Pacific University - Seattle, WA, 98119
• Seattle Pacific University, Wa - Seattle, WA, 98119
• Seattle Preparatory School - Seattle, WA, 98102
• Seattle University - Seattle, WA, 98104
• Seattle University, Albers School Of Business And Economics - Seattle, WA, 98122
• Seattle University, Fine Arts Department - Seattle, WA, 98104
• Seattle Urban Academy - Seattle, WA, 98118
• Seattle Vocational Institute - Seattle, WA, 98144
• Seattle Waldorf School - Seattle, WA, 98125
• Secondary Bilingual Orientation Center School - Seattle, WA, 98109
• Shorewood Christian School - Seattle, WA, 98126
• Showalter Middle School - Seattle, WA, 98168
• Southern Heights Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98168
• South Lake High School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98118
• South Seattle Community College - Seattle, WA, 98106
• Special Education Home Instruction School - Seattle, WA, 98103
• Special Education Service School - Seattle, WA, 98121
• Spruce St School - Seattle, WA, 98101
• St Alphonsus School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98107
• St Benedict School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98103
• St Bernadette School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98146
• St Catherine School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98115
• St Edward School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98118
• Stevens Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98112
• St George Parish School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98108
• St John School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98117
• St Joseph School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98112
• St Matthew Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98125
• St Paul School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98118
• St Therese School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98122
• Summit K-12 School - Seattle, WA, 98125
• Technology Engineering & Communications School - Seattle, WA, 98146
• The Bush School - Seattle, WA, 98112
• The Center School - Seattle, WA, 98109
• The Islamic School Of Seattle - Seattle, WA, 98122
• The Meridian School - Seattle, WA, 98103
• The New School At South Shore - Seattle, WA, 98118
• The Perkins School - Seattle, WA, 98115
• Thorndyke Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98188
• Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98144
• Tilden School - Seattle, WA, 98116
• Tops K-8 School - Seattle, WA, 98102
• Torah Day School Of Seattle - Seattle, WA, 98118
• T T Minor Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98122
• University Child Development School - Seattle, WA, 98105
• University Cooperative School - Seattle, WA, 98105
• University Of Phoenix-Seattle Campus - Seattle, WA, 98168
• University Of Washington - Seattle, WA, 98195
• University Of Washington, School Of Art - Seattle, WA, 98195
• University Of Washington-Seattle Campus - Seattle, WA, 98105
• University Preparatory School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98115
• Valley School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98112
• Van Asselt Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98108
• View Ridge Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98115
• Villa Academy - Seattle, WA, 98105
• Washington Middle School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98144
• Wedgwood Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98115
• West Seattle High School - Seattle, WA, 98116
• West Seattle Montessori School - Seattle, WA, 98126
• Westside School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98126
• West Woodland Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98107
• White Center Heights Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98168
• Whitman Middle School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98117
• Whittier Elementary School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98117
• Wing Luke Elementary School - Seattle, WA, 98118
• Woodside School, Seattle, WA - Seattle, WA, 98148
• Young Child Academy - Seattle, WA, 98109
• Zion Preparatory Academy - Seattle, WA, 98118