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Bellevue market snapshot

Median Sale Price
$1900K
Median Days on Market
39 days
Active Listings
292

RentCast market data · King County County, Washington

About Bellevue, Washington

Bellevue ( BEL-vew) is a city in the Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, located across Lake Washington from Seattle. It is the third-largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area, and the fifth-largest city in Washington. It has variously been characterized as a satellite city, a suburb, a boomburb, or an edge city. The population was 151,854 at the 2020 census. The city's name is derived from the French term belle vue ("beautiful view").

Bellevue is home to some of the world's largest technology companies. Before and after the 2008 recession, its downtown area has been undergoing rapid change with many high-rise projects being constructed. Downtown Bellevue is currently the second-largest city center in Washington state, with 1,300 businesses, 45,000 employees, and 10,200 residents. In a 2018 estimate, the city's median household income was among the top five cities in the state of Washington.

In 2008, Bellevue was number one in CNNMoney's list of the best places to live and launch a business, and in 2010 was again ranked as the fourth-best place to live in America. In 2014, Bellevue was ranked as the second-best place to live by USA Today.

Bellevue by the numbers

Population 151,199 · Median age 38.3 yrs · Census ACS 2023

Median household income

Bellevue's median household income of $161,300 compares to $94,952 statewide and $78,538 nationally, per Census ACS 2023 5-year estimates.

Median age (years)

The median age in Bellevue is 38.3 yrs, compared to 38.2 yrs for Washington and 38.7 yrs nationally.

Gender split

Bellevue is 50.8% male and 49.2% female, per Census ACS estimates.

Population trend — Bellevue

Bellevue's population grew 4.7% from 2019 to 2023, per Census ACS 5-year estimates.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Washington government

Governor

Bob Ferguson

Democrat

U.S. Senators

House Representatives (10)

Source: Congress.gov, Wikidata. Federal legislators represent Washington statewide or by congressional district.

Bellevue economy

Bellevue is an economic hub of the Seattle region's Eastside and home to the headquarters of various sizes of companies, including the U.S. operations for many international firms. Since 2005, the city has become a hub for software engineering and other technology development centers. These include PACCAR Inc, T-Mobile US, Eddie Bauer, SAP Concur, and Symetra. Bellevue hosts a number of satellite offices for large technology companies such as eBay, Meta, ByteDance, Oracle, Salesforce, Google, and Microsoft; Microsoft was at one point headquartered in Bellevue but has since moved to the neighboring community of Redmond, Washington. Celebrated video game companies Valve, Bungie, Sucker Punch Productions, and The Pokémon Company International are also based here. In 2019, Amazon and Facebook announced plans to open large engineering centers in Bellevue with plans to add several thousand employees. In 2018, Google also opened a major engineering facility in downtown Bellevue. As of 2020, there are several high-rise office buildings in Downtown Bellevue that are under construction or in active planning and design phases, including Bellevue 600, part of a major Amazon campus. Several high-rise residential buildings are also planned in downtown, spurred in part by future light rail service, on former retail and low-rise commercial lots. As of 2024, Amazon has 12,000 employees in Bellevue and has reduced its workforce in Seattle. By the late 2010s, Microsoft had become the largest em…

Source: Wikipedia article on Bellevue under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bellevue real estate news

Recent news about the Bellevue housing market. Source: Google News.

Bellevue real estate — frequently asked questions

What is the median home price in Bellevue?
The median home sale price in Bellevue, WA is $1,899,900, based on the most recent available sales data.
How long do homes stay on the market in Bellevue?
Homes in Bellevue sell in a median of 39 days.
What is the cost of living like in Bellevue?
Bellevue has a median household income of $161,300, per U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates.
Who lives in Bellevue?
Bellevue has a population of 151,199 with a median age of 38.3 years, per U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates.
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