Global CityIntelligence

United States / North America

Seattle City Intelligence

Seattle is a Pacific-Northwest metropolis with a deep technology and aerospace economy, low-carbon hydroelectricity, and strong outdoor amenity. Seattle is a north america city of about 4.0M metro in United States. On the composite city-intelligence score, Seattle sits comfortably above the indexed median (84/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
4.0M metro
View of Seattle, United States

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Visual context

Additional verified imagery for Seattle, United States. Each photo is sourced from Wikimedia Commons with full attribution and a permissive license.

Overall score

Seattle is most useful for users comparing tech-sector depth and clean-energy context against affordability and rainfall-related considerations.

Overall84/100
Affordability60/100
Air quality84/100
Energy90/100

Overall city intelligence

Strong

84/100

Strong tech and clean-energy profile balanced against housing pressure.

Tech-sector depth

Very high

Software, cloud, and aerospace ecosystems shape opportunity.

Energy mix

Low-carbon

Hydropower supports a favorable transition baseline.

Seattle data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Seattle city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score84/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living60/100Seattle is expensive on housing and central services, partially offset by amenity, services, and tech-sector wage depth.
Air Quality84/100Seattle has strong baseline air quality with episodic wildfire smoke the main seasonal concern.
Energy90/100Seattle operates with a low-carbon electricity baseline led by hydropower, with active building and transport electrification work.
Safety78/100Seattle has solid overall safety with neighborhood variation and property-related opportunistic risks the main day-to-day concern.
Internet Speed90/100Seattle delivers fast fiber broadband and reliable mobile coverage, supporting a deep technology and remote-work community.
Climate Risk76/100Seattle faces moderate climate exposure from heat, atmospheric-river rainfall, and seasonal wildfire smoke, balanced by active adaptation.
Resilience80/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety76/100
Low crime79/100
Personal safety78/100
Night safety69/100
Road safety76/100

Seattle is estimated to be a generally safe city (76/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators, though night-time scores run lower.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life83/100
Healthcare86/100
Education90/100
Green space81/100
Cleanliness87/100
Infrastructure98/100
Mobility73/100

Seattle has a very high quality-of-life estimate (83/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, public transport, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness81/100
Education90/100
Green space81/100
Overall safety76/100

Seattle scores very high for family living (81/100), helped by education access, safety, parks and green space and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability80/100
Walkability76/100
Cycling70/100
Infrastructure98/100

Seattle is very high for remote workers (80/100), based on connectivity, affordability, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability77/100
Healthcare86/100
Cleanliness87/100
Outdoor lifestyle53/100

Seattle is high for retirement (77/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Seattle

Local public safety guidance for Seattle, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Verified
United States emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
Universal emergency91124/7911 reaches police, fire, and emergency medical dispatch across the United States.

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Seattle, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the United States emergency profile.

Public safety sources

Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Seattle

Healthcare context for Seattle, with national-level information from United States where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Verified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Seattle, see the United States healthcare profile.

Official hospital registry

Medicare Care Compare

Federal directory for comparing Medicare-certified hospitals, nursing homes, and other care providers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Healthcare sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official government, public health, or recognised health-system publisher. Confirm current information directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Seattle

Local mobility context for Seattle, with national-level context from United States where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Verified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Seattle, see the United States transport profile.

Transport sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official transport authority, national operator, airport publisher, or government source. Confirm current information directly with these publishers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Seattle. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Seattle

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Seattle will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Seattle air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Related comparisons

Pairs that share a city, comparison intent, or region — useful for users planning a wider relocation, remote-work, or business decision.

Explore Seattle modules

City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.

Cost of Living in Seattle

Seattle is expensive on housing and central services, partially offset by amenity, services, and tech-sector wage depth.

Air Quality in Seattle

Seattle has strong baseline air quality with episodic wildfire smoke the main seasonal concern.

Energy in Seattle

Seattle operates with a low-carbon electricity baseline led by hydropower, with active building and transport electrification work.

Safety in Seattle

Seattle has solid overall safety with neighborhood variation and property-related opportunistic risks the main day-to-day concern.

Internet Speed in Seattle

Seattle delivers fast fiber broadband and reliable mobile coverage, supporting a deep technology and remote-work community.

Climate Risk in Seattle

Seattle faces moderate climate exposure from heat, atmospheric-river rainfall, and seasonal wildfire smoke, balanced by active adaptation.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Seattle

Cost of living estimates for Seattle — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Seattle

Climate profile for Seattle — Oceanic climate, annual average 12.8°C, comfort score 69/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Seattle

Economy and jobs profile for Seattle — major economy, economy score 88/100, key industries including technology, aerospace, research. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Seattle

Education profile for Seattle — research center, education score 78/100, 8 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Seattle

Healthcare and retirement profile for Seattle — regional healthcare center, healthcare score 68/100, retirement score 69/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Arrival planning guide for Seattle

Practical arrival planning context for Seattle — links into transport, public-safety, healthcare, budgeting tools, and methodology. Not an official airport or travel instruction service.

Neighborhood planning guide for Seattle

Structured neighborhood research checklist for Seattle — links into transport, public-safety, healthcare, arrival planning, and budgeting tools. Not a real-estate, rental, or safety-ranking service.

Moving to Seattle planning guide

Structured relocation research checklist for Seattle — links into country context, arrival planning, neighborhood research, cost tools, healthcare, public safety, and transport. Not immigration, visa, tax, legal, financial, medical, or property advice.

Visual guide to Seattle

Source-attributed visual context for Seattle using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Summer 2026 travel planning guide for Seattle

Summer 2026 travel planning checklist for Seattle — links into arrival planning, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not a weather forecast, events calendar, hotel-price guide, or tourism ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Seattle

Weekend trip planning checklist for Seattle — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from Seattle

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for Seattle

Estimate a monthly budget for Seattle using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Seattle

Plan a trip budget for Seattle using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Seattle

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Seattle. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Victoria, Canada

Cross-border · about 117 km from Seattle. Explore Victoria's city intelligence profile.

Abbotsford, Canada

Cross-border · about 159 km from Seattle. Explore Abbotsford's city intelligence profile.

Chilliwack, Canada

Cross-border · about 175 km from Seattle. Explore Chilliwack's city intelligence profile.

Surrey, Canada

Cross-border · about 178 km from Seattle. Explore Surrey's city intelligence profile.

Burnaby, Canada

Cross-border · about 187 km from Seattle. Explore Burnaby's city intelligence profile.

Vancouver, Canada

Cross-border · about 196 km from Seattle. Explore Vancouver's city intelligence profile.

Nanaimo, Canada

Cross-border · about 208 km from Seattle. Explore Nanaimo's city intelligence profile.

Penticton, Canada

Cross-border · about 291 km from Seattle. Explore Penticton's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include Seattle — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Seattle — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Seattle is most useful for users comparing tech-sector depth and clean-energy context against affordability and rainfall-related considerations. Its standout dimensions are energy (90/100) and internet speed (90/100). The area most worth watching is cost of living (60/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 6 institutional references.

Country context is available on the United States country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Seattle appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

6 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.