Mid-Beacon Hill

Seattle's Beacon Hill district, about 3.98 miles from downtown, in King County.

Researched and written by Ryan Rose · Updated October 29, 2026

Transit access is what separates Mid-Beacon Hill in my notes: 111 stops within a quarter mile, more than 90% of Seattle neighborhoods. I also found average blocks of 347 ft, shorter than 75% of the city, and homes averaging 1,881 sq ft, larger than 70% of it. The trade-off is sidewalk coverage, estimated at 63.1%, lower than 65% of neighborhoods. Cheasty Greenspace: Mt View and Dearborn Park are among the parks I mapped inside its borders.

Illustration of a residential street of detached single-family houses, built mostly in the 1960s.
Illustration
Downtown Mid-Beacon Hill 2 mi N ↑
I marked Mid-Beacon Hill on a map of Seattle drawn from the neighborhood boundaries the city publishes. Downtown is marked for reference.

At a glance

Area
1,199 acres
Homes
5,174
Median year built
1963 Newer than 65% of Seattle neighborhoods
Average home size
1,881 sq ft Larger than 70% of Seattle neighborhoods
Average lot size
5,999 sq ft

90.7% single-family, 6.2% townhouse, 0.7% condominium, 1.6% duplex to fourplex, 0.5% apartment

I compared each figure with the 82 other Seattle neighborhoods I have researched that have at least 100 residential parcels.

Getting around on foot

Intersections per sq mile
168
Average block length
347 ft Shorter than 75% of Seattle neighborhoods
Sidewalk coverage
63.1% (my estimate) Lower than 65% of Seattle neighborhoods
Transit stops within ¼ mile
111 More than 90% of Seattle neighborhoods
Everyday categories within ½ mile
8

I compared each figure with the 82 other Seattle neighborhoods I have researched that have at least 100 residential parcels.

Parks and recreation

Cheasty Greenspace: Mt View, Cleveland Playfield, Dearborn Park, Maple School Ravine, Maple Wood Playfield

Schools in and near this neighborhood

  • Cleveland High School STEM 9–12 Seattle School District No. 1
  • Dearborn Park International School PK–5 Seattle School District No. 1
  • Maple Elementary School K–5 Seattle School District No. 1
  • ST GEORGE PARISH SCHOOL
  • Mercer International Middle School 6–8 Seattle School District No. 1
  • Aki Kurose Middle School 6–8 Seattle School District No. 1
  • Interagency Open Doors 9–12 Seattle School District No. 1
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School PK–5 Seattle School District No. 1
  • SEATTLE NATIVITY SCHOOL
  • Impact | Salish Sea Elementary K–5 Impact | Salish Sea Elementary
  • Rainier Valley Leadership Academy 6–12 Rainier Valley Leadership Academy

Food, drink and daily errands

Restaurants
4
Cafes
2
Bars and pubs
2
Grocery
2
Pharmacies
0

Restaurants and coffee I found nearby

  • Stevie's Famous Pizza · Inside the neighborhood Patio
  • Dim Sum House Chinese · Inside the neighborhood
  • Flora Bakehouse Coffee · Inside the neighborhood
  • Cafetal Quilombo Café Cafe · Inside the neighborhood
  • Wicked Chopstix Restaurant · Inside the neighborhood
  • Soufend Cafe Restaurant · Inside the neighborhood
  • Fonda La Cantrina Mexican · 0.1 mi away Patio
  • Brother Joe Coffee · 0.1 mi away
  • Bop Box Korean · 0.1 mi away
  • Post Pike Pizza · 0.1 mi away Patio

I pulled these from OpenStreetMap: the nearest named restaurants and cafes, starting inside the neighborhood and measured from its edge. Places marked Patio have outdoor seating, from my research for Outdoor Seating Near Me, my other site; the photos come from that research too.

Housing context

Median home value
$761,300
Median gross rent
$2,220
Owner-occupied
78%
Renter-occupied
22%

I pulled these from the census tract that covers this neighborhood, so they describe the tract, not the neighborhood itself. I report housing and housing cost only.

Bordering neighborhoods