Seattle Metropolitan Magazine just posted a fascinating and fun online resource called “Neighborhoods by the Numbers”. For each neighborhood in Seattle and some surrounding cities, it lists important information such as median home prices (including increase or decrease since 2007 and 2005), crime rates, percent of owner-occupied homes, and average commute times. It even has interesting demographic tidbits such as median age, household income, and ratio of Gregoire to Rossi contributors.  And if you’re wondering how many dogs and cats, or supermarkets, or acres of parks are in a particular neighborhood, this is where to search.

If you find a particular community meets your needs, you can click on it and get a list of all the current real estate listings from the up-to-date Windermere database.   It’s fun for real estate geeks and novices alike!