{"id":20579,"date":"2012-06-21T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T19:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=20579"},"modified":"2012-06-21T11:28:56","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T18:28:56","slug":"the-seattle-areas-most-expensive-zip-code-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/21\/the-seattle-areas-most-expensive-zip-code-is\/","title":{"rendered":"The Seattle-Area&#8217;s Most Expensive Zip Code Is&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/xzibit-yo-dawg\" title=\"Know Your Meme: Xzibit Yo Dawg\">Yo dawg<\/a>, I herd you like maps, so I put a map in your blog so you can map while you price.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:600px; height:869px margin:0 auto;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/public.tableausoftware.com\/javascripts\/api\/viz_v1.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"tableauPlaceholder\" style=\"width:604px; height:869px;\"><noscript><a href=\"undefined\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"March-May 2012 Sale Price per Square Foot \" src=\"http:&#47;&#47;public.tableausoftware.com&#47;static&#47;images&#47;Pr&#47;Price-Heat-Map&#47;March-May2012SalePriceperSquareFoot&#47;1_rss.png\" style=\"border: none\" \/><\/a><\/noscript><object class=\"tableauViz\" width=\"604\" height=\"869\" style=\"display:none;\"><param name=\"host_url\" value=\"http%3A%2F%2Fpublic.tableausoftware.com%2F\" \/><param name=\"site_root\" value=\"\" \/><param name=\"name\" value=\"Price-Heat-Map&#47;March-May2012SalePriceperSquareFoot\" \/><param name=\"tabs\" value=\"no\" \/><param name=\"toolbar\" value=\"yes\" \/><param name=\"static_image\" value=\"http:&#47;&#47;public.tableausoftware.com&#47;static&#47;images&#47;Pr&#47;Price-Heat-Map&#47;March-May2012SalePriceperSquareFoot&#47;1.png\" \/><param name=\"animate_transition\" value=\"yes\" \/><param name=\"display_static_image\" value=\"yes\" \/><param name=\"display_spinner\" value=\"yes\" \/><param name=\"display_overlay\" value=\"yes\" \/><param name=\"display_count\" value=\"yes\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<div style=\"width:604px;height:22px;padding:0px 10px 0px 0px;color:black;font:normal 8pt verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;\">\n<div style=\"float:right; padding-right:8px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tableausoftware.com\/public?ref=http:\/\/public.tableausoftware.com\/views\/Price-Heat-Map\/March-May2012SalePriceperSquareFoot\" target=\"_blank\">Powered by Tableau<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a big surprise to nobody, the most expensive zip code in the area is downtown Seattle&#8217;s 98101, with a whopping $482 median price per square foot.  Of course, that actually looks cheap compared to the <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/08\/downtown-condos-middle-class-need-not-apply\/\" title=\"Downtown Condos: Middle Class Need Not Apply\">pricing on new construction condos downtown<\/a>, but I digress.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the top ten most-expensive zip codes in King \/ Snohomish \/ Pierce, by median price of home sales over the last three months:<\/p>\n<table class=\"sortable\" style=\"margin:0 auto 15px; width:500px;\">\n<tr>\n<th>Zip<\/th>\n<th>&#8216;Hood \/ City<\/th>\n<th>Sales<\/th>\n<th>Med. $\/SqFt<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98101<\/td>\n<td>Downtown Seattle<\/td>\n<td>83<\/td>\n<td>$482<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98039<\/td>\n<td>Medina<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>$429<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98121<\/td>\n<td>Belltown<\/td>\n<td>59<\/td>\n<td>$376<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98004<\/td>\n<td>Bellevue<\/td>\n<td>240<\/td>\n<td>$353<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98102<\/td>\n<td>Capitol Hill<\/td>\n<td>72<\/td>\n<td>$317<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98112<\/td>\n<td>Madison Park<\/td>\n<td>117<\/td>\n<td>$315<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98109<\/td>\n<td>East Queen Anne \/ SLU<\/td>\n<td>120<\/td>\n<td>$299<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98104<\/td>\n<td>Pioneer Square \/ First Hill \/ International District<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>$287<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98119<\/td>\n<td>West Queen Anne<\/td>\n<td>108<\/td>\n<td>$283<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98107<\/td>\n<td>Ballard<\/td>\n<td>101<\/td>\n<td>$275<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>And here are the top ten <em>least<\/em>-expensive zip codes in King \/ Snohomish \/ Pierce, by median price of home sales over the last three months:<\/p>\n<table class=\"sortable\" style=\"margin:0 auto 15px; width:500px;\">\n<tr>\n<th>Zip<\/th>\n<th>&#8216;Hood \/ City<\/th>\n<th>Sales<\/th>\n<th>Med. $\/SqFt<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98409<\/td>\n<td>South Tacoma<\/td>\n<td>73<\/td>\n<td>$67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98408<\/td>\n<td>South End (Tacoma)<\/td>\n<td>84<\/td>\n<td>$75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98444<\/td>\n<td>Parkland<\/td>\n<td>60<\/td>\n<td>$80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98404<\/td>\n<td>Eastside (Tacoma)<\/td>\n<td>141<\/td>\n<td>$82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98360<\/td>\n<td>Orting<\/td>\n<td>57<\/td>\n<td>$85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98405<\/td>\n<td>Central Tacoma<\/td>\n<td>73<\/td>\n<td>$86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98418<\/td>\n<td>Lincoln (Tacoma)<\/td>\n<td>36<\/td>\n<td>$86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98168<\/td>\n<td>Riverton \/ Seatac<\/td>\n<td>106<\/td>\n<td>$88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98201<\/td>\n<td>Everett<\/td>\n<td>84<\/td>\n<td>$90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98424<\/td>\n<td>Fife<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>$90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Okay that was almost all Tacoma.  How about the ten least-expensive zip codes in King County:<\/p>\n<table class=\"sortable\" style=\"margin:0 auto 15px; width:500px;\">\n<tr>\n<th>Zip<\/th>\n<th>&#8216;Hood \/ City<\/th>\n<th>Sales<\/th>\n<th>Med. $\/SqFt<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98168<\/td>\n<td>Riverton \/ Seatac<\/td>\n<td>106<\/td>\n<td>$88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98188<\/td>\n<td>Seatac<\/td>\n<td>59<\/td>\n<td>$92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98003<\/td>\n<td>Central Federal Way<\/td>\n<td>115<\/td>\n<td>$94<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98002<\/td>\n<td>Auburn<\/td>\n<td>94<\/td>\n<td>$98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98198<\/td>\n<td>Des Moines<\/td>\n<td>116<\/td>\n<td>$98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98023<\/td>\n<td>West Federal Way<\/td>\n<td>163<\/td>\n<td>$99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98032<\/td>\n<td>West Kent<\/td>\n<td>75<\/td>\n<td>$106<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98022<\/td>\n<td>Enumclaw<\/td>\n<td>68<\/td>\n<td>$107<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98030<\/td>\n<td>East Kent<\/td>\n<td>115<\/td>\n<td>$107<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98047<\/td>\n<td>Pacific<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>$108<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>South King County with the sweep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,217],"tags":[675,887,886,884,531,661,885],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-20579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stats","category-neighborhoods","tag-heat-map","tag-least-expensive","tag-most-expensive","tag-price-per-square-foot","tag-tableau","tag-top-10","tag-zip-codes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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