Housing in Central Area/Squire Park at a glance
- Population
- 19,945
- Housing units
- about 11,600
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $962,000Seattle: $938,600 (+2%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,990 a monthSeattle: $2,030 (-2%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 41.9%Seattle: 43.7%
- Homes built before 1980
- 50.3%
- Median year built
- 1979
Central Area/Squire Park lies south-east of the centre of Seattle and tracks the city closely: homes are valued 2% above the Seattle level and rents run 2% below it. Owners are 41.9% of households, fifth-highest of ten, and the share of pre-1980 housing, 50.3%, lands in the same fifth place. A sixth-place rank for both value and rent confirms a sector sitting right in the middle of the pack. Capitol Hill, next door, has a median value of $573,000, and First Hill's is $649,000, both far under this sector's $962,000. Cascade/Eastlake, by contrast, reaches $973,000 yet has only 11.8% owners, so two neighbours with similar prices differ sharply in tenure. Construction here peaked around 1979, and the sector counts 21,891 residents in 11,600 housing units. Its 4,534 owner households and 6,294 renting ones show a tenure mix far closer to Seattle overall than that of its neighbours.
Questions about Central Area/Squire Park
What is the median home value in Central Area/Squire Park, Seattle?
$962,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $938,600 for Seattle as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Central Area/Squire Park?
$1,990 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $2,030 in Seattle (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Central Area/Squire Park own or rent?
Most rent: 41.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 43.7% in Seattle (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 5 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city. Boundaries used: City of Seattle GIS, Community Reporting Areas (consulted 2026-11-02).
Central Area/Squire Park is one of the 10 most populous neighborhoods (of 53 community reporting areas) of Seattle: population 19,945 (Community Reporting Areas (2020) - Redistricting Data 1990-2020 (City of Seattle GIS Open Data, 2020 P.L. 94-171 total population)).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Seattle as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
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Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Central Area/Squire Park. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
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