Housing in Greenwood/Phinney Ridge at a glance
- Population
- 26,995
- Housing units
- about 13,621
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $1,020,000Seattle: $938,600 (+9%)
- Median gross rent
- $2,060 a monthSeattle: $2,030 (+1%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 57.5%Seattle: 43.7%
- Homes built before 1980
- 64.7%
- Median year built
- 1951
Greenwood/Phinney Ridge, in the northern part of Seattle, has the highest owner share of the ten sectors profiled, 57.5%, and 13.8 points separate it from the figure for the whole city; owners number 7,181, renters 5,300. The homes are older too: 64.7% date from before 1980, second-highest of ten, and the middle of the construction timeline sits in 1951. A median value of $1,020,000 puts it third among the ten, 9% over Seattle overall, yet rents of $2,060 are only 1% above the city and rank fourth. Ravenna/Bryant has a higher median, $1,173,000, with 55% owners; University District reaches $971,000 and only 12.9% of its households own; Queen Anne, meanwhile, climbs to $1,085,000. Greenwood/Phinney Ridge has 27,609 residents. Its neighbours Ravenna/Bryant and Queen Anne carry owner shares of 55% and 36.3%, so Greenwood/Phinney Ridge leads even the other high-value sectors for ownership.
Questions about Greenwood/Phinney Ridge
What is the median home value in Greenwood/Phinney Ridge, Seattle?
$1,020,000 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 Greenwood/Phinney Ridge?
$2,060 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 Greenwood/Phinney Ridge own or rent?
Most own: 57.5% 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 6 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).
Greenwood/Phinney Ridge is one of the 10 most populous neighborhoods (of 53 community reporting areas) of Seattle: population 26,995 (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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