Here are NE Seattle neighborhoods compared the way buyers actually shop them: by what a house costs, how you get to work, what the houses are, and who each place is genuinely wrong for. Eight areas, one page. Pinehurst, Northgate, Maple Leaf, Roosevelt, Wedgwood, Ravenna, Ravenna-Bryant, and View Ridge sit within a few miles of each other, and the median price moves by more than $640,000 from the bottom of that list to the top.

Most people start with a question like "which NE Seattle neighborhood should we look in," and most answers they find are a single neighborhood's sales pitch. We have written deep guides on every one of these areas. This page is the map that sits above them, with the NE Seattle neighborhoods compared on the same four measures. Read it to cut eight down to two, then go read the two.

The eight at a glance, lowest median to highest

• Pinehurst: about $616,000, quiet post-war ramblers, a walk south to Northgate Station

• Northgate: about $705,000, the light rail hub, the widest mix of condos, townhomes, and houses

• Maple Leaf: about $920,000, 1920s to 1960s houses around a small village at NE 85th

• Ravenna-Bryant: about $1,049,000, flat family streets east of the ravine

• Ravenna: about $1,058,000, the oldest housing of the eight, built around the ravine park

• Roosevelt: about $1,072,000, the station village, the highest price per square foot

• Wedgwood: about $1,119,000, bigger lots, mid-century houses, the fastest sales

• View Ridge: about $1,262,000, the bluff, the views, the top of the ladder

Redfin neighborhood medians for the three months ending August 2026, pulled September 16, 2026.

NE Seattle Neighborhoods Compared: The Short Version

If you only have two minutes, here are the NE Seattle neighborhoods compared in three honest groups.

The station neighborhoods are Roosevelt and Northgate. You can live in either without driving to work, and you pay for that in lot size, attached housing, and a busier street life. Roosevelt pays more for it than Northgate does.

The character neighborhoods are Ravenna, Ravenna-Bryant, and Maple Leaf. Older houses, walkable pockets, parks you will use, and a transit story that works if you pick the right blocks. Ravenna and Bryant price near each other. Maple Leaf is the more affordable way into the same kind of house.

The yard neighborhoods are Wedgwood, View Ridge, and Pinehurst. Mid-century houses, larger lots, quieter streets, and a car in most households. Pinehurst is the entry point, Wedgwood is the middle, and View Ridge is where a view or a bigger lot pushes the number up.

NE Seattle Neighborhoods Compared on Price

Here is the full price read, with all eight NE Seattle neighborhoods compared on the same Redfin window, the three months ending August 2026. We list median sale price, year-over-year change, price per square foot, and how many homes closed in August.

• Pinehurst: $616,203, down 12.3 percent, $410 per square foot, 23 closings, 27 days on market

• Northgate: $704,610, down 6.7 percent, $456 per square foot, 102 closings, 20 days on market

• Maple Leaf: $919,556, up 4.7 percent, $411 per square foot, 25 closings, 14 days on market

• Ravenna-Bryant (Redfin calls it Bryant): $1,049,493, down 10.8 percent, $488 per square foot, 20 closings, 6 days on market

• Ravenna: $1,058,239, down 17.3 percent, $614 per square foot, 41 closings, 8 days on market

• Roosevelt: $1,071,983, up 2.8 percent, $640 per square foot, 19 closings, 8 days on market

• Wedgwood: $1,119,460, up 0.2 percent, $535 per square foot, 37 closings, 8 days on market

• View Ridge: $1,261,891, up 12.7 percent, $500 per square foot, 33 closings, 15 days on market

• Seattle citywide, for reference: $874,421, down 2.8 percent, 15 days on market

Two ladders are hiding in that list, and they do not agree. Sorted by median price, View Ridge is on top. Sorted by price per square foot, Roosevelt and Ravenna are on top and View Ridge drops to the middle. That gap is the most useful thing on this page. Roosevelt and Ravenna charge the most for each foot of house because the houses are smaller, older, and closer to a train or a park. View Ridge charges the most in total because the houses and lots are bigger. Maple Leaf and Pinehurst tie at about $410 per foot, and they share almost nothing else.

Why these medians wobble

Read every figure above as a description of the last 90 days, not a trend. That is the catch with any list of NE Seattle neighborhoods compared by median. Seven of these eight areas closed between 19 and 41 homes in August. At that size, a few large or small sales change the median by six figures. View Ridge's median fell about $350,000 from the July window to the August window without anything changing on the ground, and Northgate's fell about $70,000 in the same month. Maple Leaf's median rose 4.7 percent while its price per foot fell 22.4 percent, which only happens when bigger houses make up more of what sold.

Boundaries matter too. Redfin's lines are not the lines locals use, and Redfin's Northgate reaches wide enough to close about 100 homes a month, many of them condos and townhomes near the station. Our Ravenna housing market piece walks through why a small neighborhood's median is a poor budgeting tool. Use the ladder for position, and use actual closed sales on your target blocks for money.

NE Seattle Neighborhoods Compared on Commute

The 1 Line changed this part of the city in October 2021, when Northgate, Roosevelt, and U District stations opened. Sound Transit's September 2026 timetable puts the trips here, platform to platform:

• Northgate Station to Westlake: about 16 minutes

• Roosevelt Station to Westlake: about 12 minutes

• Roosevelt Station to the University of Washington station: about 5 minutes

• Morning frequency: a train about every 8 minutes in the early commute window

The train times are the easy part. The walk to the platform is what separates these neighborhoods. Roosevelt is the only one where most of the neighborhood is a short walk from a station. Northgate's station-area blocks are, and its outer residential streets are a longer walk. Pinehurst reaches Northgate Station on surface streets heading south, with no freeway to cross, but for most blocks that is a walk of a mile or more. Maple Leaf sits between the two stations and more than a mile from either for most addresses. Ravenna's western blocks can walk to Roosevelt Station, and its eastern side cannot.

On commute, the NE Seattle neighborhoods compared here split cleanly into station areas and car areas. Wedgwood, Ravenna-Bryant, and View Ridge have no station within an easy walk. Households there use buses to the Roosevelt or University of Washington stations, bike, or drive. View Ridge has Route 75 on Sand Point Way NE at the bottom of the bluff, and the eastern neighborhoods give up the train in exchange for a more direct drive toward the 520 bridge. If a Redmond or Bellevue office is part of your week, our guide for tech commuters does the door-to-door math for both directions.

NE Seattle Neighborhoods Compared on Character and Housing Stock

The houses tell you when each neighborhood filled in, and that tells you what your inspection will find. Here are the NE Seattle neighborhoods compared by era.

• Oldest, early 1900s to the 1930s: Ravenna. Tudors, Craftsman bungalows, and Seattle boxes, built as a streetcar suburb along the ravine and the Olmsted boulevard

• 1920s to 1950s: Ravenna-Bryant and Maple Leaf. Craftsman and Tudor houses giving way to mid-century ramblers as you move north or east. Maple Leaf lots commonly run 4,000 to 5,000 square feet

• Mixed old and brand new: Roosevelt. Station-area townhomes and condos built around the 2021 opening, older bungalows east of 15th Avenue NE, and lots often in the 3,200 to 4,500 square foot range

• Post-war, 1940s to 1960s: Pinehurst, Wedgwood, and View Ridge. Ramblers, split-levels, and daylight basements on bigger lots. Pinehurst lots commonly run 5,000 to 7,500 square feet, and Wedgwood and View Ridge often go larger

• Layered: Northgate. Townhomes, mid-rise condos, and apartments near the station, with post-war ramblers a few blocks out

Era changes the inspection. A 1915 Ravenna Craftsman raises questions about knob-and-tube wiring and a century-old sewer line. A 1955 Pinehurst rambler raises questions about aluminum branch wiring, asbestos in old floor tile and duct wrap, and a possible buried oil tank. A 2022 Roosevelt townhome raises questions about the HOA and the shared wall. Different neighborhoods, different checklists.

Once the NE Seattle neighborhoods compared here are down to two finalists, the fastest way to feel the difference is to watch both in listings for a couple of weeks. Run an advanced search across your two neighborhoods, set the same price range, and compare what shows up. The same budget buys a very different house two miles apart.

NE Seattle Neighborhoods Compared, One at a Time

Each profile below uses the same five lines, which keeps the NE Seattle neighborhoods compared on equal terms and lets you hold any two side by side. The "wrong for you if" line is the one to read twice. We are more likely to talk you out of a neighborhood than into one, and this is where we do it.

Ravenna, Seattle

• Price position: about $1,058,000 median, with the second-highest price per square foot of the eight at $614. The 17.3 percent annual drop in the median came with a nearly flat price per foot, so read it as a change in what sold, not a slide in values

• Commute reality: western blocks can walk to Roosevelt Station, the U District is next door, and eastern blocks lean on buses

• Housing stock: the oldest of the eight, mostly 1905 to the 1930s, with Tudors and Craftsman houses and a few formal homes on the boulevard and ravine blocks

• Walkability: strong on the edges near Roosevelt and University Village, quieter and hillier in the middle, with Ravenna Park running through it

• Wrong for you if: you want a house that will not surprise you. Century-old systems are part of the price here

More in our Ravenna buyer's guide.

Ravenna-Bryant, Seattle

• Price position: about $1,049,000 median, within about $10,000 of Ravenna, but at $488 per square foot, so the same money buys noticeably more house

• Commute reality: no station within an easy walk. Buses and bikes to the University of Washington station, or a car

• Housing stock: 1920s to 1950s Tudors, Craftsman houses, and mid-century homes, getting larger and more updated toward View Ridge

• Walkability: flat, even streets that are easy on foot and bike, with University Village at the south end for errands

• Wrong for you if: you want a train at the end of your block. Bryant trades the station for flatter streets and larger houses

More in our Ravenna-Bryant family neighborhood guide.

Roosevelt, Seattle

• Price position: about $1,072,000 median and the highest price per square foot of the eight at $640. Homes sold at 102.6 percent of list on average, also the highest, but a third of listings took a price cut, up sharply from a year earlier

• Commute reality: the strongest of the eight. Roosevelt Station at NE 65th Street and 12th Avenue NE reaches Westlake in about 12 minutes

• Housing stock: station-area townhomes and condos from the last decade, with 1920s to 1950s houses east of 15th Avenue NE on small lots

• Walkability: the highest of the eight. Groceries, restaurants, coffee, and the train all sit around NE 65th

• Wrong for you if: you want a yard, a quiet street, or a detached house at the median price. Roosevelt's number buys walkability and a small footprint

More in our Roosevelt buyer's guide and our Roosevelt Square living guide.

Maple Leaf, Seattle

• Price position: about $920,000 median, the middle of the ladder, and at $411 per square foot tied with Pinehurst for the lowest per-foot figure of the eight

• Commute reality: between Roosevelt and Northgate stations and more than a mile from either for most addresses, so buses, bikes, or a drive to a station

• Housing stock: 1920s to 1960s Craftsman bungalows, Tudor cottages, and ramblers, plus townhome infill on subdivided lots

• Walkability: good around the small village at NE 85th Street and Roosevelt Way NE and Maple Leaf Reservoir Park, and more residential away from it

• Wrong for you if: you need to walk to a train daily, or you want a big lot. Maple Leaf is a house-first neighborhood on modest lots

More in our Maple Leaf buyer's guide, and the head-to-head in Maple Leaf vs Roosevelt.

Wedgwood, Seattle

• Price position: about $1,119,000 median, $535 per square foot, and the most competitive of the eight right now, with 41.5 percent of homes selling over asking

• Commute reality: no station within an easy walk. Buses to the Roosevelt or University of Washington stations, or a car

• Housing stock: mostly post-war ramblers, split-levels, and two-stories, with lots of 6,000 square feet and up common

• Walkability: centered on the strip along 35th Avenue NE near NE 85th, with coffee and restaurants. There has been no full grocery store on that strip since the QFC closed in 2021

• Wrong for you if: you want to walk to groceries or a train, or you want to negotiate hard on a well-priced house. the median Wedgwood home sold after 8 days on market

More in our Wedgwood family neighborhood guide.

View Ridge, Seattle

• Price position: about $1,262,000 median, the top of the ladder, but $500 per square foot, because the houses and lots are larger. This is also the most volatile median of the eight

• Commute reality: the farthest of the eight from a station. Route 75 on Sand Point Way NE, buses to the University of Washington station, or a car

• Housing stock: post-war ramblers and split-levels with daylight basements, and custom houses and deep remodels on the view blocks. New attached housing is starting to appear at the edges

• Walkability: low inside the neighborhood, with PCC at 40th Avenue NE and NE 65th at the southwest corner and Magnuson Park below the bluff

• Wrong for you if: you are paying for a view you have not confirmed from inside the house, or you want to walk to dinner

More in our View Ridge buyer's guide, our View Ridge home prices piece, and View Ridge vs Wedgwood.

Northgate, Seattle

• Price position: about $705,000 median and $456 per square foot, the second most affordable of the eight, and the median includes a lot of attached housing

• Commute reality: Northgate Station at 1st Avenue NE and NE 100th Street reaches Westlake in about 16 minutes. It is no longer the end of the line, since the 1 Line runs on to Lynnwood

• Housing stock: townhomes, condos, and apartments near the station, and post-war ramblers a few blocks out

• Walkability: strong around the station, with the library, community center, Kraken Community Iceplex, Target, and the remaining mall stores. The streets farther out are residential and quiet

• Wrong for you if: you want a finished neighborhood. Northgate is still mid-change, and big-box surroundings and arterial traffic come with the station

More in our Living in Northgate guide and our Northgate home prices piece.

Pinehurst, Seattle

• Price position: about $616,000 median and $410 per square foot, the most affordable of the eight, and the slowest, at 27 days on market

• Commute reality: a walk or short ride south to Northgate Station on the same side of I-5, a mile or more from most blocks

• Housing stock: 1940s to 1960s ramblers and split-levels on lots commonly 5,000 to 7,500 square feet, with townhome infill near the Lake City Way edge

• Walkability: limited inside the neighborhood, with small parks and very little commercial activity on the interior blocks

• Wrong for you if: you want a coffee shop at the corner. Pinehurst trades walkability for price and quiet

On schools, Hazel Wolf K-8 sits inside Pinehurst, but it is an option school, not assigned by address, and assignments vary block by block. More in our Living in Pinehurst guide and Pinehurst vs Northgate.

Using NE Seattle Neighborhoods Compared Side by Side to Pick Two

Nobody should tour eight neighborhoods. With the NE Seattle neighborhoods compared above, here is how we narrow the list with clients.

Start with the commute you actually have. Count office days, not job titles. If you are downtown four days a week, Roosevelt and Northgate earn their premium. At one day a week, the train is worth far less than the yard you give up for it.

Then set the house before the neighborhood. Decide whether you want detached or attached, and old or post-war. That choice alone rules out half this list. A buyer who wants a 1920s Craftsman is choosing among Ravenna, Bryant, and Maple Leaf. A buyer who wants a rambler with a yard is choosing among Pinehurst, Wedgwood, and View Ridge.

Then let price pick between the finalists. Inside each group, the gaps are large and specific. Maple Leaf runs about $130,000 under Ravenna-Bryant on the median. Pinehurst runs about $500,000 under Wedgwood for a similar era of house. The question is whether what the more expensive neighborhood adds is worth that exact number to you.

Check schools by address, not by neighborhood name. Seattle Public Schools assigns by parcel, and the lines do not follow neighborhood names. Our NE Seattle schools by neighborhood guide covers the general picture, and our school boundaries by address guide shows how to confirm a specific house.

If you are open to attached housing, the ladder above shifts. A townhome near Roosevelt or Northgate Station can cost less than a detached house in either neighborhood. Our piece on what NE Seattle condos and townhomes near light rail cost lays out those numbers.

Have two finalists and a budget? Reach out through our contact page and tell us which two, what you want to spend, and how often you go into an office. We will pull recent closed sales for comparable houses in both, walk you through what the difference in price buys, and tell you honestly if one of them is the wrong fit.

Frequently Asked Questions: NE Seattle Neighborhoods Compared

Which is the most affordable of the NE Seattle neighborhoods compared here?

Pinehurst. Redfin put its median sale price at $616,203 for the three months ending August 2026, at $410 per square foot, followed by Northgate at $704,610 and Maple Leaf at $919,556. Pinehurst also had the slowest market of the eight, at 27 days on market, which tends to leave buyers more room to negotiate. The lower price buys a similar post-war rambler to Wedgwood's, in a quieter neighborhood with less walkable commercial activity and a longer walk to the train.

Which NE Seattle neighborhood is easiest to live in without a car?

Roosevelt, for most addresses. Roosevelt Station at NE 65th Street reaches Westlake in about 12 minutes on Sound Transit's September 2026 timetable, and groceries, restaurants, and coffee sit within a few blocks of the platform. Northgate is the other realistic option, especially near its station, which reaches Westlake in about 16 minutes. Ravenna's western blocks can work too. Wedgwood, Ravenna-Bryant, and View Ridge have no station within an easy walk, and most households there keep a car.

Which NE Seattle neighborhood has the most expensive homes?

It depends on how you measure. View Ridge had the highest median sale price of the eight, at $1,261,891 for the three months ending August 2026, because its houses and lots run larger and some carry water and mountain views. Roosevelt had the highest price per square foot, at $640, followed by Ravenna at $614, because buyers there pay for walkability and a short trip to the train on smaller footprints. A buyer comparing total budget should watch the median, and a buyer comparing value per foot should watch the per-foot figure.

What is the difference between Ravenna and Ravenna-Bryant?

Ravenna is the older, hillier side built around the Ravenna Park ravine, with houses mostly from 1905 through the 1930s and some walkable blocks near Roosevelt Station and University Village. Ravenna-Bryant, which Redfin labels Bryant, sits east of the ravine on flatter streets, with 1920s to 1950s houses that tend to be more uniform and family-sized. Their medians landed within about $10,000 of each other in August 2026, but Ravenna ran $614 per square foot against Bryant's $488, so the same budget usually buys a larger house in Bryant.

Which NE Seattle neighborhoods have the biggest yards?

Wedgwood, View Ridge, and Pinehurst, the three neighborhoods that built out mostly after the war. Wedgwood and View Ridge lots of 6,000 square feet and up are common, and Pinehurst lots commonly run 5,000 to 7,500 square feet. Maple Leaf lots more often run 4,000 to 5,000 square feet, and Roosevelt lots are often smaller still, in the 3,200 to 4,500 square foot range. Lot size varies street by street, and some older lots have been subdivided for townhomes, so check the parcel record for any house you are serious about.

How do I check which schools a house in NE Seattle is assigned to?

Use the Seattle Public Schools address lookup for the specific house, not the neighborhood name or the listing description. Assignment areas follow parcels, and two houses a block apart can feed different elementary or high schools, especially near the lines between neighborhoods. Option schools, such as Hazel Wolf K-8 in Pinehurst, are not assigned by address at all. Our school boundaries by address guide walks through how to confirm an assignment before you write an offer in any of the NE Seattle neighborhoods compared here.

A note on the figures behind the NE Seattle neighborhoods compared on this page. Neighborhood medians, price per square foot, days on market, sale-to-list ratios, and August closing counts come from Redfin's neighborhood housing market pages for Pinehurst, Northgate, Maple Leaf, Bryant, Ravenna, Roosevelt, Wedgwood, and View Ridge, all for the three months ending August 2026 and pulled September 16, 2026, with the Seattle citywide figure from the same source and window, pulled September 10, 2026. Redfin's neighborhood boundaries do not match the ones locals use. Train times are from Sound Transit's September 2026 1 Line timetable. Housing-era and lot-size descriptions are general patterns, and any individual house can differ. Everything here is current as of September 2026, small-neighborhood figures change monthly, and nothing on this page predicts where prices go next. School assignments are set by Seattle Public Schools by address; confirm any address with the district. We are brokers, not appraisers or school district staff. Mortgage questions belong with a licensed mortgage advisor.