Seattle, United States — Livability Score 72/100

Seattle scores 72/100 for overall livability on WellPlaced, based on World Bank, WHO, OECD, UNESCO, UNODC, Eurostat, Ookla Speedtest, OpenAQ, and GDELT institutional data (not crowdsourced). Population 780,995. Data confidence: Verified (Tier A).

Core livability metrics for Seattle

MetricScore
Safety & Security63/100
Daily Living Costs46/100
Housing & Rent68/100
Healthcare82/100
Economy & Jobs89/100
Education87/100
Transport80/100

WellPlaced scores every city on 29 metrics — the 22 additional metrics (climate, air quality, tax burden, governance, digital infrastructure, and more) are available with WellPlaced PRO.