Seattle, WA

Washington · Kitsap County · Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard Metro

Seattle is a major city in Washington with a population of 741,440. Residents earn $121,984 per year, which is 62% above the national average.

3.3 /5.0

B Good

741,440 Population 8,827/sq mi density

$121,984 Median Income $82,508 per capita

$912,100 Home Value $848,869 Zillow

$1,998 Median Rent 27.4% income on rent

53°F Avg Temperature 244 sunny days/yr

585 Violent Crime/100K 4,496 property/100K

Overall

3.3 / 5.0

Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education

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Economy

4.8 / 5.0

$121,984 median income, 3.1% unemployment

Affordability

2.4 / 5.0

$912,100 home value, $1,998/mo rent

Safety

1.0 / 5.0

585 violent crimes/100K (54% above avg)

A+

Education

5.0 / 5.0

67.5% bachelor's degree or higher

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UFO Sightings

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Haunted Places

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Haunted Places Near Seattle, WA

17 reported haunted locations found near Seattle, WA.

Name	Description
Andrew's Rainbow House	A young man named Andrew who was gay finally decided to tell his father he was gay. His father freaked out and killed his son and himself. The next morning the house was painted rainbow colors on the front and the back of the house is an array of colors and swirls. There is also colored tile on the roof and a gray letter "A" in the tile roof. The house has been painted before but the next day the house is always backing to the rainbow colors. The house was shown on "Unsolved Mysteries" for th...
Capitol Hill	The "South Annex" - The South Annex now houses a Dental Office and the English Institute of Seattle Central Community College. In the past, it was the Burnley School of Art. There is a story that a young male student at Burnley committed suicide and since then his spirit has haunted the building; mostly moving objects -- pushing them off shelves, etc. Some folks have claimed to see his ghost.
Capitol Hill Methodist Church	a presence haunts the church and it's origin is not known.
Civil War Cemetery	There is a small Civil War cemetery next to the Lakeview Cemetery where has been seen ghosts walking around in Civil War uniforms.
D.A.R. Building	Witnesses have claimed to hear strange voices and eerie music inside this old church. There have even been reports of a young female apparition walking down the front stairs. She is dressed in a gown from the 1800’s.
Greenlake	In 1926 the body of 22 yr old Sylvia Gaines was found murdered at Greenlake, it was determined that her father had killed her in a drunken rage, witness's at the trial stated that they had been having an affair and Sylvia wanted to leave, the point of land where her body was found is named Gaines Point and there have been reported sightings at night of her ghostly figure wandering the point.
Hamilton Middle School	Hamilton Middle School is a very haunted school and there are many sightings whenever you are alone in the bathroom, there are strange footsteps heard and the door opens and closes on its own. The bathroom is on the 2nd floor. It is heard that a girl got pregnant and died at this school.
Hotel Andra	Formerly listed as Claremont Hotel - Employees have reported sounds as of a violent, riotous party from the 1920's and the Prohibition era complete with period jazz music and the sounds of breaking glass. A worker fell to her death from the hotel's upper floors in the 1960's, possibly adding to the ghostly air of the place. Visitors have experienced a levitating paperweight, which crashed back to the glass-covered top of the desk. The staff has become painfully aware of the manifestations, an...
Lewis Studio	many people have seen the shadowy ghost that haunts this building.
Old Well's Fargo Bank	There has been reports of a dark shadowy figure with no eyes. Lights being shut off and on. Sounds of running water when no one is in the building.
Pike Place Public Market	The ghost of a Native American woman has been seen at night when all the tourists and shoppers have gone home. The site was sacred somehow to Indians until the market was built. The woman still hangs out. Also at pike place market at the bead emporium, the ghost of a child haunts. When renovations were done to this business a few years ago, it was discovered that in the wall was a basket of beads from when the store opened until the present though there was no way to access this space as the ...
The Good Shepard Center	The place used to be a girls reform school in the twenties and was closed in the late fifties. There is an eerie presence there
The Harvard Exit	This is now a movie theater but used to be a meeting hall for a women's organization. People have reported seeing the ghost of a hanging woman in the hallway, as well has hearing footsteps and laughter.
The Sorrento Hotel	Many unexplained occurrences go on here all the time. >From footsteps, glasses moving in full view of the guests in the Hunt Club Bar. Guests report sightings of a woman on the 4th floor near her room 408.
University of Washington	Columns Amphitheater - After dark, there is an entity at the Columns Amphitheater who does not like visitors. A couple sitting on a bench is a favorite target. The entity shakes the closest bush or shrub violently, and growls very low if you do not pay attention. Some people are unable to enter the amphitheater at night because of the forbidding, brooding feelings within. The Columns Amphitheater was named for the four columns from the original University of Washington building located closer...
University YMCA	Many times from 1990-1993, while cleaning basement work-out room, heard footsteps and voices coming from upstairs, although all members had left the building. Also felt presence in furnace room. Building was built in 1951.
West Seattle	Suicide Bridge - There's a bridge located in Seattle. Supposedly, a person had committed suicide by jumping off a bridge with his dog. You can see the chalk marks still when you go there and around 2-4 am people have seen the man with is dog by the beach near there staring at people.

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