Bellevue Real Estate
About the City
Bellevue is three miles east of Seattle, between Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish, and approximately ten miles west of the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. It truly does live up to the French meaning of its name, “beautiful view”. Once a bedroom community, this cosmopolitan city now holds the distinctions of being the fifth largest city in the state and the fifteenth wealthiest by per capita income.
The census of 2000 reported 112,344 people residing in the city. In 2003, the Census Bureau estimated the city had a total population of 112,344. The racial makeup of the city was 74.33% White, 1.99% African American, 0.32% Native American, 17.39% Asian, 0.23% Pacific Islander, 2.54% from other races, and 3.19% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.32% of the population.
The median income for a household in the city was $62,338, and the median income for a family was $76,868. The per capita income for the city was $36,905.