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Comparing Bellevue vs Issaquah vs Newcastle

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Headline numbers

Bellevue

WA

$2,630

YoY change
-0.4%
Vacancy
6.2%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
48.0%

Issaquah

WA

$2,782

YoY change
-0.6%
Vacancy
3.8%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
42.6%

Newcastle

WA

$2,739

YoY change
+0.4%
Vacancy
4.8%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
39.0%

All values from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse. Updated March 2026. See methodology.

Rent index — overlaid, last 5 years

ZORI rent index — Bellevue vs Issaquah vs Newcastle

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

Demographics & income

Metric BellevueIssaquahNewcastle
Median household income $165,576$154,669$160,278
Median age 38.537.537.5
Renter household share 48.0%42.6%39.0%
YoY rent change -0.4%-0.6%+0.4%
Cap rate (overall)
$/unit (MFR)

Demographics: Census ACS5 2019-2024. Rent & cap rate: NGP-Rental-Data warehouse (see methodology). Cells marked "—" mean the metric isn't available for that geography in any free public source we ingest.