Northtowne

Northtowne is one of Bellevue's oldest and most established luxury neighborhoods — a quiet, tree-lined enclave of single-family homes on spacious lots just north of downtown. Bounded roughly by NE 12th Street to the south, NE 24th Street to the north, Bellevue Way NE to the west, and 100th Avenue NE to the east, the neighborhood sits within walking distance of downtown Bellevue's restaurants, shops, and the Bellevue Collection. Housing is exclusively single-family, with a median sale price around $2.2M in Q4 2025, though low volume (2 sales) makes that figure unreliable. The 5-year median ranges from $2.2M to $6.2M depending on which homes happen to sell in a given quarter.

Northtowne is a residential enclave — no commercial strips within the neighborhood itself. The trade-off for that quiet is that daily errands require a short drive or a 10-15 minute walk to downtown Bellevue or the North Towne Shopping Center on Bellevue Way NE. Northwest Bellevue overall scores around 65 on Walk Score, but Northtowne's interior streets are purely residential. Transit access improved significantly with the 2025 opening of East Link light rail — the Downtown Bellevue Station is about a mile south. The neighborhood has limited bike infrastructure, though the 100th Avenue NE corridor is receiving walkway and safety improvements through 2026.

Move-up buyers who want a quiet, established neighborhood within walking distance of downtown Bellevue — the rare combination of suburban peace and urban access Tech executives and high-income professionals at Amazon, Microsoft, or Meta who want a short commute and top-rated schools (Bellevue High 10/10) Families prioritizing the Clyde Hill Elementary to Chinook Middle to Bellevue High school pipeline — all rated 8/10 or above