Tukwila Urban Center

Tukwila, WA

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Tukwila Urban Center - Tukwila, WA Area Guide

The retail center of this charming Washington town

Shopping Restaurants Commuter Convenient

The city of Tukwila sits between Seattle's Industrial District and SeaTac Airport. Its Urban Center encompasses two prominent malls and retails centers on the eastern side of the city. The benefits of the apartment complexes and modern high-rise apartment buildings in Tukwila Urban Center include their proximity to Southcenter Mall and numerous transportation links to the cities of Seattle, Renton, Kent, and Tacoma as well as SeaTac Airport. The moderate size of the Urban Center neighborhood enables residents to walk to most local shops, facilities, and restaurants.

The largest shopping mall in the Puget Sound area, Southcenter Mall, offers a diverse array of shopping and dining. Interstate 5 and 405 make commuting around Tukwila easy, and open commuters up to the rest of the Seattle area.

Getting Around

Fairly Walkable

Walkability

40 / 100

Some Public Transit

Transit

50 / 100

Exceptionally Drivable

Drivability

100 / 100

Moderately Bikeable

Bikeability

70 / 100

Daily Essentials

Supermarket Within a 15 Minute Walk

Groceries

60 / 100

Good Restaurant Variety Nearby

Restaurants

60 / 100

Fair Café Variety Nearby

Cafes

40 / 100

Good Variety of Shops Nearby

Shopping

60 / 100

Recreation

Exceptional Amount of Park Space Nearby

Parks

90 / 100

Fair Wellness Amenity Variety Nearby

Wellness

40 / 100

Local Vibe

Mostly Calm Atmosphere

Vibrancy

20 / 100

Limited Nightlife Variety Nearby

Nightlife

30 / 100

Points of Interest

Parks and Recreation

  • Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden
  • Riverview Park
  • Lakeridge Park
  • Kubota Gardens
  • Pritchard Island Beach

Airports

  • Seattle-Tacoma International
  • Seattle Paine Field International

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Methodology

† Our analysis of utilities, groceries, transportation, healthcare, home prices, and other goods and services is sourced from the Cost of Living Index, a respected benchmark published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) that provides a thorough overview of living expenses across different regions.

Rent data is provided by CoStar Group’s Market Trend reports. As the industry leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, and news, CoStar conducts extensive research to produce and maintain a comprehensive database of commercial real estate information. We combine this data with public record to provide the most up-to-date rental information available.

Consumer goods, services, and home prices are sourced from the Cost of Living Index published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). The data on this page is updated quarterly. It was last published in February 2026.

Demographic information comes from Neustar and combines detailed address data with U.S. Census and American Community Survey statistics to produce reliable local estimates.