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Eastgate is a neighborhood of Bellevue, Washington, United States. The population was 4,958 at the 2010 census. It was annexed by Bellevue in 2012. Based on
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, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Eastgate ranked 38th of 522 areas in the state of Washington.


Geography

Eastgate is located at (47.572005, -122.138509) and is a residential neighborhood of Bellevue. Eastgate is located south of exit 11-A along
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, which runs east-west along Eastgate's north side. Issaquah is to the east along I-90, and I-405 is a short distance to the west. Much of Eastgate is on the northwest flank of Cougar Mountain. Immediately to the west is Factoria. Immediately to the south is
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. To the north is the I-90 Corridor. According to the
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, the CDP has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.3 km2), all of it land.


Economy

Eastgate is nearly completely
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. Eastgate lies within the boundaries of the Bellevue and Issaquah School Districts.


Demographics

As of the
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of 2000, there were 4,558 people, 1,708 households, and 1,233 families residing in the CDP. The
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was 3,629.7 people per square mile (1,396.7/km2). There were 1,743 housing units at an average density of 1,388.0/sq mi (534.1/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 83.11%
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, 1.62%
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, 0.57% Native American, 9.68% Asian, 0.35%
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, 1.97% from other races, and 2.70% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 4.45% of the population. There were 1,708 households, out of which 32.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.2% were
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living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.8% were non-families. 18.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.04. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 23.9% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 34.9% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.6 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $65,598, and the median income for a family was $67,288. Males had a median income of $52,090 versus $37,547 for females. The
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for the CDP was $29,878. About 0.8% of families and 3.4% of the population were below the
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, including 3.6% of those under age 18 and 2.0% of those age 65 or over.


Schools

Eastgate is served by two school districts - School District 405 Bellevue which includes Somerset Elementary, Eastgate Elementary, Puesta Del Sol Elementary, Tyee Middle School, Tillicum Middle School and Newport High School, and School District 411 Issaquah which includes Sunset Elementary and Cougar Ridge Elementary.


Bus routes

Eastgate is served by the following King County Metro bus routes: 241 and 271.


Politics

Eastgate is in the 41st Legislative District and has the following precincts: Allen, Vivian, Martha, Horizon, Roanoke, and Eastmont, and in the 8th Congressional district. It's in the 6th King County Council district.


National elections

On the national level, Eastgate is a stronghold for the Democratic Party. In 2004, Democrat
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received just under 60 percent of the area's vote, while Republican
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came in just short of 39 percent.


Annexation initiative

Eastgate has tried to get annexed by Bellevue several times in the past. In 1990, the area citizens voted to annex to the city of Bellevue and won by a majority. On the same ballot there was an additional vote for Eastgate accepting a portion of Bellevue's bonded indebtedness. The area's voters rejected that measure. As a result, Bellevue chose not to incorporate Eastgate at that time. Then in 2002, the state Supreme Court decision threw out the main method cities have used for decades to expand. In addition, budget implications further postponed annexation of Eastgate with hopes of trying again in a year or two. According to the 2004's Bellevue's Comprehensive plan, it is a policy to annex all land in the Potential Annexation Area expeditiously. Discussions with Bellevue have been aided by the county's agreement to give the city Coal Creek Park and the Surrey Downs district court property. The city projected an operating deficit of $300,000. Later in November of the same year, a budget was proposed to develop urban design and development alternatives for the Eastgate area and to conduct the first major update of the Eastgate Subarea Plan in 14 years. The Mayor of Bellevue suggested working toward annexation of the remaining unincorporated portion of the Eastgate area and making an effort to update the subarea plan. He also asked staff to develop a cost estimate for annexing Eastgate. The neighborhoods of Eastgate, Tamara Hills, and Horizon View were annexed by the City of Bellevue on June 1, 2012, adding "about 5,400 new residents, 1,850 residences and 700 acres" to Bellevue.


See also

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Bellevue, Washington Bellevue ( ) is a city in the Eastside (King County, Washington), Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, located across Lake Washington from Seattle. It is the third-largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area, and the f ...
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King County, Washington King County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. The population was 2,269,675 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of counties in Washington, most populo ...


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