UW room near Roosevelt station: the light rail ride to campus

If you're hunting for a UW room near Roosevelt station, you're probably weighing two things at once: what the rent looks like and how long the trip to class will really take. Start with the Seattle listings page to see what's posted right now, then use this guide to sort through it. Below are five current listings, what their details actually tell you, and the questions worth asking before you commit to a place for winter quarter or next fall.

A quick note on how to read this. The listing facts here come straight from what each lister entered: price, bedrooms, bathrooms, furnishing, lease type and the drive time to campus. Anything about the light rail, the neighborhood or the walk to a station is advice for you to check on your own, not a claim about a specific unit.

Begin your search at Off-Campus Universe, where you can browse current listings near Seattle.

4703 9th Ave NE Room is the lowest price in this group at $860/month. It's posted by a student, it's furnished, and it's listed as under 5 minutes by car from campus. The listing shows 8 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms with a lease running Now to August 2027 on a year lease, so ask the lister exactly what the $860/month covers, how many people share the kitchen and baths, and whether utilities are split separately.

Beautiful Houseboat 1/2 mile from UW is marked available now and comes furnished, with 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms for $2,250/month. The listing title mentions half a mile from UW, and the drive is listed as under 5 minutes by car from campus. It's offered by the owner on a lease of 3 months or more, with timing shown as 10/15/2026, which makes it one to look at if you only need a place through winter or spring.

3bd2.5ba single home near UW campus is a furnished house with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms at $1,800/month. It's listed as 5 to 10 minutes by car from campus, posted by the owner, and set up as a year lease with timing of 10/15/2026. If you're pulling a group together, ask how the bedrooms are laid out and whether the owner wants one lease for the whole house or separate agreements.

Remodeled Top-Floor Corner Apartment is an unfurnished 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom apartment from a company lister at $2,295/month. It's listed as under 5 minutes by car from campus on a year lease. The timing on the listing reads 7/20/2026, which has already passed, so ask the lister what start dates they can offer now.

2923 Franklin Ave East is a furnished 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom listing at $2,049/month. It's listed as under 5 minutes by car from campus and posted by the owner on a Year Lease (12 Months), with timing of 2/28/2025. That date has already passed, so ask the owner what start dates they can offer now.

What these Seattle listings have in common

All five are marked available now, and four of the five are furnished, which matters if you're arriving mid-year without a moving truck. Drive times range from under 5 minutes to 5 to 10 minutes by car, and lease types run from a 3-month minimum to full year leases.

Prices vary a lot because the units do. A shared 8 bedroom place, a 3 bedroom house and a 2 bedroom on Franklin Ave East aren't the same product, so compare them by what you'd actually pay each month after you split the rent with roommates and add utilities, not by the headline figure alone.

Early November is a useful time to look. Some students are handing off rooms for winter and spring, and listers for next fall are starting to post. If a timing date on a listing has already passed, that doesn't mean the place is gone. Just ask the lister for current dates.

Who posted the listing is worth noting too. Three of these come from owners, one from a student and one from a company. A student handing off a room can often move fast but may need the landlord's sign-off, while an owner or a company will usually have its own application steps, so ask early what the process looks like and how long approval takes.

UW room near Roosevelt station: checking the light rail ride yourself

A UW room near Roosevelt station is a common ask for a reason. In student posts in local Facebook housing groups collected on 2 Nov 2026, Roosevelt, the light rail, the University District and Green Lake all came up by name. Those same student posts put the median rent people quoted at $1,100, but treat that as a snapshot of what students typed, not a market rate or our data.

None of the listings above claim a station location, so treat the light rail part as homework. Put the address into a transit app and check the walk to the station, how often trains run at the hours you'll actually travel, and how long the ride plus the walk at the campus end takes. Then try it once before you sign, ideally at a morning class time.

Other topics came up often in those student posts too: in-unit laundry, furnished rooms, being close to campus, pets, utilities included, parking and a private room or bathroom. Our listing fields don't confirm most of those, so put them on your question list. Ask where the washer is, which utilities are in the rent, whether there's a parking spot and what it costs, and what the pet rules, deposits and fees are.

Tips before you sign in Seattle

• Time the whole commute, not just the train. Add the walk to the station, the wait and the walk on campus, and test it at the hour you'll really be leaving home.

• Ask what the monthly rent includes. Utilities, internet, laundry and parking can change what a place costs by a lot, so get the answer in writing.

• Check lease dates against your academic calendar. A sublease that ends mid-quarter or a start date that's already passed can usually be sorted out, but only if you ask early.

• Meet the people you'd live with. For shared houses and rooms, a short call or visit with current tenants tells you more about quiet hours, cleaning and guests than any listing can.

Ready to find your place? Browse all listings at Off-Campus Universe.

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