Home values, rents and more in Thurston County, WA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Thurston County, WA compares
The typical home in Thurston County, WA is worth about $521,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Thurston County, WA are about the same as the typical value in the Olympia metro area ($521,000) and 42% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Thurston County, WA rose 0.1%, compared with +0.1% in the Olympia metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,043 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Olympia metro area ($2,043) and 6% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.5% over the past year.
The median household income is $96,563, against $96,563 in the Olympia metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 304,261 people live in Thurston County, WA (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Thurston County, WA has the 13th-highest typical home value of the 39 counties in Washington with Zillow figures.
Part of: Olympia metro area · Washington
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.