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Home values, rents and more in the Bellingham metro area

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$608,000
Washington: $588,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+0.3%
Washington: −0.5% · U.S.: +1.2%
Typical rent
$1,951/mo
Washington: $2,001 · U.S.: $1,932
Rents, past year
+3.1%
Washington: +2.2% · U.S.: +2.9%
Population
236,392
Census estimate, July 2025
Median household income
$81,784
Washington: $98,141 · U.S.: $80,734
Counties around the Bellingham metro, shaded by typical home valueWhatcomSkagit
  • Under $490k
  • $490k–$560k
  • $560k–$600k
  • $600k–$650k
  • $650k+
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Counties around the Bellingham metro, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, counties). The metro area is outlined.

How the Bellingham metro compares

The typical home in the Bellingham metro area is worth about $608,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Bellingham metro are 3% above the typical value in Washington ($588,000) and 1.7 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in the Bellingham metro rose 0.3%, compared with −0.5% in Washington and +1.2% nationally.

Typical rent is $1,951 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as Washington ($2,001) and about the same as the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.1% over the past year.

The median household income is $81,784, against $98,141 in Washington and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 236,392 people live in the Bellingham metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).

The Bellingham metro has the 41st-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 3rd-highest of 21 in Washington with Zillow figures.

Part of: 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.

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