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Home values, rents and more in the Centralia metro area

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

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Typical home value
$429,000
Washington: $588,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+1.4%
Washington: −0.5% · U.S.: +1.2%
Typical rent
$1,456/mo
Washington: $2,001 · U.S.: $1,932
Rents, past year
+4.1%
Washington: +2.2% · U.S.: +2.9%
Population
88,062
Census estimate, July 2025
Median household income
$74,796
Washington: $98,141 · U.S.: $80,734
Counties around the Centralia metro, shaded by typical home valueLewisPierceSkamaniaCowlitzPacificThurstonClatsopColumbiaWahkiakum
  • Under $400k
  • $400k–$440k
  • $440k–$490k
  • $490k–$540k
  • $540k+
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Counties around the Centralia metro, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, counties). The metro area is outlined.

How the Centralia metro compares

The typical home in the Centralia metro area is worth about $429,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Centralia metro are 27% below the typical value in Washington ($588,000) and 17% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in the Centralia metro rose 1.4%, compared with −0.5% in Washington and +1.2% nationally.

Typical rent is $1,456 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 27% below Washington ($2,001) and 25% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.1% over the past year.

The median household income is $74,796, against $98,141 in Washington and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 88,062 people live in the Centralia metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).

The Centralia metro has the 127th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 9th-lowest 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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