Home values, rents and more in the Seattle metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Seattle metro compares
The typical home in the Seattle metro area is worth about $720,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Seattle metro are 23% above the typical value in Washington ($588,000) and 2.0 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Seattle metro fell 1.6%, compared with −0.5% in Washington and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,250 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 12% above Washington ($2,001) and 16% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.1% over the past year.
The median household income is $115,177, against $98,141 in Washington and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 4,161,883 people live in the Seattle metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Seattle metro has the 28th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the highest of 21 in Washington with Zillow figures.
Part of: Washington
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Seattle metro
Cities in the Seattle metro
- Seattle, WA $823,000
- Tacoma, WA $483,000
- Bellevue, WA $1,386,000
- Kent, WA $631,000
- Everett, WA $631,000
- Renton, WA $725,000
- Federal Way, WA $582,000
- Kirkland, WA $1,154,000
- Auburn, WA $594,000
- Redmond, WA $1,293,000
- Marysville, WA $615,000
- Sammamish, WA $1,489,000
- Lakewood, WA $510,000
- Shoreline, WA $773,000
- Burien, WA $625,000
- Bothell, WA $979,000
- Puyallup, WA $560,000
- Edmonds, WA $899,000
- Lake Stevens, WA $686,000
- Lynnwood, WA $739,000
- Issaquah, WA $1,090,000
- Parkland, WA $459,000
- Graham, WA $586,000
- University Place, WA $648,000
- Spanaway, WA $501,000
- Des Moines, WA $592,000
- Seatac, WA $572,000
- Maple Valley, WA $764,000
- Frederickson, WA $531,000
- Mercer Island, WA $2,213,000
- Kenmore, WA $963,000
- Mountlake Terrace, WA $658,000
- Bonney Lake, WA $665,000
- Tukwila, WA $561,000
- Mukilteo, WA $888,000
- Covington, WA $647,000
- Arlington, WA $651,000
- Mill Creek, WA $924,000
- Monroe, WA $707,000
- Bryn Mawr-Skyway, WA $644,000
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.