HomeMarketCap.comThe median tracked Seattle ZIP has a typical home value of $815,787. That is a typical-value index, not a sale-price median — the two differ, which is why published figures for Seattle rarely match. The median tracked ZIP in Seattle has a typical home value of $815,787 and typical rent of $2,279 per month. Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $544,576 in 98121 to $1,362,281 in 98112 — a factor of 2.5. The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 29.8.
Key stats
- The median tracked ZIP in Seattle has a typical home value of $815,787 and typical rent of $2,279 per month.
- Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $544,576 in 98121 to $1,362,281 in 98112 — a factor of 2.5.
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 29.8.
- 14 of 22 tracked ZIPs (64%) show the current cooling flag.
- The metro income-needed indicator changed -2.79% year over year.
- Tracked ZIP markets
- 22
- Median ZIP home value
- $815,787
- Median ZIP rent
- $2,279
- housing cost spread
- Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $544,576 in 98121 to $1,362,281 in 98112 — a factor of 2.5.
- metro price to rent
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 29.8.
- cooling share
- 14 of 22 tracked ZIPs (64%) show the current cooling flag.
What a house costs in Seattle
The median tracked Seattle ZIP has a typical home value of $815,787. That is a typical-value index, not a sale-price median — the two differ, which is why published figures for Seattle rarely match.
What the figure hides
Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $544,576 in 98121 to $1,362,281 in 98112 — a factor of 2.5.
A budget does not shop the metro; it shops the ZIPs it reaches. The range above is the one that matters when the citywide figure and the listings you can see do not agree.
Sources and method
- HomeMarketCap.com data sources: ZIP and metro housing-market datasets
- HomeMarketCap.com methodology: calculation and missing-data rules