HomeMarketCap.comTypical rent in the median tracked Seattle ZIP is $2,279 per month, measured across all home types rather than for a specific studio or house. Across tracked ZIPs typical rent runs from $1,867 in 98125 to $2,810 in 98199 per month. 1 of 22 ZIPs (5%) show faster rent growth. The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 29.8.
Key stats
- Across tracked ZIPs typical rent runs from $1,867 in 98125 to $2,810 in 98199 per month.
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 29.8.
- The metro income-needed indicator changed -2.79% year over year.
- 1 of 22 ZIPs (5%) show faster rent growth.
- Tracked ZIP markets
- 22
- Median ZIP home value
- $815,787
- Median ZIP rent
- $2,279
- rent cost spread
- Across tracked ZIPs typical rent runs from $1,867 in 98125 to $2,810 in 98199 per month.
- rent acceleration share
- 1 of 22 ZIPs (5%) show faster rent growth.
- metro price to rent
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 29.8.
What rent costs in Seattle
Typical rent in the median tracked Seattle ZIP is $2,279 per month, measured across all home types rather than for a specific studio or house.
Rent and purchase price do not move together here or anywhere else, so a rent figure is not a shortcut to a price one.
What the figure hides
Across tracked ZIPs typical rent runs from $1,867 in 98125 to $2,810 in 98199 per month.
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