The median tracked Seattle ZIP has a typical home value of $798,214. 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 $798,214 and typical rent of $2,290 per month. Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $533,258 in 98121 to $1,338,232 in 98112 — a factor of 2.5. The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 29.1.
Key stats
- The median tracked ZIP in Seattle has a typical home value of $798,214 and typical rent of $2,290 per month.
- Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $533,258 in 98121 to $1,338,232 in 98112 — a factor of 2.5.
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 29.1.
- 6 of 22 tracked ZIPs (27%) show the current cooling flag.
- The metro income-needed indicator changed -0.60% year over year.
- Tracked ZIP markets
- 22
- Median ZIP home value
- $798,214
- Median ZIP rent
- $2,290
- housing cost spread
- Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $533,258 in 98121 to $1,338,232 in 98112 — a factor of 2.5.
- metro price to rent
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 29.1.
- cooling share
- 6 of 22 tracked ZIPs (27%) show the current cooling flag.
What a house costs in Seattle
The median tracked Seattle ZIP has a typical home value of $798,214. 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 $533,258 in 98121 to $1,338,232 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
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