housing costs · Washington
Housing costs in King County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $2,092 | ± $13 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $2,035 | ± $14 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,950 | ± $11 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,801 | ± $10 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $859,900 | ± $4,853 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $811,200 | ± $5,949 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $761,500 | ± $5,655 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $651,900 | ± $3,650 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 28.6 % | ± 0.3 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 28.5 % | ± 0.3 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.4 % | ± 0.3 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.4 % | ± 0.3 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in King County is $2,092, above the Washington median of $1,198 across 39 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.