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Most affordable housing, Washington cities

Name: Most affordable housing, Washington cities, 2024
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Washington cities with the lowest CensusEasy Afford Score, where homes cost the fewest years of local income (2024 ACS). This list covers the 193 cities in Washington that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 193 is 5.5. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Pacific, WA, up 100 places to #18.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 1990

01▲25Omak, WAWA5,1853.3+35%

02▲2Toppenish, WAWA8,6353.4+72%

03Union Gap, WAWA6,6173.5+82%

04▼2Ephrata, WAWA8,8343.6+97%

05▲15Orting, WAWA8,8843.7+62%

06▼1West Richland, WAWA19,2573.7+99%

07▲90Manchester, WAWA5,9563.8+67%

08▲4Clarkston Heights-Vineland, WAWA7,8843.8+93%

09▼3Quincy, WAWA8,5103.8+44%

10▲22Sunnyside, WAWA16,4304.0+80%

11▼10Connell, WAWA5,0804.0+118%

12▲19Prairie Ridge, WAWA12,0744.0+44%

13▲12Prosser, WAWA6,6544.1+114%

14▲5Felida, WAWA10,8414.1+103%

15▼4Moses Lake, WAWA27,4694.1+78%

16▼7Finley, WAWA5,6344.1+111%

17▼3Duvall, WAWA9,4404.2+14%

18▲100Pacific, WAWA7,0564.2+51%

19▲65Enumclaw, WAWA13,1724.3+40%

20▲18Five Corners, WAWA21,1944.3+126%

21▲12Lake Shore, WAWA6,9784.3+132%

22▼14Grandview, WAWA12,0624.3+108%

23▼10Frederickson, WAWA25,3834.4+38%

24▼3Pasco, WAWA82,8484.4+74%

25▲4Elk Plain, WAWA14,2764.4+82%

26▼3Othello, WAWA9,2374.4+129%

27▼5Otis Orchards-East Farms, WAWA5,4544.4+151%

28▲49Tanglewilde, WAWA6,3144.4–

29▲7Graham, WAWA35,0794.4–

30▲11Bonney Lake, WAWA22,1394.4+109%

31▼3Minnehaha, WAWA11,4824.4+105%

32▼16Rochester, WAWA5,8344.5+105%

33▲12Tracyton, WAWA6,1374.5+67%

34▼4Spanaway, WAWA34,0194.5+95%

35▼20Terrace Heights, WAWA10,0414.5+133%

36▼19Aberdeen, WAWA17,0884.5+134%

37Richland, WAWA65,2584.6+142%

38▲28Snoqualmie, WAWA13,6404.6+34%

39▼32Hoquiam, WAWA8,7104.6+154%

40▲16Buckley, WAWA5,6884.6+88%

41▲46Orchards, WAWA29,4384.6–

42▲12Battle Ground, WAWA23,5134.6+75%

43▼1Clarkston, WAWA7,1894.7+83%

44▲28Mill Creek East, WAWA25,4534.7–

45▲1Yakima, WAWA97,4584.7+87%

46▼12Covington, WAWA21,4964.7–

47▲2Maple Valley, WAWA28,4824.7+28%

48▲48Salmon Creek, WAWA20,0174.7+94%

49▲75Tehaleh, WAWA9,5614.8–

50▲17Summit, WAWA8,7914.8+93%

51▼8South Hill, WAWA68,0254.8+95%

52▼5Summit View, WAWA8,4804.8–

53▲35Barberton, WAWA8,6684.8–

54▼14DuPont, WAWA9,7784.8+95%

55▼4Sudden Valley, WAWA6,0844.8+62%

56▼32Liberty Lake, WAWA14,0294.9+83%

57▲47Midland, WAWA9,0504.9+85%

58▲12Artondale, WAWA14,0734.9+106%

59▲12Tumwater, WAWA28,0105.0+102%

60▼16Clover Creek, WAWA7,3455.0–

61▲3Shelton, WAWA10,9215.0+106%

62▲85Colville, WAWA5,1165.0+95%

63▲54Parkwood, WAWA6,8735.0+127%

64▲11Lake Tapps, WAWA12,7985.0–

65▼38Yelm, WAWA12,0435.0+69%

66▼16Kennewick, WAWA88,3665.0+120%

67▼5Camas, WAWA27,7495.0+114%

68▲5Lacey, WAWA58,8335.0+105%

69▼14Waller, WAWA7,6835.0+115%

70▼17Kelso, WAWA12,8015.1+156%

71▲35Chehalis, WAWA7,7645.1+126%

72▲51Country Homes, WAWA6,1985.1+83%

73▲10Fairwood CDP (Spokane County), WAWA10,6745.1+164%

74▲35Fircrest, WAWA6,9595.1+128%

75▼7Spokane Valley, WAWA108,4055.2–

76▼66Suncrest, WAWA5,3455.2–

77▼19Spokane, WAWA230,7835.2+129%

78▼21Washougal, WAWA18,0285.2+139%

79▼3Lake Stevens, WAWA42,0915.2+53%

80▲21Maplewood, WAWA5,8035.2–

81▼7Woods Creek, WAWA6,9435.2–

82▼30Silver Firs, WAWA22,3065.3–

83▲9Silverdale, WAWA20,6855.3+71%

84▲5Ridgefield, WAWA16,1325.3+147%

85▲34Hazel Dell, WAWA23,2375.3–

86▼47Lakeland North, WAWA15,9505.3+123%

87▲54Sumner, WAWA10,8715.3+69%

88▼53Mead, WAWA6,8935.3–

89▲32Lakeland South, WAWA13,1005.3+111%

90▲67Poulsbo, WAWA12,7495.3+40%

91▼22Bothell West, WAWA22,0295.4–

92▲19Maltby, WAWA10,9105.4–

93▼33Woodland, WAWA6,6115.4+128%

94▼35West Clarkston-Highland, WAWA5,4445.4+119%

95▼5Sedro-Woolley, WAWA13,3085.5+109%

96▼10Marysville, WAWA77,6865.5+36%

97▲43East Renton Highlands, WAWA12,5825.5+115%

98▲10Birch Bay, WAWA10,8375.5+79%

99▲1Lake Morton-Berrydale, WAWA11,1835.5–

100▼18Black Diamond, WAWA6,9785.5+89%

101▲11East Wenatchee, WAWA14,4145.5+89%

102▼84Airway Heights, WAWA11,8115.5+127%

103▼18Selah, WAWA8,6785.5+158%

104▼56Sultan, WAWA7,2305.6+66%

105▲21Tacoma, WAWA229,8165.6+115%

106▼8Milton, WAWA8,9115.6+129%

107▲9Auburn, WAWA86,3015.6+85%

108▲5Puyallup, WAWA42,6825.6+120%

109▼48Eastmont, WAWA23,7215.6–

110▼45Centralia, WAWA19,3755.7+143%

111▲26Vancouver, WAWA199,6985.7+102%

112▲58Bothell East, WAWA14,5785.7–

113▲36Cottage Lake, WAWA22,5185.8–

114▲31Lynden, WAWA16,8815.8+95%

115▲14Burlington, WAWA11,3565.8+102%

116▼23Mount Vista, WAWA10,7645.8–

117▼12Parkland, WAWA38,7425.9+126%

118▼19Longview, WAWA38,3625.9+146%

119▼4Bremerton, WAWA45,4825.9+109%

120▲7Sammamish, WAWA66,1105.9–

121▼42Walla Walla, WAWA34,0585.9+147%

122Port Angeles, WAWA20,1465.9+112%

123▲43Hobart, WAWA6,5525.9–

124▼44College Place, WAWA9,9235.9+136%

125Wenatchee, WAWA35,5475.9+105%

126▲5Lake Forest Park, WAWA13,1916.0+64%

127▲19Wollochet, WAWA6,6896.0–

128▲24Olympia, WAWA56,7246.0+114%

129▲26North Bend, WAWA8,7586.0+45%

130▼39Fife, WAWA11,0616.0+74%

131▼11Fairwood CDP (King County), WAWA17,8566.0–

132▲3Port Orchard, WAWA19,8396.0+103%

133▼30Monroe, WAWA20,0256.1+75%

134▲16Oak Harbor, WAWA24,0836.1+78%

135▲4North Lynnwood, WAWA23,3396.1–

136▼29Arlington, WAWA22,0316.1+109%

137▼56Edgewood, WAWA13,5486.1–

138▲27Lakewood, WAWA62,7556.2+87%

139▲15Mountlake Terrace, WAWA25,4306.2+107%

140▲24Issaquah, WAWA39,4236.2+24%

141▼11Mount Vernon, WAWA35,1936.2+116%

142▼8Tukwila, WAWA22,0036.2+98%

143▲42Normandy Park, WAWA6,6096.2+69%

144▲9Ferndale, WAWA17,5596.3+109%

145▼51Martha Lake, WAWA22,6346.3+100%

146▼13University Place, WAWA35,4796.3+117%

147▲4Federal Way, WAWA99,7296.4+105%

148▼5Kent, WAWA134,8716.4+93%

149▼71Hockinson, WAWA6,1506.4–

150▼22Camano, WAWA17,3036.4–

151▼88Deer Park, WAWA5,3706.4+142%

152▼10SeaTac, WAWA34,5786.4+122%

153▼17Picnic Point, WAWA10,2616.4–

154▲5Des Moines, WAWA33,0326.5+93%

155▲21Gig Harbor, WAWA12,6306.5+52%

156▼42Steilacoom, WAWA6,6486.5+132%

157▼47Blaine, WAWA6,4756.5+106%

158▲30Vashon, WAWA9,9346.6–

159▼27Brier, WAWA6,5976.6+117%

160▼16Stanwood, WAWA9,4216.6+103%

161▲7Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WAWA23,0476.6–

162Bothell, WAWA52,1996.6+55%

163▼5Kenmore, WAWA24,2496.6+71%

164▼8Ocean Shores, WAWA7,8926.6+139%

165▲14Lake Stickney, WAWA15,8906.6–

166▲12Mukilteo, WAWA21,2396.7+76%

167▼72Alderwood Manor, WAWA10,2666.7–

168▲7Woodinville, WAWA14,5486.7+72%

169▼6Renton, WAWA104,9756.7+105%

170▲11Bainbridge Island, WAWA24,6916.7–

171▼10Everett, WAWA113,5676.8+97%

172▼70Lake Goodwin, WAWA5,5366.8+89%

173▼1Sequim, WAWA8,2156.8+66%

174▼1Burien, WAWA51,8597.0+112%

175▼1Redmond, WAWA82,5067.2+79%

176▲6Shoreline, WAWA66,5427.2–

177▼6Bryn Mawr-Skyway, WAWA17,6387.2+152%

178▼30Cheney, WAWA12,6507.3+115%

179▼12Mill Creek, WAWA20,9027.3+70%

180▲3Edmonds, WAWA42,7487.3+85%

181▼21Ellensburg, WAWA21,3087.3+87%

182▲5White Center, WAWA14,8867.4–

183▼3Kirkland, WAWA97,4107.4+79%

184▼46Newcastle, WAWA13,1287.5–

185▼8Anacortes, WAWA18,0807.6+158%

186▲5Seattle, WAWA784,7777.6+63%

187▼18Snohomish, WAWA10,7197.8+134%

188▼2Bellevue, WAWA154,1938.1+83%

189▼5Port Townsend, WAWA10,6788.7+167%

190▼1Lynnwood, WAWA42,1328.8+124%

191▲1Pullman, WAWA33,7569.1+102%

192▲1Mercer Island, WAWA25,4229.1+69%

193▼3Bellingham, WAWA96,3959.4+163%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES