The Washington cities with the strongest composite momentum scores.
Washington cities ranked by our composite momentum score — recent price changes, distance from peak, and population growth.
Use this list as a within-state shortlist; for full data, open any city profile.
1Burlington, WAMount Vernon-Anacortes · pop 10,94575Rising$543,329median home+1.3%home YoY 2Arlington, WASeattle-Tacoma-Bellevue · pop 21,95973Rising$670,726median home+1.6%home YoY 3Quincy, WAMoses Lake · pop 8,29473Rising$427,827median home+0.9%home YoY 4Centralia, WACentralia · pop 19,06172Rising$396,729median home+2.1%home YoY 5Lynden, WABellingham · pop 16,78372Rising$626,690median home+2.3%home YoY 6Ferndale, WABellingham · pop 16,70672Rising$617,832median home+0.3%home YoY 7Stanwood, WASeattle-Tacoma-Bellevue · pop 8,94372Rising$720,081median home+1.0%home YoY 8Port Orchard, WABremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard · pop 19,12271Rising$559,538median home+2.1%home YoY 9Yelm, WAOlympia-Lacey-Tumwater · pop 11,71571Rising$490,150median home+0.6%home YoY 10Othello, WAOthello · pop 9,00171Rising$341,087median home+1.1%home YoY 11Chehalis, WACentralia · pop 7,71771Rising$479,380median home+2.3%home YoY 12Omak, WA · pop 5,16771Rising$265,823median home+2.5%home YoY 13Colville, WASpokane-Spokane Valley · pop 5,00971Rising$337,447median home+2.6%home YoY 15West Richland, WAKennewick-Richland · pop 18,82070Rising$498,249median home-0.3%home YoY 16Sedro-Woolley, WAMount Vernon-Anacortes · pop 13,21570Rising$500,824median home+0.3%home YoY 17Airway Heights, WASpokane-Spokane Valley · pop 11,95070Rising$376,855median home+1.1%home YoY 18Grandview, WAYakima · pop 11,59970Rising$340,857median home+1.6%home YoY 19Selah, WAYakima · pop 8,65370Rising$441,073median home+1.9%home YoY 20Rochester, WAOlympia-Lacey-Tumwater · pop 6,06470Rising$518,955median home+1.6%home YoY 21Marysville, WASeattle-Tacoma-Bellevue · pop 76,20969Rising$636,601median home+0.2%home YoY 22Lacey, WAOlympia-Lacey-Tumwater · pop 58,64469Rising$518,808median home+0.3%home YoY 23Ephrata, WAMoses Lake · pop 8,71869Rising$326,812median home+1.4%home YoY 24North Bend, WASeattle-Tacoma-Bellevue · pop 8,55369Rising$1,018,854median home-2.3%home YoY 25Mount Vernon, WAMount Vernon-Anacortes · pop 35,34468Rising$590,838median home+1.8%home YoY Sources: Zillow ZHVI, Zillow ZORI, US Census place population.