Everett, WA — Momentum Score, Home Values & Best-For

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Snohomish County · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue · population 113,011

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Everett, WA
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60
Stable
Momentum score · 0–100

Where Everett stands

At or near all-time high.

Median home $665,406
1-year -1.1%
5-yr CAGR +4.8%
vs 5-yr peak -2.0%
Population +0.5%/yr

Home value trajectory · last 10 years

Zillow ZHVI · monthly
peak 2025-02$665k$291k$429k$568k$706k201620182020202220242026

Lifestyle scores

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Walkability
40/100
Car-dependent
Estimated from population density. Higher = denser, more amenities within walking distance.
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Public transit
30/100
Minimal transit
Curated list of major US transit systems + population-based estimate. Higher = real subway/rail/bus options.
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Remote work fit
83/100
Excellent for remote work
Composite of city size, housing cost, state tax structure, and region's remote-work track record.

Scores are heuristic estimates from population density, state, and known transit/walkable cities. Not based on a paid Walk Score / Transit Score API — see methodology for the formula.

Rent trajectory · last 5 years

Zillow ZORI · monthly
$1,889/mo$1,427$1,728$2,028202220242026

Home value vs rent · indexed to 100

Both rebased at first month of ZORI data (~2015)
Home valueRent127124100120202220242026

Rent vs buy

Price-to-rent ratio: 29.4
Rent

At a 29.4 price-to-rent ratio, renting beats buying in Everett for most shorter holds. The premium you pay to own would take many years of rent savings to recoup, and that's before maintenance, taxes, and opportunity cost on the down payment.

How the momentum score breaks down

methodology →
Home YoY
45 · w22%
Home 5-yr CAGR
64 · w22%
Distance from peak
78 · w18%
Population growth
56 · w16%
Rent YoY
41 · w12%
Home 10-yr CAGR
80 · w10%
Long thesis

Everett has held up across the cycle: home values at $665,406 with +4.8% 5-year CAGR. The bull case is structural — population, location, employer base — and holds even if next year's print is soft.

Short thesis

Everett's bear case is the boring one: the cycle is real and any market that's run hard can stall. Watch for slowing population growth, rising days-on-market, or builder discounts as the early warning signals.

About Everett

Everett is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, with an estimated population of 113,011. It anchors the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area. The population grew 0.5% annually from 2020 to 2024, a moderate gain. The median home value in Everett is $665,406 as of 2026-04, down 1.1% over the last 12 months. Over the last five years, home values have averaged +4.8% annual growth, with prices at or near the 5-year peak. Rents in Everett average $1,889 per month, roughly flat year-over-year (-0.7%). The composite momentum score is 60 of 100 (Stable). Conditions are neither hot nor cold, so the local fit matters more than market timing.

▲ Bull case

●Held the highs: currently -2.0% from the 5-year peak — this market refused to give back gains.
○The data is the data: Everett has at least 5 years of Zillow tracking, full Census identification, and is included in the 2-criteria momentum score on this page.

▼ Bear case

○Local nuance: city-level data smooths over neighborhood differences. School zones, HOA rules, and street-level character matter — visit before deciding.

About Everett (Wikipedia)

Everett is the county seat of and the most populous city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It is 25 miles (40 km) north of Seattle and is one of the main cities in the metropolitan area and the Puget Sound region. Everett is the seventh-most populous city in the state, with 110,629 residents as of the 2020 census. The city is primarily situated on a peninsula at the mouth of the Snohomish River along Port Gardner Bay, an inlet of Possession Sound, and extends to the south and west.

Source: Wikipedia · this summary is contributed and licensed under CC-BY-SA.

City facts

MayorCassie Franklin
Area47.91 sq mi
Established1890
Densityauto/sq mi

Extracted from the Wikipedia infobox. Values may be slightly out of date relative to the latest sources.

Things to see in Everett(Events and tourism)

  • Independence Day
  • Farmers Market
  • Envestnet
  • Washington Beer Commission
  • Pride parade
  • Future of Flight Aviation Center
  • Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum
  • Imagine Children's Museum

Extracted from the Wikipedia article. Names linked in the source — open the city’s Wikipedia page for details.

Playbook

Buyer

Lifestyle fit matters more than market timing in a Stable market. Take your time on the home and neighborhood; the macro trend isn't urgent. Negotiate normally.

Seller

Price competitively from day one or risk a 60+ day listing. Staging, photography, and presentation matter more in Stable markets than in Hot ones.

Investor

Stable cap rates, no big appreciation story to lean on. Underwrite this as a pure cash-flow play — the math has to work on rent alone.

Local safety & alerts

No active National Weather Service alerts for Snohomish County right now.

NWS active alerts (WA)Washington Emergency ManagementHow to prepare (NWS)

Public-safety links are official .gov sources, not curated by us. Snohomish County routes NWS alerts; check the state EM portal for non-weather emergencies.

Neighborhoods of Everett

19 tracked · ranked by median home value
1Boulevard Bluffs$1,103,836-0.6%
2Harborview-Seahurst-Glenhaven$744,634-1.9%
3Silver Lake$711,743-1.4%
4Valley View$709,026-2.0%
5Lowell$693,755-2.9%
6Northwest Everett$670,310+0.9%
7View Ridge-Madison$654,124-0.4%
8Twin Creeks$641,493-1.4%
9Cascade View$640,577-1.8%
10South Forest Park$634,641+1.2%
11Holly$633,660+1.6%
12Evergreen$607,298-0.3%
13Glacier View$605,810-1.0%
14Pinehurst$592,565-1.5%
15Port Gardner$577,122-1.5%
16Riverside$538,599-0.9%
17Delta$529,259-0.4%
18Bayside$515,209+0.9%
19Westmont$370,847-5.9%

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Run the numbers for Everett

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Sources: Zillow ZHVI (home values), Zillow ZORI (rents), US Census ACS + place population. Updated when source agencies publish revisions.

Climate & natural-disaster risk

Winter (Jan)
45° / 35°
avg high / low
Summer (Jul)
77° / 56°
avg high / low
Sunny days/yr
152
~42% of year
Annual precip
38″ rain
10″ snow
Disaster risk (1=very low, 5=very high)
Hurricane
Very low
Tornado
Very low
Wildfire
High
Earthquake
Very high
Flood
Moderate

State-level averages from NOAA Climate Normals (1991-2020) and FEMA National Risk Index. City-level conditions can vary significantly within a state.

Local sports teams

Major professional teams the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue area cheers for. Detailed stats, schedules, and player pages on intherafters.com.

Current weather

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Find rentals & listings

Open current Everett listings on the major real-estate sites.

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Local news & community

Updated 2026-05-21 from Google News + Reddit RSS. Headlines link to original sources.

Local economy & environment

Humidity
75%
Very humid climate
Median household income
$90,400
Washington state median
Top industries (state-level)
Tech (Amazon/MS)Aerospace (Boeing)Agriculture

Humidity is annual average relative humidity (NOAA). Income is Census ACS 5-year estimate. Industries are largest employment sectors statewide (BLS); the local mix in a given city may vary.

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