Tacoma housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
Tacoma home prices: the Zillow Home Value Index, 0% from a year earlier, put a typical home in Tacoma, Washington at $482,647 in September 2026. It was −3.2% below the $498,540 peak reached in June 2022.
- Value of a typical home
- $482,647September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- 0% since September 2025.
Tacoma home prices since 2000
The grey line represents the United States, while the steel line represents Tacoma. From January 2000, a typical home in Tacoma increased from $143,597 to $482,647, or ×3.36. During those same months, the US recorded ×2.99. Prices peaked during the boom in July 2007 at $271,939, then fell to a low of $157,148 in August 2012, a −42.2% change.
Tacoma median home price by year
Each yearly figure averages the twelve monthly values; for 2026, it shows the latest month.
| Year | Tacoma | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $147,254 | $125,745 | |
| 2001 | $156,641 | +6.4% | $134,899 |
| 2003 | $167,309 | $155,308 | |
| 2004 | $184,403 | +10.2% | $169,891 |
| 2005 | $215,020 | +16.6% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $250,592 | +16.5% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $268,410 | +7.1% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $254,802 | −5.1% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $224,249 | −12.0% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $207,626 | −7.4% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $181,798 | −12.4% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $159,955 | −12.0% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $167,735 | +4.9% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $183,310 | +9.3% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $199,896 | +9.0% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $228,537 | +14.3% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $260,782 | +14.1% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $296,861 | +13.8% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $324,268 | +9.2% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $362,265 | +11.7% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $434,265 | +19.9% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $480,800 | +10.7% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $469,319 | −2.4% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $486,344 | +3.6% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $487,000 | +0.1% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $482,647 | 0% | $366,157 |
Current value of a Tacoma home bought in any year
This index-based estimate applies to a typical home and is not an appraisal.
Each yearly figure averages twelve monthly index values; September 2026 provides the current value. Other choices include the home appreciation calculator.
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Tacoma housing market forecast
Zillow's forecast points to 0% for the Seattle, WA metro during the 12 months beginning September 2026. Over the next three months, it predicts a decline of 0.6%. With Tacoma's typical value at $482,647, applying this forecast would leave it near $482,600 a year on.
Restated here, the forecast gives Zillow's central estimate for the metro; the site does not publish its own forecast. A 12-month forecast like this has typically differed from the realised change by several percentage points, whether higher or lower. This is not investment advice.
Find forecasts for every metro in one table: housing market forecast.
Tacoma housing market crash risk score
High, 76 of 100
Across 292 cities, the score ranks Tacoma by five conditions that were high before past price falls. Every input gets a score from 0 to 100 by comparison with the other cities. Averaging then gives all five scores equal weight. It shows current conditions and does not predict a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | +57.4% | 92 | 20% |
| Time listed on the market vs 2019 | +24.4% | 83 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 22.7 | 75 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 5.6 | 67 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | 0% | 65 | 20% |
This is not investment advice. See methodology for details on how the inputs are scored. Rankings for all 292 cities: crash risk by city.
Market inventory and days on market for Tacoma
With 13,078 homes for sale in September 2026 the Seattle, WA metro stood at +28.5% from a year earlier and +57.4% compared with the same month in 2019. The median sale time for a listing was 51 days, which was +24.4% against 2019. Price cuts appeared on 25.0% of listings.
| Seattle, WA metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 13,078 | +28.5% |
| New listings | 4,676 | |
| Median days on market | 51 | +9.7% |
| Median list price | $749,970 | −2.4% |
| Share with a price cut | 25.0% |
Metro inventory comes from Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com data. Days on market by city covers every metro.
Living costs and rent in Tacoma
According to the Zillow Observed Rent Index, Tacoma's typical asking rent is $1,773 a month, up 2.1% from a year earlier. The typical home costs the same as 22.7 years of rent. Household income has a median of $86,328 (Census ACS 2024), placing the typical home at 5.6 times the annual income. BEA gives the metro a price index of 111.1 compared with a US average of 100, and a housing cost index of 151.3.
Additional housing markets in Washington
- Seattle housing market $822,572.
- Spokane $392,803
- Vancouver housing market $498,160.
- Bellevue housing market $1,386,450.
- Yakima housing market $358,493.
- Bellingham housing market $657,528.
- Olympia housing market $526,205.
See the state overall: Washington housing market.
How to read this chart
Values for a typical home in the market's middle third appear at each point of the Zillow Home Value Index for Tacoma, smoothed and seasonally adjusted in each month's dollars. The hollow dot identifies the month shown on the slider, while the terracotta dot identifies the latest month. Inflation is not included in these figures. An index follows the typical home, not any one house. To find a single home's value, use its sale price with the card above or the home appreciation calculator.