Home appreciation in Olympia, WA

Over the five years ending 2025, home prices in Olympia, WA grew an average of 8.5% a year.

Price growth at a glance

1-year

+3.0%

2025 over 2024. Washington: +3.0%.

5-year, per year

+8.5%

Average annual growth, 2020 to 2025. Washington: +8.0%.

10-year, per year

+8.4%

+124.9% in total since 2015. Washington: +8.2%.

How does your home compare?

Olympia, WA home prices rose 124.9% over the ten years to 2025, while its ZIP codes ranged from +110.4% to +148.8%. Look up your home to see where it ranks among the homes around it.

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How Olympia, WA compares with Washington

Washington averaged +8.0% a year, so Olympia, WA grew faster than the state overall. For five-year price growth, Olympia, WA ranks 266th out of 409 metros nationwide and 6th out of 13 in Washington.

Index, 2005 = 100

Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA and Washington, quarterly house price index rebased to 100 in 2005.
YearOlympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WAWashington
2005 Q1100100
2005 Q2107105
2005 Q3113110
2005 Q4118115
2006 Q1122119
2006 Q2127123
2006 Q3130126
2006 Q4132129
2007 Q1134131
2007 Q2134133
2007 Q3135133
2007 Q4136134
2008 Q1136134
2008 Q2133131
2008 Q3129127
2008 Q4130126
2009 Q1129125
2009 Q2124120
2009 Q3122116
2009 Q4121114
2010 Q1119112
2010 Q2119111
2010 Q3115111
2010 Q4115109
2011 Q1111105
2011 Q2108102
2011 Q3108103
2011 Q4106103
2012 Q1104101
2012 Q2103100
2012 Q3103102
2012 Q4103103
2013 Q1104104
2013 Q2103106
2013 Q3103108
2013 Q4104109
2014 Q1105110
2014 Q2106113
2014 Q3109116
2014 Q4111117
2015 Q1111119
2015 Q2113122
2015 Q3116125
2015 Q4117128
2016 Q1118130
2016 Q2121135
2016 Q3124139
2016 Q4126141
2017 Q1128143
2017 Q2133149
2017 Q3136153
2017 Q4139156
2018 Q1143159
2018 Q2146165
2018 Q3150167
2018 Q4151167
2019 Q1152169
2019 Q2156173
2019 Q3159175
2019 Q4162177
2020 Q1165180
2020 Q2168183
2020 Q3173187
2020 Q4177192
2021 Q1185198
2021 Q2199213
2021 Q3211225
2021 Q4218233
2022 Q1225243
2022 Q2242259
2022 Q3242257
2022 Q4230248
2023 Q1239248
2023 Q2239255
2023 Q3240256
2023 Q4242254
2024 Q1244259
2024 Q2248266
2024 Q3254267
2024 Q4251267
2025 Q1248270
2025 Q2255273
2025 Q3261272
2025 Q4263274
2026 Q1258275
2026 Q2262276

Chart through 2026 Q2. Annual growth figures through 2025.

Five-year and ten-year growth rates were similar, at +8.4% a year over ten years and +124.9% in total, suggesting a similar pattern over both periods.

Over this history, home prices peaked in 2007, fell 23.3% to its 2012 low, and regained the 2007 level in 2018.

The strongest year was 2021 at +19.1%, and the weakest was 2011 at -7.7%.

In 2025 alone the index moved +3.0%, against +3.0% for the state.

ZIP codes in Olympia, WA

Over the ten years to 2025, the 11 ZIP codes FHFA measures in this metro ranged from +110.4% in 98502 to +148.8% in 98589, while the metro as a whole rose 124.9%.

Fastest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 98589+148.8%
  2. 98503+135.3%
  3. 98597+133.1%
  4. 98576+132.0%
  5. 98579+126.4%

Slowest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 98502+110.4%
  2. 98506+111.5%
  3. 98512+113.1%
  4. 98513+121.1%
  5. 98501+121.1%
ZIP codes in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA ranked by 10-year home-price change through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
98589+4.2%+9.6%+9.5%+148.8%
98503+3.6%+8.0%+8.9%+135.3%
98597+6.4%+8.4%+8.8%+133.1%
98576+7.0%+8.9%+8.8%+132.0%
98579+4.9%+8.4%+8.5%+126.4%
98516-0.7%+8.5%+8.3%+122.1%
98501+3.2%+8.2%+8.3%+121.1%
98513+2.6%+8.4%+8.3%+121.1%
98512-2.5%+7.4%+7.9%+113.1%
98506+2.5%+7.9%+7.8%+111.5%
98502+1.8%+8.4%+7.7%+110.4%

What a home report shows

Enter an address and you get a score out of 10 for how the home ranks on appreciation potential against comparable homes in its market, with the nearby sales behind it. Here is one saved report.

Example report · saved October 14, 2026

165 N Canal St, Apt 1205, Chicago, IL 60606

Appreciation score

4.1 / 10

Around the median

Where it ranks

Ranks above about 41% of comparable homes in Chicago, IL for appreciation potential.

Price against nearby sales

Priced below most nearby sales, at $300 per square foot across 6 comparable sales.

Read the full example report

Year by year

Annual house price index for Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA and Washington, 2005 = 100 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
2005100.0—100.0
2006116.9+16.9%115.6
2007122.9+5.2%123.7
2008120.6-1.9%120.4
2009113.4-6.0%110.2
2010107.1-5.6%102.9
201198.9-7.7%96.1
201294.3-4.6%94.7
201394.6+0.4%99.4
201498.4+3.9%106.2
2015104.4+6.1%114.8
2016111.7+7.0%126.7
2017122.6+9.8%139.8
2018134.8+9.9%153.0
2019143.7+6.6%161.6
2020156.0+8.6%172.6
2021185.8+19.1%202.1
2022214.9+15.7%234.1
2023219.4+2.1%235.8
2024228.0+3.9%246.2
2025234.8+3.0%253.6

The 13 measured metros in Washington

Measured metros in Washington ranked by 5-year home-price appreciation through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
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1Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA+4.1%+8.9%+8.9%
2Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA+3.0%+8.9%+9.1%
3Bellingham, WA+3.8%+8.8%+8.5%
4Everett, WA (metropolitan division)+2.3%+8.8%+8.8%
5Walla Walla, WA+6.9%+8.8%+7.9%
6Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA+3.0%+8.5%+8.4%
7Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA+4.2%+8.4%+8.1%
8Yakima, WA+4.6%+8.2%+7.9%
9Tacoma-Lakewood, WA (metropolitan division)+3.7%+8.1%+9.0%
10Kennewick-Richland, WA+2.9%+7.9%+8.3%
11Longview-Kelso, WA+4.9%+7.9%+8.7%
12Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA+2.7%+7.3%+8.1%
13Seattle-Bellevue-Kent, WA (metropolitan division)+2.3%+6.8%+7.5%

Source & method: Metro figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. State figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. The chart uses quarterly readings, with each series set to 100 in the first quarter of 2005. ZIP figures: FHFA annual five-digit ZIP index (developmental), ZIPs with sufficient transaction history. Missing years are reported as missing by FHFA and are not estimated. Each ZIP is placed in the metro that holds the county with most of its housing units. “5-yr /yr” and “10-yr /yr” are compound annual growth over the window ending 2025; all figures are nominal. Data published by the FHFA House Price Index; this edition compiled 2026-10-17. Educational data, not investment advice.

See the Washington row in the state rankings, the county rankings, and, for why one metro number hides so much, why two homes in the same ZIP code appreciate differently.

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Measured FHFA data · chart through 2026 Q2