Appreciation Velocity — Washington Cities
Cities of Washington ranked by 1Y / 3Y / 5Y home-price appreciation.
Public Record
Top 10 — 10Y appreciation (Citys)
#1 · Glacier, WA
+5,695.0%
#2 · Connell, WA
+1,373.7%
#3 · Manson, WA
+1,127.8%
#4 · Reardan, WA
+854.5%
#5 · Cusick, WA
+507.9%
#6 · Bucoda, WA
+471.4%
#7 · Benton City, WA
+456.9%
#8 · Lind, WA
+447.2%
#9 · Wapato, WA
+402.0%
#10 · Toledo, WA
+395.3%
City ranking — 10Y appreciation (highest first)
| # | City | State | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 10Y | Current median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glacier, WA | WA | +77.2% | — | +34.6% | +5,695.0% | $579.5K |
| 2 | Connell, WA | WA | — | — | +91.4% | +1,373.7% | $350K |
| 3 | Manson, WA | WA | +260.1% | +373.6% | +276.7% | +1,127.8% | $1.78M |
| 4 | Reardan, WA | WA | +97.0% | +28.0% | +220.4% | +854.5% | $525K |
| 5 | Cusick, WA | WA | +88.6% | — | +10.9% | +507.9% | $270.5K |
| 6 | Bucoda, WA | WA | -9.3% | — | +73.3% | +471.4% | $300K |
| 7 | Benton City, WA | WA | +110.5% | +98.7% | +179.9% | +456.9% | $735.1K |
| 8 | Lind, WA | WA | — | — | +129.7% | +447.2% | $290K |
| 9 | Wapato, WA | WA | +145.0% | +39.1% | +449.4% | +402.0% | $640K |
| 10 | Toledo, WA | WA | +3.2% | +60.7% | +117.6% | +395.3% | $590K |
| 11 | Bow, WA | WA | +393.2% | +225.6% | +77.3% | +393.2% | $1.83M |
| 12 | Skykomish, WA | WA | +231.5% | -1.0% | +37.5% | +391.1% | $663K |
| 13 | Orondo, WA | WA | -62.4% | — | +84.5% | +355.1% | $500.6K |
| 14 | Kennewick, WA | WA | +73.2% | +97.7% | +169.9% | +348.8% | $973.6K |
| 15 | Brewster, WA | WA | -61.5% | +1.0% | +69.3% | +348.7% | $175K |
| 16 | Grand Coulee, WA | WA | -41.0% | — | +95.1% | +333.2% | $238.3K |
| 17 | Olympia, WA | WA | +98.2% | +198.8% | +171.8% | +301.6% | $1.12M |
| 18 | Tulalip, WA | WA | +33.0% | +57.7% | +39.4% | +298.0% | $982.5K |
| 19 | Clyde Hill, WA | WA | -14.7% | +25.8% | +99.0% | +293.9% | $8.65M |
| 20 | Elk, WA | WA | +44.6% | +129.7% | +34.3% | +293.0% | $556.7K |
| 21 | Usk, WA | WA | +119.5% | +418.8% | +43.7% | +285.9% | $310K |
| 22 | Newcastle, WA | WA | +111.6% | +125.7% | +159.4% | +284.7% | $2.5M |
| 23 | Deming, WA | WA | +128.3% | +376.1% | +211.8% | +265.7% | $583.3K |
| 24 | Grayland, WA | WA | +51.7% | — | +166.0% | +264.1% | $462K |
| 25 | Belfair, WA | WA | +53.7% | +86.3% | +72.4% | +262.1% | $541.1K |
| 26 | Brinnon, WA | WA | +188.0% | — | +111.2% | +260.2% | $557.5K |
| 27 | Port Ludlow, WA | WA | +78.9% | +126.9% | +115.8% | +259.0% | $1.12M |
| 28 | Westport, WA | WA | -11.1% | +35.0% | +48.2% | +258.0% | $327.5K |
| 29 | Chewelah, WA | WA | +30.7% | +3.9% | +191.4% | +246.2% | $467.5K |
| 30 | Castle Rock, WA | WA | +17.2% | +484.3% | +121.6% | +240.5% | $544K |
| 31 | Seaview, WA | WA | -15.1% | +34.9% | +56.8% | +227.8% | $543K |
| 32 | Entiat, WA | WA | +2.0% | — | +61.5% | +226.3% | $416.3K |
| 33 | Cinebar, WA | WA | — | -2.3% | — | +226.2% | $212K |
| 34 | Kelso, WA | WA | +43.1% | +115.8% | +115.1% | +225.3% | $537.6K |
| 35 | Soap Lake, WA | WA | +45.3% | +271.6% | +288.9% | +214.8% | $418.5K |
| 36 | Carnation, WA | WA | +47.8% | +77.1% | +25.5% | +213.2% | $1.59M |
| 37 | Winlock, WA | WA | -3.7% | +3.1% | +48.4% | +210.9% | $432K |
| 38 | Camano Island, WA | WA | -41.6% | +36.4% | +83.0% | +210.1% | $812.9K |
| 39 | Toppenish, WA | WA | +12.9% | +16.7% | +59.8% | +205.2% | $348.8K |
| 40 | Airway Heights, WA | WA | +10.2% | +26.1% | +16.7% | +205.1% | $383.5K |
| 41 | Copalis Beach, WA | WA | -49.7% | +387.5% | +61.5% | +204.7% | $195K |
| 42 | Anderson Island, WA | WA | -33.8% | +0.4% | +51.9% | +201.7% | $170.4K |
| 43 | Normandy Park, WA | WA | +12.0% | -36.7% | +14.9% | +199.3% | $1.2M |
| 44 | Orting, WA | WA | +45.7% | +60.3% | +123.9% | +195.8% | $880.8K |
| 45 | Goldendale, WA | WA | +48.3% | +131.9% | +112.1% | +190.4% | $324.6K |
| 46 | North Bonneville, WA | WA | -11.6% | — | +58.9% | +190.0% | $435K |
| 47 | Ephrata, WA | WA | +13.9% | +400.8% | +179.7% | +189.5% | $441.5K |
| 48 | Federal Way, WA | WA | +30.1% | +100.9% | +70.1% | +188.1% | $746.7K |
| 49 | Liberty Lake, WA | WA | -17.8% | +11.6% | +56.4% | +186.7% | $621.2K |
| 50 | Cashmere, WA | WA | -7.0% | +614.8% | +47.8% | +185.9% | $643.3K |
| 51 | Bellingham, WA | WA | +13.5% | +70.0% | +56.9% | +184.3% | $850.2K |
| 52 | College Place, WA | WA | +30.4% | — | +32.9% | +184.1% | $531.7K |
| 53 | Issaquah, WA | WA | +19.8% | +65.1% | +39.1% | +182.4% | $1.77M |
| 54 | Allyn, WA | WA | +28.0% | +28.2% | +54.6% | +178.4% | $685.3K |
| 55 | Burlington, WA | WA | +93.9% | +952.8% | +108.0% | +173.7% | $804.2K |
| 56 | Rock Island, WA | WA | -16.9% | -5.1% | +15.3% | +171.8% | $510K |
| 57 | Granite Falls, WA | WA | +23.8% | +91.8% | +71.7% | +169.8% | $739K |
| 58 | Moxee, WA | WA | +31.2% | +13.7% | +48.2% | +168.3% | $489K |
| 59 | Buckley, WA | WA | -5.9% | +24.6% | +42.3% | +165.7% | $810.9K |
| 60 | Woodinville, WA | WA | +6.1% | +63.8% | +11.5% | +165.0% | $1.77M |
| 61 | Omak, WA | WA | +15.8% | +34.7% | +65.4% | +163.9% | $332.4K |
| 62 | Carson, WA | WA | +99.4% | — | +186.0% | +161.9% | $632.5K |
| 63 | Hansville, WA | WA | +10.2% | -0.6% | +41.1% | +161.4% | $562.5K |
| 64 | Coulee City, WA | WA | +20.8% | — | +69.8% | +161.1% | $286.9K |
| 65 | Montesano, WA | WA | -20.7% | -31.9% | +38.1% | +159.1% | $430K |
| 66 | Lake Tapps, WA | WA | +26.2% | +7.7% | +83.3% | +159.0% | $1.25M |
| 67 | Touchet, WA | WA | -72.5% | — | +57.9% | +158.7% | $529K |
| 68 | Lynnwood, WA | WA | +36.1% | +51.9% | +69.6% | +157.6% | $915.6K |
| 69 | Roy, WA | WA | +26.0% | +32.2% | +118.8% | +154.9% | $638.1K |
| 70 | Chehalis, WA | WA | +36.0% | +117.2% | +71.2% | +154.6% | $545.4K |
| 71 | Leavenworth, WA | WA | -1.3% | — | +48.5% | +154.4% | $677.5K |
| 72 | Colfax, WA | WA | +22.8% | +95.3% | +122.1% | +153.2% | $415.3K |
| 73 | Burien, WA | WA | +68.9% | +39.1% | +89.9% | +151.7% | $930K |
| 74 | Deer Park, WA | WA | +7.1% | +117.0% | +47.2% | +151.4% | $462.5K |
| 75 | Union, WA | WA | +20.3% | — | +120.5% | +150.9% | $588K |
| 76 | Lynden, WA | WA | +23.6% | — | +105.4% | +150.1% | $749K |
| 77 | Clarkston, WA | WA | +12.0% | +137.4% | +55.7% | +147.1% | $370.7K |
| 78 | Clayton, WA | WA | +59.4% | +204.2% | -8.3% | +144.6% | $365K |
| 79 | Maple Falls, WA | WA | -3.5% | -7.3% | +140.7% | +142.3% | $360K |
| 80 | Sumas, WA | WA | -1.0% | +2.0% | -2.2% | +141.1% | $462.5K |
| 81 | Prosser, WA | WA | +1.2% | -8.5% | +40.0% | +139.2% | $425.1K |
| 82 | Republic, WA | WA | +147.1% | -28.9% | +66.3% | +138.2% | $270K |
| 83 | Port Townsend, WA | WA | -36.4% | -24.1% | -25.6% | +135.5% | $547.3K |
| 84 | Long Beach, WA | WA | +32.3% | +8.3% | +63.8% | +132.5% | $331.3K |
| 85 | Renton, WA | WA | +10.0% | +30.0% | +34.4% | +132.4% | $862.3K |
| 86 | Ocean Shores, WA | WA | +11.7% | -14.1% | +127.2% | +131.0% | $302.8K |
| 87 | Bellevue, WA | WA | -7.6% | +23.8% | +35.7% | +129.9% | $1.86M |
| 88 | Enumclaw, WA | WA | +5.7% | -7.9% | +54.8% | +129.8% | $737.1K |
| 89 | Sunnyside, WA | WA | +39.6% | +20.3% | +110.5% | +128.8% | $386.2K |
| 90 | Richland, WA | WA | +1.3% | +10.4% | +48.2% | +128.4% | $561.7K |
| 91 | Washougal, WA | WA | +0.8% | +18.6% | +71.6% | +127.4% | $754.4K |
| 92 | Redmond, WA | WA | -1.6% | +9.1% | +17.6% | +126.7% | $1.42M |
| 93 | Snohomish, WA | WA | -2.8% | +15.4% | +36.6% | +124.8% | $1M |
| 94 | Rainier, WA | WA | -33.7% | -20.9% | +9.1% | +124.6% | $396.5K |
| 95 | Yelm, WA | WA | +18.7% | +22.1% | +51.5% | +124.3% | $501.2K |
| 96 | Centralia, WA | WA | -4.9% | +68.2% | +54.9% | +124.0% | $369.1K |
| 97 | Spokane Valley, WA | WA | +0.6% | +20.0% | +29.8% | +123.3% | $451.9K |
| 98 | Hoquiam, WA | WA | -5.8% | +6.3% | +17.9% | +123.0% | $226.3K |
| 99 | Waterville, WA | WA | -22.4% | +23.2% | +85.3% | +123.0% | $309.9K |
| 100 | Friday Harbor, WA | WA | -72.7% | — | -10.8% | +122.8% | $595K |
How to read these numbers
Velocity vs. level
A market with 25% one-year appreciation is moving fast — but a market with steady 6% over ten years has compounded much further. Use 10Y as the long-run signal, 1Y as the momentum signal.
Mean-reversion risk
Markets that posted huge 1Y and 3Y gains often cool over the next cycle. Compare 1Y to 5Y: if 1Y is far above 5Y, the trend is accelerating; if far below, it is decelerating — often the more important signal.
Sample sanity
We require a minimum current median price (default $50K) to filter out tiny ZIPs with noisy data. Raise that threshold for serious investment markets; lower it to find emerging niches. Source: public record.