Fastest-Appreciating ZIP Codes in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (2026)

Ranked by 5-year compound annual growth in home values. Fast growth and strong cash flow rarely appear in the same ZIP — this is the other side of that trade.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 98304 Eatonville, WA $387,577 $1,674 3.37% 5.5%
2 98006 Bellevue, WA $1,611,239 $3,630 1.76% 5.3%
3 98256 Index, WA $419,531 $1,944 3.61% 5.1%
4 98005 Bellevue, WA $1,567,471 $2,604 1.30% 5.0%
5 98034 Kirkland, WA $1,040,092 $2,516 1.89% 4.9%
6 98053 Redmond, WA $1,426,457 $3,304 1.81% 4.8%
7 98077 Woodinville, WA $1,489,809 $2,691 1.41% 4.8%
8 98052 Redmond, WA $1,315,432 $2,653 1.57% 4.6%
9 98075 Sammamish, WA $1,773,822 $4,077 1.79% 4.6%
10 98072 Woodinville, WA $1,278,265 $2,536 1.55% 4.6%
11 98004 Bellevue, WA $1,989,210 $3,060 1.20% 4.5%
12 98020 Edmonds, WA $1,156,886 $2,308 1.56% 4.5%
13 98027 Issaquah, WA $1,183,829 $2,780 1.83% 4.5%
14 98074 Sammamish, WA $1,542,278 $3,769 1.91% 4.4%
15 98011 Bothell, WA $1,021,532 $2,305 1.76% 4.4%
16 98012 Bothell, WA $959,690 $2,658 2.16% 4.3%
17 98045 North Bend, WA $998,912 $3,225 2.52% 4.2%
18 98252 Granite Falls, WA $585,490 $1,944 2.59% 4.2%
19 98204 Everett, WA $567,479 $1,874 2.58% 4.2%
20 98028 Kenmore, WA $1,009,674 $2,600 2.01% 4.1%
21 98029 Issaquah, WA $1,142,738 $3,229 2.20% 4.1%
22 98008 Bellevue, WA $1,352,693 $4,103 2.37% 4.1%
23 98296 Snohomish, WA $1,037,764 $3,450 2.59% 4.1%
24 98021 Bothell, WA $1,097,245 $3,370 2.40% 4.1%
25 98288 Skykomish, WA $472,043 $1,944 3.21% 4.0%

Ranked from Repit’s own ZIP-level data — Zillow home values and rents, HUD fair-market rents where Zillow has no coverage, and U.S. Census vacancy. Cap rate is gross: annual rent over purchase price, before financing and expenses. Every ZIP above links to its full free page. How we calculate this →

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