Zip lookup · WA

98220
Acme, Washington.

Acme, Whatcom County, WA · Bellingham, WA metro · population 541

What it costs per month · 98220 $2,639/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,373 (+109%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $7,318 +1%
$495,398$502,716 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $28,719 +6%
$473,998$502,716 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 98220 $2,639 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 98220$2,639
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 59 years.

Typical home values in zip 98220 rose 1.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Acme, WA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $502,716 as of Sep 2026
+1.5%year on year

Typical home value — 98220

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 98220 $502,716 Bellingham $607,630 United States $366,157
$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 98220$502,716
  • Bellingham$607,630
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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9.7 98229 Bellingham 33,298 $2,178 $687,720
9.9 98284 Sedro Woolley 27,835 $1,959 $517,768
13.0 98232 Bow 4,054 — $857,492
13.0 98226 Bellingham 46,782 $2,024 $640,182
14.1 98244 Deming 2,994 — $318,772
14.4 98233 Burlington 17,850 $2,059 $533,917
14.8 98225 Bellingham 50,216 $1,776 $652,905
16.1 98247 Everson 9,115 $1,875 $601,590
17.7 98276 Nooksack 1,794 — $509,314
19.8 98266 Maple Falls 4,245 — $380,895
19.8 98295 Sumas 3,279 — $443,279

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.