Zip lookup · WA

98247
Lynden, Washington.

Lynden, Whatcom County, WA · Bellingham, WA metro · population 9,115

What it costs per month · 98247 $3,158/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,722 (+120%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $13,672 +2%
$587,918$601,590 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $73,123 +14%
$528,467$601,590 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.

$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 98247 $3,158 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 98247$3,158
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 27 years.

Typical home values in zip 98247 rose 2.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Asking rent $1,875 as of Aug 2026
Typical home value $601,590 as of Sep 2026
+2.3%year on year

Asking rent — 98247

Against the Bellingham, WA metro and the national benchmark.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Typical home value — 98247

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 98247 $601,590 Bellingham $607,630 United States $366,157
$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 98247$601,590
  • Bellingham$607,630
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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1.6 98276 Nooksack 1,794 — $509,314
6.4 98295 Sumas 3,279 — $443,279
7.1 98264 Lynden 23,123 $1,971 $616,983
8.6 98226 Bellingham 46,782 $2,024 $640,182
12.2 98266 Maple Falls 4,245 — $380,895
13.4 98225 Bellingham 50,216 $1,776 $652,905
14.1 98240 Custer 3,593 — $654,880
14.1 98248 Ferndale 28,498 $2,110 $613,637
15.0 98229 Bellingham 33,298 $2,178 $687,720
16.1 98220 Acme 541 — $502,716
18.1 98230 Blaine 18,744 $2,443 $532,529
19.0 98244 Deming 2,994 — $318,772

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