Zip lookup · WA

98274
Mount Vernon, Washington.

Mount Vernon, Skagit County, WA · Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA metro · population 18,860

What it costs per month · 98274 $3,243/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,750 (+117%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $5,116 +1%
$612,702$617,818 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $80,545 +15%
$537,273$617,818 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 98274 $3,243 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 98274$3,243
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 25 years.

Typical home values in zip 98274 rose 0.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Asking rent $2,532 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $617,818 as of Sep 2026
+0.8%year on year

Asking rent — 98274

Against the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA metro and the national benchmark.

$2,000 $2,200 $2,400 $2,600 2026 98274 $2,532 Mount Vernon $2,185 United States $1,932
$2,000 $2,200 $2,400 $2,600 2026
  • 98274$2,532
  • Mount Vernon$2,185
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 98274

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 98274 $617,818 Mount Vernon $576,334 United States $366,157
$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 98274$617,818
  • Mount Vernon$576,334
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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10.8 98273 Mount Vernon 30,001 $2,313 $560,593
11.9 98292 Stanwood 27,389 $2,133 $701,235
13.3 98284 Sedro Woolley 27,835 $1,959 $517,768
13.6 98223 Arlington 46,497 $2,104 $644,924
13.7 98233 Burlington 17,850 $2,059 $533,917
17.2 98257 La Conner 4,277 — $454,655
18.9 98232 Bow 4,054 — $857,492
18.9 98271 Marysville 30,838 $2,333 $576,486
19.2 98282 Camano Island 17,303 $2,866 $717,607

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