Zip lookup · WA

98284
Mount Vernon, Washington.

Mount Vernon, Skagit County, WA · Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA metro · population 27,835

What it costs per month · 98284 $2,718/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,466 (+117%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $419 -0%
$518,186$517,768 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $62,486 +14%
$455,282$517,768 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 98284 $2,718 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 98284$2,718
  • 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 98284 fell 0.1% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Skagit County, WA 92% · Whatcom County, WA 8%

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 $1,959 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $517,768 as of Sep 2026
-0.1%year on year

Asking rent — 98284

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

$1,900 $2,000 $2,100 $2,200 2026 98284 $1,959 Mount Vernon $2,185 United States $1,932
$1,900 $2,000 $2,100 $2,200 2026
  • 98284$1,959
  • Mount Vernon$2,185
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 98284

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 98284 $517,768 Mount Vernon $576,334 United States $366,157
$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 98284$517,768
  • Mount Vernon$576,334
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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9.9 98220 Acme 541 — $502,716
11.2 98233 Burlington 17,850 $2,059 $533,917
13.3 98274 Mount Vernon 18,860 $2,532 $617,818
13.6 98232 Bow 4,054 — $857,492
15.3 98273 Mount Vernon 30,001 $2,313 $560,593
16.6 98229 Bellingham 33,298 $2,178 $687,720
18.7 98244 Deming 2,994 — $318,772
19.3 98237 Concrete 4,956 — $247,053

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