Zip lookup · WA

98520
Aberdeen, Washington.

Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, WA · Aberdeen, WA metro · population 24,888

What it costs per month · 98520 $1,401/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$712 (+103%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $10,548 -4%
$277,526$266,978 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $4,497 +2%
$262,481$266,978 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 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 98520 $1,401 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 98520$1,401
  • United States$1,922

Typical home values in zip 98520 fell 3.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

Asking rents in zip 98520 rose 4.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +2.7%.

Owning the typical home in zip 98520 runs $495/mo more than renting one. The gap peaked at $782 in Jun 2024.

That is $1,865 a month against $1,370 rent: a $1,401 mortgage payment, plus $178 property tax and $286 insurance & upkeep.

Owning vs renting — zip 98520

The owning line is the typical home's monthly payment at that month's rate, plus property tax and insurance & upkeep; the renting line is the typical asking rent; the grey line is the mortgage payment on its own. Same homes, same months, both ways of paying for a roof.

$1,250 $1,500 $1,750 $2,000 2024 2025 2026 Owning all in $1,865 Renting $1,370 Mortgage only $1,401
$1,250 $1,500 $1,750 $2,000 2024 2025 2026
  • Owning all in$1,865
  • Renting$1,370
  • Mortgage only$1,401

Property tax · $178/mo 0.80% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for Grays Harbor County, WA

Insurance & upkeep · $286/mo insurance, maintenance and repairs together, from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey — the national figure for mortgaged homeowners, scaled to this market's home value. BLS publishes the three bundled and they cannot be split.

Both are priced off the same month's home value, so they rise with the market. Neither is a quote — a specific home's bill depends on its assessment, its age and its insurer.

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

Asking rent $1,370 as of Sep 2026
+4.1%year on year
Typical home value $266,978 as of Sep 2026
-3.8%year on year

Asking rent — 98520

Against the Aberdeen, WA metro and the national benchmark.

$1,200 $1,400 $1,600 $1,800 2024 2025 2026 98520 $1,370 Aberdeen $1,487 United States $1,932
$1,200 $1,400 $1,600 $1,800 2024 2025 2026
  • 98520$1,370
  • Aberdeen$1,487
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 98520

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 98520 $266,978 Aberdeen $314,069 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 98520$266,978
  • Aberdeen$314,069
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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11.0 98550 Hoquiam 12,316 $1,519 $237,398
15.9 98537 Cosmopolis 2,820 — $326,938
16.1 98595 Westport 2,698 — $312,102
16.2 98569 Ocean Shores 7,489 $1,473 $333,515
16.3 98535 Copalis Beach 726 — $243,117
17.4 98563 Montesano 7,604 $1,478 $382,629
17.5 98547 Grayland 1,080 — $276,021
19.8 98541 Elma 10,810 — $364,248

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