Zip lookup · WA

98532
Chehalis, Washington.

Chehalis, Lewis County, WA · Centralia, WA metro · population 27,135

What it costs per month · 98532 $2,459/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,372 (+126%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $9,146 +2%
$459,373$468,519 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $60,723 +15%
$407,797$468,519 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 98532 $2,459 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 98532$2,459
  • 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 98532 rose 2.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Asking rent $1,511 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $468,519 as of Sep 2026
+2.0%year on year

Asking rent — 98532

Against the Centralia, WA metro and the national benchmark.

$1,400 $1,600 $1,800 2026 98532 $1,511 Centralia $1,456 United States $1,932
$1,400 $1,600 $1,800 2026
  • 98532$1,511
  • Centralia$1,456
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 98532

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 98532 $468,519 Centralia $428,511 United States $366,157
$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 98532$468,519
  • Centralia$428,511
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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9.0 98531 Centralia 27,337 $1,414 $387,446
10.5 98596 Winlock 6,950 — $452,839
11.6 98579 Rochester 14,048 — $508,662
14.1 98530 Bucoda 619 — $306,255
14.9 98572 Pe Ell 834 — $309,304
15.8 98593 Vader 1,541 — $343,098
17.4 98589 Tenino 7,010 — $505,607
18.9 98570 Onalaska 5,319 — $501,120
19.2 98591 Toledo 3,965 — $504,425
19.2 98581 Ryderwood 419 — $262,377

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