98826
Leavenworth, Washington.
Leavenworth, Chelan County, WA · Wenatchee, WA metro · population 7,605
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,785 (+106%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $10,540 -2%
- $672,528$661,988 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $6,706 -1%
- $668,694$661,988 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.
- 98826$3,475
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in zip 98826 fell 1.6% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Asking rents in zip 98826 fell 0.3% over the past year — slower than the nation's +2.7%.
Owning the typical home in zip 98826 runs $2,859/mo more than renting one. The gap peaked at $2,986 in Jan 2025.
That is $4,578 a month against $1,719 rent: a $3,475 mortgage payment, plus $394 property tax and $709 insurance & upkeep.
Owning vs renting — zip 98826
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.
- Owning all in$4,578
- Renting$1,719
- Mortgage only$3,475
Property tax · $394/mo 0.71% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for Chelan County, WA
Insurance & upkeep · $709/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: Leavenworth, WA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Asking rent — 98826
Against the Wenatchee, WA metro and the national benchmark.
- 98826$1,719
- Wenatchee$1,756
- United States$1,932
Typical home value — 98826
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 98826$661,988
- Wenatchee$517,598
- United States$366,157
Within 20 miles
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.