Belfair, Washington.
Typical home $478,269 (+0.1% in a year), asking rent $1,922 . Shelton, WA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,355 (+117%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $329 +0%
- $477,940$478,269 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $35,090 +8%
- $443,179$478,269 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.
- Belfair$2,510
- Washington$3,084
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 45 years.
Typical home values in Belfair, WA rose 0.1% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Belfair, Mason County, Washington
Belfair, in Mason County, had 4,279 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $88,150 a year and half less, against $83,270 across Mason County; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. 76% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 24% are rented. Unemployment in Mason County was 5.2% in August 2026, and the county had 1.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Mason County work in schools and health care, then government.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Belfair is a small community in Mason County, with a younger population than many places where retirees look to settle. Household incomes run somewhat above the county's, and most homes are lived in by their owners. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in many towns, and the typical home costs a good deal to buy, with rents that are not low either.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in government, in professional and business services, and in the building trades. The commute is fairly long, and few people work from home. Across Mason County, some of the largest workplaces are Washington Corrections Center, Little Creek Casino Resort and Shelton School District.
Things to do. Belfair State Park is a protected area in or beside town, and the Union River runs there too, so time outdoors is close at hand. Winters are cool and wet, with only a little snow, and summers are mild. For a day in the city, the Space Needle and the Museum of Pop Culture are a longer drive away.
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- 1,622households
- 15%of adults have a degree
- 6%below the poverty line
- 31 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What people in Mason County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Mason County had 15,089 jobs in 2025, 1.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 46° and lows near 35°; warmest in August, with highs near 77° and lows near 55°. About 3 inches of snow and 57 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bremerton weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Mason County
- Washington Corrections CenterCorrectional institutions712
- Little Creek Casino ResortHotels, resort, with casinos584
- Shelton School DistrictSchool district561FTE
- Mason General HospitalCritical access hospital470FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters346
- North Mason School DistrictSchool district286FTE
- North Forty LodgingHotels with golf courses, tennis courts, and/or other health spa facilities226
- Mason County PUD No. 3Distribution of electric power189
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 35 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,736 people in all across the county; Belfair has two of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- EarthquakesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- Coastal floodingrelatively high in parts of BelfairRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Belfair’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Mason County and the Shelton, WA metro.
Belfair home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Belfair$478,269
- Washington$587,533
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Belfair listings — the market is cooling.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Belfair35.06%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Belfair59
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Belfair15
Zip codes with a Belfair address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Belfair — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.