Carson, Washington.
Typical home $453,371 (-0.6% in a year). Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,222 (+106%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $2,732 -1%
- $456,104$453,371 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $46,899 +12%
- $406,472$453,371 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.
- Carson$2,380
- Washington$3,084
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 32 years.
Typical home values in Carson, WA fell 0.6% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Carson, Skamania County, Washington
Carson, in Skamania County, had 2,323 people in the 2020 census. 74% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. Unemployment in Skamania County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 1.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Skamania County work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Carson is a small community in Skamania County, in the Columbia River Gorge, with the Wind River running through it. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and fewer people hold a four-year degree than in many places, with a share living below the poverty line that is modest. Winters are cold, with highs only a little above freezing in January, and summers are warm, with August the warmest month.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, in the building trades, and in transport, warehouses and utilities. Across Skamania County, the largest workplaces include Skamania Lodge, Silver Star Industries and the Stevenson-Carson School District. Unemployment across the county is a little lower than it was a year ago, and the county has added jobs over the past year. Few people work from home, and the typical commute is a fairly long one.
Things to do. Wind River and Lake Bonneville, a reservoir, are in or beside town, so water is close at hand. A short drive away are Wahclella Falls, a waterfall, and Cascade Locks and Canal, a park. Beacon Rock State Park, a protected area, is a longer drive away, as is Multnomah Falls, one of the best known waterfalls in the region.
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- 1,082households
- 16%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What people in Skamania County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Skamania County had 2,235 jobs in 2025, 1.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 42° and lows near 33°; warmest in August, with highs near 82° and lows near 56°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Cascade Locks weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Skamania County
- Skamania LodgeHotels321
- Skamania Lodge -Benchmark StevensonHotels with golf courses, tennis courts, and/or other health spa facilities321
- Silver Star IndustriesArchitectural woodwork and fixtures manufacturing140
- SDS LumberManufacturing136
- Wilkins, Kaiser & OlsenDimension lumber, softwood, made from logs or bolts121
- Stevenson-Carson School DistrictSchool district98FTE
- Custom InterfaceCable, nonferrous, insulated, or armored, made from purchased nonferrous wire89
- A&J StoresGrocery stores58
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,186 people in all across the county; Carson has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); 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
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Wildfirerelatively high in parts of CarsonRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively 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 Carson’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Skamania County and the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro.
Carson home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Carson$453,371
- Washington$587,533
- United States$366,157
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
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Carson10
Zip codes with a Carson address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Carson — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.