Eltopia, Washington.
Typical home $684,003 (+5.5% in a year). Kennewick-Richland, WA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,085 (+139%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $35,802 +6%
- $648,200$684,003 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $154,238 +29%
- $529,764$684,003 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.
- Eltopia$3,590
- Washington$3,084
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.
Typical home values in Eltopia, WA rose 5.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Eltopia, Franklin County, Washington
The Census does not count Eltopia on its own, so the figures here are Franklin County's. Half the county's households earn more than $86,714 a year and half less; 13% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 71% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 29% are rented. Unemployment in Franklin County was 4.7% in August 2026, and the county had 1.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Franklin County work in schools and health care, then farming.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Eltopia sits in Franklin County in southeastern Washington, where summers are hot and winters are colder than in much of the country. Rain is modest across the year, and snow is occasionally part of winter. Most homes here are lived in by their owners, and the town has a quiet, neighborly feel that suits people who like to know one another.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, or in shops and professional and business services. Farming, forestry and mining also provide work for a good number of people. Jobs have grown a little over the past year, and few people work from home, so most commute to a workplace, and those trips are fairly short.
Things to do. The Snake River, one of the best known rivers in the region, lies a longer drive away and suits those who enjoy water and open views. Hanford Reach National Monument, a protected area, is also a longer drive away and offers a chance to see the desert landscape. Fort Nez Percés, a fort a longer drive away, gives a glimpse of the area's history.
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- 29,890households
- 30.9median age
- 21%of adults have a degree
- 13%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What people in Franklin County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Franklin County had 37,938 jobs in 2025, 1.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 40° and lows near 27°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 55°. About 10 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Sagemoor weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Franklin County
- Pasco School DistrictSchool district2,052FTE
- AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage1,278
- Coyote Ridge Corrections CenterCorrectional institutions779
- Pasco ProcessingFrozen fruit and vegetable processing696
- Columbia Basin CollegeUniversity or college668
- Lamb WestonFrozen fruit, juice, and vegetable manufacturing646
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters455
- Resers Fine FoodsPrepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale404
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 111 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 11,802 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (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
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Franklin County, 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 Franklin County and the Kennewick-Richland, WA metro.
Eltopia home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Eltopia$684,003
- 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.
- Eltopia6
Zip codes with a Eltopia address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Eltopia — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.