Republic, Washington.
Typical home $271,990 (-0.0% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$639 (+81%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $28 -0%
- $272,018$271,990 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $19,620 -7%
- $291,610$271,990 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.
- Republic$1,428
- Washington$3,084
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Republic, WA fell 0.0% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Republic, Ferry County, Washington
Republic is a city of 992 people in Ferry County. Unemployment in Ferry County was 6.8% in August 2026, and the county had 1.0% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Ferry 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Republic is a small city in Ferry County, in the far northeast of Washington State. Winters are cold and snowy, with December the coldest month, while summers turn warm in July and the year brings a fair amount of precipitation, much of it as snow. Incomes run below the county's, and more people here live below the poverty line than is typical for the country, but homes are priced well within reach of many buyers. Relatively few adults hold a four-year degree.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with government, farming, forestry and mining, and restaurants and hotels also employing a good share. Among the largest workplaces in town are Ferry County Memorial Hospital and the Forest Service. Unemployment across Ferry County is a little higher than it was a year ago, and the county has fewer jobs than it did the year before.
Things to do. The Ferry County Carousel, a tourist attraction, is in or beside town. A short drive away are Curlew Lake, a lake, and Curlew Lake State Park on its shore, a protected area. Farther afield, a longer drive takes you to Kettle Falls, a waterfall, and to the Kettle River.
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- 22%of adults have a degree
- 16%below the poverty line
What people in Ferry County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Ferry County had 1,696 jobs in 2025, 1.0% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 30° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 46°. About 52 inches of snow and 18 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Republic weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Republic
- Ferry County Public Hospital District #1 (DBA Ferry County Memorial Hospital)General medical and surgical hospitals132
- Ferry County Memorial HospitalCritical access hospital97FTE
- Forest ServiceFederal government · Department of Agriculture44
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 1 workplace with 20 or more staff, 132 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); 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
- WildfireVery high
- LandslidesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Republic’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 Ferry County.
Republic home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Republic$271,990
- Washington$587,533
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Republic listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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.
- Republic22.34%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Republic46
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Republic9
Zip codes with a Republic address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Republic — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.