Tekoa, Washington.
Typical home $243,717 (-2.4% in a year). Pullman, WA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$614 (+92%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $6,052 -2%
- $249,769$243,717 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $28,981 +13%
- $214,736$243,717 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.
- Tekoa$1,279
- Washington$3,084
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 27 years.
Typical home values in Tekoa, WA fell 2.4% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Tekoa, Whitman County, Washington
Tekoa is a city of 817 people in Whitman County. Unemployment in Whitman County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 1.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Whitman 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Tekoa is a very small city in Whitman County, the kind of place where residents tend to know one another. Winters are cold, with December the coldest month and daytime highs staying just above freezing, while August brings warm summer afternoons. Rain and melted snow add up to a moderate amount over the year. Few adults hold a four-year degree compared with many college towns, and a share of residents live below the poverty line.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by restaurants, hotels and entertainment, shops, and professional and business services. A small share of people work from home. Across Whitman County, some of the largest workplaces are Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Pullman Regional Hospital and the Pullman School District. Unemployment in the county is a little higher than a year ago, and the county has lost a small number of jobs over the past year.
Things to do. The Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail is a protected area just a short drive away. Farther afield, Steptoe Butte State Park is a protected area, and Coeur D'Alene Lake is a lake, both a longer drive away. Those who enjoy time on the water or on a hillside will find these useful destinations for a day out.
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- 300households
- 17%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 7%work from home
What people in Whitman County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Whitman County had 18,880 jobs in 2025, 1.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 35° and lows near 23°; warmest in August, with highs near 83° and lows near 50°. About 29 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Plummer Wsw weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Whitman County
- Schweitzer Engineering LaboratoriesElectrical equipment manufacturing2,592
- Pullman Regional HospitalCritical access hospital488FTE
- Pullman School DistrictSchool district322FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters322
- Whitman Hospital & Medical CenterCritical access hospital311FTE
- Whitman CountyGeneral services departments, government256
- SafewaySupermarkets and other grocery stores132
- SEL Engineering ServicesEngineering services123
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 31 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 5,317 people in all across the county; Tekoa has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts 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
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Tekoa’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Whitman County and the Pullman, WA metro.
Tekoa home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Tekoa$243,717
- 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.
- Tekoa11
Zip codes with a Tekoa address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Tekoa — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.