Vashon, Washington.
Typical home $876,082 (-2.2% in a year), asking rent $2,966 . Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,263 (+97%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $19,440 -2%
- $895,522$876,082 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $50,328 +6%
- $825,754$876,082 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.
- Vashon$4,598
- Washington$3,084
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 59 years.
Typical home values in Vashon, WA fell 2.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Vashon, King County, Washington
Vashon, in King County, had 11,055 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $120,571 a year and half less, against $124,746 across King County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. 83% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 17% are rented. Unemployment in King County was 4.7% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in professional services, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Vashon is a community where most homes are lived in by their owners, and the people who live there skew older than in most places, with incomes a little below the county's. Many residents hold a four-year degree, and a good share of them work from home. Winters are cool and wet with only a little snow, and summers are mild and warm.
Work. Residents work mainly in professional and business services, in schools, hospitals and social care, in manufacturing, and in shops. The largest workplaces on the island include the Vashon Island School District, Pacific Research Laboratories and Camp Fire Central Puget Sound - Camp Sealth. The typical commute is a long one, and many people avoid it by working from home.
Things to do. For a day out, Lake Washington is the nearest of the well-known waters, though it is a longer drive away. Also a longer drive away are the Space Needle, one of the best-known tourist attractions in the region, and the Museum of Flight, a museum for those who like aircraft and the history of flying.
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- 4,180households
- 50%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 34 mintypical commute
- 39%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. King County had 1,436,484 jobs in 2025, 0.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 47° and lows near 37°; warmest in August, with highs near 78° and lows near 57°. About 6 inches of snow and 39 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Seattle Tacoma International Airport weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Vashon
- Vashon Island School DistrictSchool district158FTE
- Pacific Research LaboratoriesPackaging, foam plastics, manufacturing157
- Camp Fire Central Puget Sound - Camp SealthRecreational camps with accommodation facilities48
- First Student22
- First StudentBus operation, school and employee21
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 248 people in all. 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
- EarthquakesVery high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
- TsunamisRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Vashon’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 King County and the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro.
Vashon home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Vashon$876,082
- Washington$587,533
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Vashon 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.
- Vashon35.42%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Vashon59
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Vashon10
Zip codes with a Vashon address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Vashon — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.