Waller, Washington.
Typical home $584,946 (+0.6% in a year). Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,597 (+108%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $3,309 +1%
- $581,637$584,946 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $57,106 +11%
- $527,840$584,946 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.
- Waller$3,070
- Washington$3,084
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 34 years.
Typical home values in Waller, WA rose 0.6% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Waller, Pierce County, Washington
Waller, in Pierce County, had 8,189 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $101,490 a year and half less, against $99,564 across Pierce County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 83% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 17% are rented. Unemployment in Pierce County was 5.1% in August 2026, and the county had 1.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Waller is a community in Pierce County where most homes are lived in by their owners, and the people who live there are somewhat older than the typical American. Household incomes run a little above the county's, and fewer residents live below the poverty line than in many places. Winters are cool and damp, with December the coldest month, and summers are mild, with August the warmest; rain and melted snow fall through much of the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, the building trades and shops also employing many. Across Pierce County, some of the largest workplaces are the City of Tacoma, Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital and the Puyallup School District. Jobs across the county grew slightly last year, and the typical commute is a long one, though a fair number of residents work from home.
Things to do. Lake Tapps, a reservoir, is a short drive away, as is the White River, which suits time spent outdoors. Cheney Stadium, a ballpark, is also a short drive away. For a longer outing, the Space Needle, one of the best known sights in the region, is a longer drive away.
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- 3,003households
- 28%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 32 mintypical commute
- 16%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Pierce County had 337,071 jobs in 2025, 1.1% more 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 77° and lows near 57°. About 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Tacoma #1 weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Pierce County
- City of TacomaGovernment base facilities operation support services3,921
- Tacoma General Allenmore HospitalGeneral hospital2,897FTE
- WSH2,623
- MultiCare Health SystemPhysicians, mental health, offices e.g., centers, clinics2,526
- Puyallup School DistrictSchool district2,443FTE
- MultiCare Health SystemOffices of physicians2,402
- Bethel School DistrictSchool district2,281FTE
- St Joseph Medical CenterGeneral hospital2,232FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 680 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 98,490 people in all across the county; Waller has two 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
- EarthquakesVery high
- Inland floodingVery high
- Volcanic activityRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively 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 Waller’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 Pierce County and the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro.
Waller home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Waller$584,946
- Washington$587,533
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Waller listings — the market is cooling.
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.
- Waller37.61%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Waller46
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Waller11
Zip codes with a Waller address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Waller — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.