Washington, Missouri.
Typical home $303,175 (+3.9% in a year), asking rent $1,366 . St. Louis, MO-IL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$860 (+118%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $11,310 +4%
- $291,865$303,175 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $62,699 +26%
- $240,476$303,175 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.
- Washington$1,591
- Missouri$1,393
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Washington, MO rose 3.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Washington, Franklin County, Missouri
Washington is a city of 14,500 people in Franklin County. Half its households earn more than $79,173 a year and half less, against $73,165 across Franklin County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 74% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. Unemployment in Franklin County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 1.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Washington is a city in Franklin County where most homes are lived in by their owners, and the population skews somewhat older than the typical American town. Household incomes run above the county's, and a smaller share of people live below the poverty line than in many places. A good number of adults hold a four-year degree, and most people have a short drive to work.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in professional and business services. Among the largest workplaces in town are Mercy Hospital - Washington, Parker Hannifin Sporlan Valve Division, and Washington Schools. Joblessness in the county is low, and the county has added a few more jobs than it had the year before.
Things to do. Charrette Creek and Saint Johns Creek run in or beside town, and Dubois Creek and Brushy Creek are a short drive away for time near the water. A longer drive brings you to Shaw Nature Reserve, a botanical garden, and to Mid America Adventure, an amusement park. Winters are cold with some snow, and summers are warm, so the creeks and gardens are best suited to the milder months.
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- 6,702households
- 32%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 21 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Franklin County had 39,757 jobs in 2025, 1.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 67°. About 8 inches of snow and 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Washington weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Washington
- Mercy Hospital - WashingtonGeneral hospital836FTE
- Parker Hannifin Sporlan Valve DivisionOther miscellaneous fabricated metal products471
- Washington SchoolsSchool district471FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters420
- Rawlings Sporting Goods WashingtonSporting and recreational goods and supplies merchant wholesalers375
- Cheltenham Construction ServicesResidential construction, single-family, general contractors274
- WEG Transformers USA LLC STSpecialty transformers, electric, manufacturing249
- Parker Hannifin Sporlan Valve DivisionRefrigerated equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers200
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 32 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 5,019 people in all. 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
- Strong windRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- HailRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Washington’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 Franklin County and the St. Louis, MO-IL metro.
Washington home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Washington$303,175
- Missouri$265,387
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Washington listings, and the typical home goes pending in 23 days — 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.
- Washington27.16%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Washington23
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Washington90
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Washington32
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Washington$309,696
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Washington99.10%
Zip codes with a Washington address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Washington — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.