Price comparisons

While housing prices have risen significantly over the past ten years, they still remain lower than in a number of other large cities on the West Coast. For example, median single-family home prices in Seattle were $159,000 in Seattle and $254,000 in San Francisco in 1995, compared to about $142,000 and $135,000 in Beaverton/Aloha and Hillsboro/Forest Grove, respectively, in the same year. In 1998, median prices for single-family homes in King and Snohomish County in the Seattle area were $219,500 and $179,453, respectively, compared to $172,500 and $164,300 in the Beaverton/Aloha and Hillsboro/Forest Grove areas. Current prices in the San Francisco Bay Area range from a low of $141,600 in Solano County to $486,400 in San Mateo County.

Housing Price, Region and Selected Areas
in Washington County, 1989 - 1998