What is the median rent in Anacortes, WA?

Name: Median rent in Anacortes, WA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Anacortes, WA is $1,702 (±$65) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 2,355 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Anacortes, the median gross rent went from $1,193 in 2015–2019 to $1,702 in 2020–2024 (+42.7%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,702 (±$65)
Rented homes: 2,355 (±156)
$2,000 or more: 34.9%
Since 2015–2019: +42.7%

How much rent costs in Anacortes

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Anacortes	Skagit County	Washington	United States
Less than $500	8.3% (±2.9 points)	7.0%	4.6%	6.3%
$500 to $999	10.1% (±2.3 points)	13.4%	10.4%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	21.4% (±2.3 points)	27.7%	21.4%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	25.3% (±3.4 points)	27.1%	26.2%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	11.7% (±2.4 points)	14.0%	18.7%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	12.2% (±3.1 points)	6.2%	9.1%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	11.0% (±2.4 points)	4.6%	9.5%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,500 to $1,999, paid by 25.3% of renting households.

34.9% of rented homes in Anacortes cost $2,000 or more a month.

Anacortes against Skagit County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Anacortes	Skagit County	Washington	United States
Median gross rent	$1,702 (±$65)	$1,536 (±$53)	$1,760 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	2,355 (±156)	14,608 (±613)	1,070,508 (±7,137)	42,849,984

In Anacortes, median gross rent is higher than in Skagit County ($1,536).

It is not measurably different from Washington ($1,760).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

In Skagit County, Anacortes ranks 3 of 9 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 173 of 417.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Anacortes has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$1,193 (±$33)	$1,702 (±$65)	+42.7%	Up after inflation
Households that rent	34.0% (±1.4 points)	30.1% (±1.8 points)	−3.9 percentage points	Measurable decrease
Rental vacancy rate	1.5% (±1.0 points)	3.1% (±1.7 points)	+1.6 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Anacortes

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Anacortes
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Anacortes	—	$1,702 (±$65)	—
La Conner	8.9 mi	$1,554 (±$744)	Not measurably different
Whidbey Island Station	9.7 mi	$1,875 (±$186)	Not measurably different
Oak Harbor	13 mi	$1,645 (±$65)	Not measurably different
Burlington	14 mi	$1,746 (±$96)	Not measurably different
Mount Vernon	15 mi	$1,405 (±$84)	Lower
Clear Lake (Skagit County)	18 mi	$731 (±$608)	Lower
Sedro-Woolley	18 mi	$1,525 (±$99)	Lower
Friday Harbor	18 mi	$1,696 (±$106)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Mount Vernon, WA ($1,405), Clear Lake (Skagit County), WA ($731), Sedro-Woolley, WA ($1,525).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Skagit County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Big Lake	$1,980 (±$308)
2	Burlington	$1,746 (±$96)
3	Anacortes	$1,702 (±$65)
4	La Conner	$1,554 (±$744)
5	Sedro-Woolley	$1,525 (±$99)
6	Mount Vernon	$1,405 (±$84)
7	Lyman	$1,179 (±$242)
8	Concrete	$1,073 (±$415)
9	Clear Lake (Skagit County)	$731 (±$608)

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Anacortes

What is the average rent in Anacortes, WA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Anacortes is $1,702 (±$65) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Anacortes?

In Anacortes, the median gross rent went from $1,193 in 2015–2019 to $1,702 in 2020–2024 (+42.7%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

How many rentals in Anacortes cost more than $2,000 a month?

34.9% of rented homes in Anacortes have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 8.3% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Anacortes higher than in Skagit County?

In Anacortes, median gross rent is higher than in Skagit County ($1,536).

It is not measurably different from Washington ($1,760).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Anacortes city, Washington (place:01990, in state:53).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.