What is the median rent in Edmonds, WA?

Name: Median rent in Edmonds, WA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Edmonds, WA is $1,903 (±$59) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 5,354 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Edmonds, the median gross rent went from $1,466 in 2015–2019 to $1,903 in 2020–2024 (+29.8%).

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: $1,903 (±$59)
Rented homes: 5,354 (±494)
$2,000 or more: 41.8%
Since 2015–2019: +29.8%

How much rent costs in Edmonds

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Edmonds	Snohomish County	Washington	United States
Less than $500	1.1% (±0.7 points)	4.0%	4.6%	6.3%
$500 to $999	0.8% (±0.7 points)	5.5%	10.4%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	14.0% (±3.4 points)	12.5%	21.4%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	42.2% (±6.0 points)	31.1%	26.2%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	21.6% (±4.8 points)	24.8%	18.7%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	11.3% (±3.8 points)	11.6%	9.1%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	8.9% (±2.6 points)	10.5%	9.5%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,500 to $1,999, paid by 42.2% of renting households.

41.8% of rented homes in Edmonds cost $2,000 or more a month.

Edmonds against Snohomish County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Edmonds	Snohomish County	Washington	United States
Median gross rent	$1,903 (±$59)	$1,949 (±$22)	$1,760 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	5,354 (±494)	98,025 (±1,944)	1,070,508 (±7,137)	42,849,984

In Edmonds, median gross rent is not measurably different from Snohomish County ($1,949).

It is also higher than in Washington ($1,760).

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

In Snohomish County, Edmonds ranks 28 of 45 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 112 of 417.

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

How rent in Edmonds 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	$1,466 (±$59)	$1,903 (±$59)	+29.8%	Up after inflation
Households that rent	29.3% (±2.5 points)	29.1% (±2.3 points)	−0.2 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	4.1% (±2.6 points)	4.8% (±3.1 points)	+0.7 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 Edmonds

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Edmonds
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Edmonds	—	$1,903 (±$59)	—
Esperance	1.4 mi	$2,463 (±$349)	Higher
Lynnwood	2.7 mi	$1,742 (±$68)	Lower
Mountlake Terrace	2.7 mi	$2,004 (±$86)	Not measurably different
Meadowdale	3.5 mi	$3,038 (±$511)	Higher
Shoreline	3.9 mi	$1,985 (±$75)	Not measurably different
Brier	4.0 mi	$2,318 (±$1,170)	Not measurably different
Alderwood Manor	4.0 mi	$1,919 (±$103)	Not measurably different
North Lynnwood	4.5 mi	$2,145 (±$73)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Lynnwood, WA ($1,742).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Esperance, WA ($2,463), Meadowdale, WA ($3,038), North Lynnwood, WA ($2,145).

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

Median gross rent across Snohomish County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
22	Mountlake Terrace	$2,004 (±$86)
23	Larch Way	$2,002 (±$233)
24	Marysville	$1,997 (±$79)
25	Monroe	$1,950 (±$175)
26	Alderwood Manor	$1,919 (±$103)
27	Arlington	$1,905 (±$115)
28	Edmonds	$1,903 (±$59)
29	Gold Bar	$1,843 (±$330)
30	Granite Falls	$1,825 (±$203)
31	Canyon Creek	$1,821 (±$150)
32	Lake Stickney	$1,806 (±$73)
33	Stanwood	$1,766 (±$182)
34	Chain Lake	$1,755 (±$452)

Showing 13 of 45 places in Snohomish County, ranked from highest to lowest.

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 Edmonds

What is the average rent in Edmonds, WA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Edmonds is $1,903 (±$59) 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 Edmonds?

In Edmonds, the median gross rent went from $1,466 in 2015–2019 to $1,903 in 2020–2024 (+29.8%).

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 Edmonds cost more than $2,000 a month?

41.8% of rented homes in Edmonds have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 1.1% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Edmonds higher than in Snohomish County?

In Edmonds, median gross rent is not measurably different from Snohomish County ($1,949).

It is also higher than in 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 Edmonds city, Washington (place:20750, 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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