What is the median rent in North Bend, WA?

Name: Median rent in North Bend, WA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in North Bend, WA is $2,091 (±$405) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 775 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In North Bend, the median gross rent went from $1,286 in 2015–2019 to $2,091 in 2020–2024 (+62.6%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $2,091 (±$405)
Rented homes: 775 (±199)
$2,000 or more: 53.0%
Since 2015–2019: +62.6%

How much rent costs in North Bend

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	North Bend	King County	Washington	United States
Less than $500	1.2% (±1.9 points)	4.0%	4.6%	6.3%
$500 to $999	12.0% (±12.5 points)	3.8%	10.4%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	10.6% (±8.9 points)	12.8%	21.4%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	23.2% (±15.2 points)	25.0%	26.2%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	16.6% (±10.4 points)	23.6%	18.7%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	10.3% (±8.0 points)	13.6%	9.1%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	26.1% (±14.3 points)	17.2%	9.5%	6.8%

The most common range is $3,000 or more, paid by 26.1% of renting households.

53.0% of rented homes in North Bend cost $2,000 or more a month.

North Bend against King County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	North Bend	King County	Washington	United States
Median gross rent	$2,091 (±$405)	$2,092 (±$13)	$1,760 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	775 (±199)	410,579 (±3,934)	1,070,508 (±7,137)	42,849,984

In North Bend, median gross rent is not measurably different from King County ($2,092).

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

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

In King County, North Bend ranks 29 of 54 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 81 of 417.

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

How rent in North Bend 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	$1,286 (±$261)	$2,091 (±$405)	+62.6%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	28.8% (±5.2 points)	26.5% (±6.0 points)	−2.3 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	5.7% (±8.6 points)	0.0% (±4.6 points)	−5.7 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 North Bend

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with North Bend
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
North Bend	—	$2,091 (±$405)	—
Riverbend	1.8 mi	$2,767 (±$239)	Higher
Snoqualmie	6.0 mi	$2,938 (±$642)	Higher
Fall City	8.8 mi	$2,688 (±$1,095)	Not measurably different
Mirrormont	11 mi	$2,083 (±$1,012)	Not measurably different
Hobart	12 mi	$2,726 (±$865)	Not measurably different
Carnation	12 mi	$2,175 (±$935)	Not measurably different
Issaquah	14 mi	$2,590 (±$115)	Higher
Sammamish	15 mi	$2,857 (±$168)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Riverbend, WA ($2,767), Snoqualmie, WA ($2,938), Issaquah, WA ($2,590).

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

Median gross rent across King County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
23	Lakeland North	$2,340 (±$255)
24	Lake Forest Park	$2,333 (±$183)
25	Maple Valley	$2,304 (±$242)
26	Fairwood (King County)	$2,233 (±$103)
27	Covington	$2,232 (±$272)
28	Carnation	$2,175 (±$935)
29	North Bend	$2,091 (±$405)
30	Mirrormont	$2,083 (±$1,012)
31	Duvall	$2,042 (±$1,129)
32	Seattle	$2,030 (±$22)
33	Lake Morton-Berrydale	$2,017 (±$775)
34	Renton	$1,998 (±$64)
35	Shoreline	$1,985 (±$75)

Showing 13 of 54 places in King 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 North Bend

What is the average rent in North Bend, WA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in North Bend is $2,091 (±$405) 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 North Bend?

In North Bend, the median gross rent went from $1,286 in 2015–2019 to $2,091 in 2020–2024 (+62.6%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

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

53.0% of rented homes in North Bend have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 1.2% cost less than $500.

Is rent in North Bend higher than in King County?

In North Bend, median gross rent is not measurably different from King County ($2,092).

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 North Bend city, Washington (place:49485, 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.