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The median home value in Thurston County, WA is $532,113 as of 2026-07-31, up 0.3% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$532,113
Year-over-Year
+0.3%
National Rank
#166 of 3071
Thurston County ranks 13th out of 39 counties in WA by median home price, and is +127.1% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within WA, the typical county has a median home value of $440,705, making Thurston County +20.7% above the WA state median.
Households here earn a median of $96,563 a year against a typical home value of $532,113 — a price-to-income ratio of 5.5×, past the 5× level generally described as severely unaffordable. That is less affordable than roughly 89% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Thurston County recorded a violent crime rate of 332 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 2,708 per 100,000.
Based on 4 reporting cities covering 153,084 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Thurston County is $532,113. That's up 0.3% from a year earlier. That is about 127.1% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Thurston County the 13th most expensive of 39 counties in Washington.
Median household income here is $96,563, so a typical home costs about 5.5× annual household earnings — expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Thurston County recorded 332 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 153,084 residents across 4 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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