The story of this market
The typical home in Franklin County, Washington sells for about $428,995, or $251 per square foot.
Prices are roughly flat from a year ago (-0.81%), a market in balance. Homes take about 90 days to sell, which is slow. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 198% since 2000. Last year 9 of 14 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,487 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,487 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+0.3%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2022 (+16.8%). Worst: 2011 (-0.5%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
-0.2%
WA · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$2,051
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
+0.3%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 14 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
56
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $32,521,130.
Franklin County, Washington
Franklin County's residential market is hovering in a balanced, steady state with median sale prices at $428,995, down less than 1% year-over-year. Buyers face expanded inventory and longer days on market (90 days), granting greater negotiating room even as closed sales achieve 98% of list price. The market remains supported by strong agricultural and logistics employment, balanced against sustained mortgage rate headwinds.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved up 10.9% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 59 days on market with 0.7 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
2% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 9.53% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 4.5% · poverty 11.8% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Deterministic aggregate of 5 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Franklin County, Washington — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 7.8%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
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| 99301 | Pasco | $439,869 | $266 | +2.3% | 59 | — | — | 3 | 250 | $1,487 | researched Sep 30 |
| 99302 | Pasco | $449,900 | $254 | +0.3% | 46 | 99.4% | 4% | 3 | 341 | $1,600 | researched Sep 26 |
| 99326 | Connell | $434,900 | $234 | +13.6% | 62 | — | — | — | 110 | $1,487 | researched Sep 26 |
| 99335 | — | $451,400 | $262 | +0.3% | 46 | 99.4% | 34% | 3 | 806 | $1,600 | researched Sep 26 |
| 99343 | Mesa | $449,900 | $241 | +3.4% | 46 | — | — | 3 | 166 | $1,995 | researched Sep 26 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
Franklin County's crime profile is largely anchored in Pasco, where property and violent crime rates sit moderately above the Washington state median but remain consistent with regional mid-sized agricultural and transportation hubs in Eastern Washington.
School performance varies across the county, anchored by Pasco School District alongside smaller rural districts like North Franklin; individual schools such as Edwin Markham Elementary receive high marks (9/10), while broader district metrics align with regional averages.
Franklin County exhibits moderate wildfire risk (impacting approximately 74% of properties) and moderate localized flood risk (14% of parcels) concentrated near the Columbia and Snake rivers, coupled with severe summer heat exposure and low windstorm risk.
The local economy is propelled by substantial agribusiness processing, cold-chain logistics, and trade around the Port of Pasco, with major regional employment supported by the nearby Hanford Site cleanup cluster and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory across the river.
Property taxes are assessed annually by the Franklin County Assessor at 100% fair market value, subject to Washington's statutory 1% annual levy growth limit plus new construction. The county composite levy rate typically ranges from $10.00 to $12.50 per $1,000 of assessed value depending on city, school, and port taxing districts, with property tax exemptions available for qualifying senior citizens and disabled persons.
Franklin County's economy is anchored in high-output agriculture, food processing, distribution, and logistics, bolstered by its role in the greater Tri-Cities metropolitan area alongside Hanford-related tech and cleanup operations across the river.
Traversed by US-395, US-12, and I-182, connecting Franklin County directly to Benton County (Richland/Kennewick) and Spokane, supplemented by the Tri-Cities Airport (PSC) in Pasco, BNSF rail yards, and Ben Franklin Transit bus service.
The Franklin County Assessor reappraises real property on a statutory cycle maintaining 100% fair market assessment valuations, with annual statistical updates and property inspections conducted in compliance with Washington Department of Revenue rules.
Properties in the county are subject to overlapping special purpose taxing districts including Port of Pasco, Franklin County PUD No. 1, Franklin County Cemetery Districts, Franklin County Fire Protection Districts (FPD 1 through 5), and regional mosquito control.
Property insurance availability remains stable relative to the national coastal markets, though rising regional wildfire hazards in non-irrigated rangelands and replacement cost increases have driven moderate upward pressure on homeowners premiums.
- QUAKE Family Fun Center4.328.3 mi
- Chuck E. Cheese424.7 mi
- Max Air Trampoline Park4.225.7 mi
- Gesa Carousel of Dreams4.826.4 mi
- Atomic Escape Rooms4.824.8 mi
- Toyota Center4.425.2 mi
- HAPO Center4.321.4 mi
- Three Rivers Convention Center4.625.3 mi
- Benton County Fairgrounds4.423.4 mi
- Gesa Stadium4.621.4 mi
- Charbonneau Park4.516.4 mi
- Fishhook Park4.613.3 mi
- WINDUST PARK4.513.9 mi
- Scooteney Park and Campground4.116.5 mi
- Pioneer Park4.311.3 mi
- Hanford Site3.929.8 mi
- REACH Museum4.624.4 mi
- Manhattan Project National Historical Park Hanford; Branch B Reactor--Headquarters4.623.9 mi
- Cafe con Arte4.821.2 mi
- Xenophile Bibliopole4.823.8 mi
- Charbonneau Park4.516.4 mi
- Fishhook Park4.613.3 mi
- WINDUST PARK4.513.9 mi
- Scooteney Park and Campground4.116.5 mi
- Pioneer Park4.311.3 mi
- Country Mercantile Inc.4.714 mi
- Tri-Cities Airport4.419.9 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this county — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
A 284-acre day-use park at the confluence of the Snake and Columbia rivers offering water access, boating, interpretive trails, and the Sacajawea Interpretive Center celebrating the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Home venue of the Tri-City Dust Devils (High-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels), serving as an entertainment and sports hub for local families across Franklin County.
A Robert Muir Graves-designed 18-hole municipal championship golf facility in Pasco providing year-round recreation, practice facilities, and tournament play.
One of the largest open-air fresh produce and artisan markets in Eastern Washington, celebrating the Columbia Basin's agricultural abundance in downtown Pasco.
Retrieved via Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates profile for Franklin County, Washington.