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Housing in Fort Washington

A typical Fort Washington home is worth roughly $1,040,000

Home prices around Fort Washington have risen about 44% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$1.04M
▲ 2% in a year · CA $764K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$2,470
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,023
CA $5,124

What kind of housing town is Fort Washington?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The homes

100% of Fort Washington households own their home

Half of Fort Washington’s homes were built before 1976.

Owners and renters
Own 100%

California: 56% own.

1976
typical home built · CA 1976
$3,023
median property tax bill · CA $5,124

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Fort Washington

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$397,000
Typical Fort Washington home $1.04M

That’s $644K short of a typical Fort Washington home.

The typical home, each month
$6,060
Loan $5,150Tax $600Insurance $300

A two-bedroom rents for about $2,470 a month here, $3,590 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the California typical property tax (0.70% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Price trend

Home prices up 44% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Fort Washington rose 44% over the past 5 years, faster than across California (40%). Last year prices rose 2%.

Fort Washington areaCalifornia
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%+250%200020052010201520202025
+2%
past year
+44%
past 5 years
+84%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Fort Washington, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $2,470

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$2,000
1 bedroom$2,010
2 bedrooms$2,470
3 bedrooms$3,430
4 bedrooms$3,950
0%
of households rent · CA 44%

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Fresno, CA HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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