A typical Garfield home is worth about $278,000
Down 5.5% in a year, 53% below the Washington typical home.
Only 1 sale in April 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Garfield?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
What it takes to buy in Garfield
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That covers a typical Garfield home, with $108K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,160 a month here, $490 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Washington typical property tax (0.81% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Up 10.9% in five years
About the same pace as Washington (11.1%).
Show as a table
| January | Garfield | Washington |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $161,000 | $326,000 |
| 2018 | $174,000 | $362,000 |
| 2019 | $197,000 | $390,000 |
| 2020 | $210,000 | $413,000 |
| 2021 | $237,000 | $471,000 |
| 2022 | $269,000 | $554,000 |
| 2023 | $277,000 | $572,000 |
| 2024 | $289,000 | $582,000 |
| 2025 | $290,000 | $605,000 |
| 2026 | $277,000 | $601,000 |
| August 2026 | $278,000 | $592,000 |
A typical Garfield home worth $152K in September 2016 is worth about $278K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
1 of Garfield’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Garfield’s homes were built before 1938.
Washington: 64% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,160
Renters already here pay a median of $864, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Whitman County, WA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Garfield in 2025. The last year with any was 2023 (1 new home).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Garfield's population fell by 35 and no new homes were permitted. Across Washington: 2.7 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $250,000 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $151,000 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $400,000 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2003 | 16 | 0 | 16 | $969,000 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $120,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, April 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.