A typical George home is worth roughly $155,000
Home prices around George have risen about 56% over the past 5 years. No new homes were permitted in 2025.
What kind of housing town is George?
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A typical home costs 2.8 years of income
Less than across Washington (6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical George home, with $72K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,330 a month here, $450 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, George’s typical property tax (0.50% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,330
Renters already here pay a median of $940, 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 (Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Home prices up 56% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around George rose 56% over the past 5 years, faster than across Washington (44%). Last year prices rose 2.5%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around George, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in George in 2025. The last year with any was 2024 (2 new homes).
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 1 | 1 | 0 | $249,000 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $498,000 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | 0 | $4.2 million |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $441,000 |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $227,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $354,000 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
32% of George households own their home
Half of George’s homes were built before 1988.
Washington: 64% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Neighbors talk housing
What George buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits 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.