A typical Gold Bar home is worth about $467,000
About the same as a year ago, 21% below the Washington typical home. Homes typically sell in 16 days, below asking.
What kind of housing town is Gold Bar?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A strong seller's market
Homes are selling faster than new ones are listed: less than two months of supply. Well-priced homes can draw several offers.
Under ~4 months of supply favors sellers; over ~6 favors buyers.
Redfin Data Center, all residential sales, May 2026.
A typical home costs 4.6 years of income
Less than across Washington (6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $55K short of a typical Gold Bar home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $2,160 a month here, $510 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Gold Bar’s typical property tax (0.58% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
91% of Gold Bar households own their home
Half of Gold Bar’s homes were built before 1994.
Washington: 64% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Up 18.3% in five years
Faster than Washington (11.1%).
Show as a table
| January | Gold Bar | Washington |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $226,000 | $326,000 |
| 2018 | $257,000 | $362,000 |
| 2019 | $283,000 | $390,000 |
| 2020 | $301,000 | $413,000 |
| 2021 | $350,000 | $471,000 |
| 2022 | $412,000 | $554,000 |
| 2023 | $423,000 | $572,000 |
| 2024 | $441,000 | $582,000 |
| 2025 | $470,000 | $605,000 |
| 2026 | $471,000 | $601,000 |
| August 2026 | $467,000 | $592,000 |
A typical Gold Bar home worth $215K in September 2016 is worth about $467K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A two-bedroom rents for about $2,160
Renters already here pay a median of $1,843, 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 (Seattle-Bellevue, WA 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.
12 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 12 new homes in Gold Bar in 2025, all in buildings with two or more homes, worth about $3.2 million to build. That's 5 per 1,000 residents, about the pace of Washington as a whole. Over the past 10 years, Gold Bar has permitted 119 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Gold Bar gained 328 residents while 55 new homes were permitted: about 6 new residents per new home. Population grew faster than building, so existing homes filled up: a sign of tight supply. 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) | 2 | 2 | 0 | $772,000 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 12 | $3.2 million |
| 2024 | 37 | 37 | 0 | $10.4 million |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $556,000 |
| 2022 | 8 | 6 | 2 | $1.6 million |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| 2019 | 15 | 15 | 0 | $2.3 million |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $382,000 |
| 2017 | 13 | 13 | 0 | $1.9 million |
| 2016 | 19 | 19 | 0 | $3.5 million |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $390,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $208,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $388,000 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $83,000 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 15 | 15 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| 2007 | 11 | 11 | 0 | $982,000 |
| 2006 | 20 | 20 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| 2005 | 30 | 30 | 0 | $2.7 million |
| 2004 | 32 | 32 | 0 | $2.9 million |
| 2003 | 30 | 30 | 0 | $2.7 million |
| 2002 | 26 | 26 | 0 | $2.3 million |
| 2001 | 23 | 23 | 0 | $2 million |
| 2000 | 26 | 26 | 0 | $2.4 million |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Gold Bar vs. its neighbors
Gold Bar is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
Neighbors talk housing
What Gold Bar buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 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. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.