Seattle rents were up 1.3% in June, according to the July report from Apartment List, and up 2.7% year-over-year.
Currently, the overall median rent in the city stands at $2,115.
Seattle rent growth in 2025 pacing above last year
Six months into the year, rents in Seattle have risen 5.4%.
This is a faster rate of growth compared to what the city was experiencing at this point last year: from January to June 2024 rents had increased 4.6%.
Citywide, the median rent currently stands at $1,973 for a 1-bedroom apartment and $2,463 for a 2-bedroom. Across all bedroom sizes for the entire rental market the median rent is $2,115. That ranks #15 in the nation, among the country’s 100 largest cities.
Seattle rents are 4.3% higher than the metro-wide median
Across the wider Seattle metro area, the median rent is $2,027 meaning that the median price in Seattle proper ($2,115) is 4.3% greater than the price across the metro as a whole. Metro-wide annual rent growth stands at 1.0%, below the rate of rent growth within just the city.
The table below shows the latest rent stats for 19 cities in the Seattle metro area that are included in the Apartment List database.
Among them, Sammamish is currently the most expensive, with a median rent of $3,023. Lakewood is the metro’s most affordable city, with a median rent of $1,487. The metro’s fastest annual rent growth is occurring in Lakewood (3.0%) while the slowest is in Kirkland (-3.3%).
