Spokane rents and rental comps
The median asking rent across 14 Spokane zip codes is $1,487/month, down 2.7% from a year ago.
Remote workers from Seattle and Portland discovered Spokane during COVID and forgot to leave. Still meaningfully cheaper than both, with real rental demand behind the growth instead of just pandemic noise.
Median Asking Rent
$1,487
Rent Change (YoY)
-2.7%
Avg Days on Market
44
Active Rental Listings
1,247
Median List Price
$424,950
Median Asking Rent Over Time
Average across 14 zip codes
Median Asking Rent by ZIP Code
Rental Listings by ZIP Code
ZIP | Median Rent |
|---|---|
| 99203 | $2,100/mo |
| 99224 | $2,095/mo |
| 99208 | $1,925/mo |
| 99223 | $1,650/mo |
| 99217 | $1,645/mo |
| 99212 | $1,625/mo |
| 99205 | $1,595/mo |
| 99216 | $1,495/mo |
| 99206 | $1,475/mo |
| 99207 | $1,350/mo |
| 99202 | $1,300/mo |
| 99218 | $1,275/mo |
| 99201 | $1,095/mo |
| 99204 | $1,095/mo |
Comps for any address in Spokane
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Median Asking Rent by Bedroom
| Unit Size | Median Rent |
|---|---|
| Studio | $900/mo |
| 1 Bedroom | $1,050/mo |
| 2 Bedroom | $1,338/mo |
| 3 Bedroom | $2,038/mo |
| 4 Bedroom | $2,448/mo |
Aggregated median across all Spokane zip codes with available data.
For-Sale Listings by ZIP Code
| ZIP | Median List Price |
|---|---|
| 99203 | $549,900 |
| 99223 | $540,000 |
| 99218 | $530,000 |
| 99208 | $475,000 |
| 99224 | $469,995 |
| 99206 | $439,999 |
| 99217 | $425,000 |
| 99216 | $424,900 |
| 99204 | $415,000 |
| 99212 | $397,000 |
| 99201 | $365,000 |
| 99205 | $335,000 |
| 99202 | $325,000 |
| 99207 | $310,000 |
HUD Fair Market Rents
| Unit Size | Fair Market Rent |
|---|---|
| Studio | $970/mo |
| 1 Bedroom | $1,040/mo |
| 2 Bedroom | $1,340/mo |
| 3 Bedroom | $1,830/mo |
| 4 Bedroom | $2,190/mo |
HUD publishes Fair Market Rents once a year for the Spokane metro area. Local housing authorities use them to set Section 8 voucher payment standards, usually 90% to 110% of the FMR.
About the Spokane rental market
The median asking rent across Spokane, WA sits at $1,487/month, pulled from active rental listings in 14 zip codes. That's down 2.7% from a year ago.
Rents aren't uniform across the city. ZIP 99203 tops the list at $2,100/month. ZIP 99201 comes in lowest at $1,095/month. That's a 92% spread between the top and bottom zip codes, which is wide. City-wide averages won't tell you much about a specific property here.
A 2-bedroom rents for $1,338/month at the median. 1-bedrooms run about $1,050. 3-bedrooms come in around $2,038.
Listings take longer here. The average is 44 days on market, which gives renters more room to negotiate and means landlords should price carefully.
Rent-to-price math is tight in Spokane. The gross figure sits at about 4.2% ($1,487/month against $424,950 median price). Most investors here are betting on appreciation, not monthly cash flow.
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom in the Spokane metro is $1,340/month. City-wide asking rents run about 11% above that. Section 8 vouchers in this area often don't cover market rent without an exception payment standard.
Spokane got discovered during the remote work wave. People from Seattle and Portland realized they could live here for a fraction of the cost, and rents went up accordingly. Still more affordable than the west side of the state, but the gap has narrowed. South Hill and the area around Gonzaga are premium. North Spokane and the west side are cheaper. Washington tenant protection laws apply here same as Seattle. Know the rules. The economy runs on healthcare (Providence, MultiCare), education, and remote workers. Smaller market with less liquidity than a major metro, which makes pricing accuracy more important. Fewer renters are searching at any given time.
These numbers are city-wide averages. If you're pricing a specific property in Spokane, pull comps from the same zip code. The spread is usually bigger than people expect.
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Related guides
How to find rental comps
What rental comps actually are, what makes one good or weak, and how to use them to price a rental without guessing.
What is fair market rent?
What HUD's fair market rent actually means, how it ties into Section 8, and when it should change how you price a rental.
How Section 8 payment standards work
The three numbers landlords mix up, the 90 to 110 percent band, and a worked example of what the voucher actually pays.