Cost of Living in Everett
Everett runs genuinely more affordable than Seattle across every housing figure reviewed -- a Zillow-modeled home value of $619,916 (down 5.9% year-over-year) and one-bedroom rent of $1,537-$1,676/month -- layered with no state income tax and a 9.9% combined sales tax.
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Learn moreHousing: genuinely more affordable than Seattle, with a real trend-direction tension of its own
Zillow's modeled home value for Everett ran $619,916, down 5.9% year-over-year -- well below Seattle's $865,273 figure documented elsewhere in this Washington build. That said, Everett's own Redfin-sourced figures carried a real, disclosed tension in trend direction across different 2025-2026 snapshots: $650,000 (up 15% year-over-year) in one citation versus $635,000 (down 0.8%) in a separately-dated citation.
Rent: a real, moderate cross-source spread
One-bedroom rent ran $1,537-$1,676/month across sources reviewed, with RentCafe's own overall average apartment rent (all unit types) running $1,651/month as of December 2025.
Washington's no income tax and Everett's 9.9% combined sales tax
Washington levies no state personal income tax (see taxes for the capital gains excise tax nuance that applies statewide). Everett's own combined sales tax runs 9.9% (6.5% state plus a 3.4% city component) -- meaningfully higher than Vancouver, WA's 8.9% but lower than Seattle's 10.55%, both documented elsewhere in this Washington build.
Property tax: Snohomish County runs modestly below the Washington statewide average
Snohomish County's 2026 effective property tax rate runs approximately 0.79% -- modestly below the Washington statewide 0.84% average, producing a median annual bill of roughly $5,121 on a $644,600 home.
Key takeaways
- Everett's home value ($619,916, Zillow-modeled) runs meaningfully below Seattle's $865,273 figure.
- One-bedroom rent runs $1,537-$1,676/month across sources reviewed.
- Washington's no state income tax pairs with Everett's 9.9% combined sales tax -- between Vancouver's 8.9% and Seattle's 10.55%.
- Snohomish County's 0.79% effective property tax rate runs modestly below the Washington statewide average.
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