Cost of living in King County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $2,549 a month.
That HUD number covers King County, Washington, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $2,091
- 1 bed
- $2,180
- 2 bed
- $2,549
- 3 bed
- $3,324
- 4 bed
- $3,954
This county is in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 111.1 (U.S. = 100).
SNAP income limit in Washington · Medicaid eligibility
Towns in this county
- Seattle · 754,195 people
- Bellevue · 151,847 people
- Kent · 135,603 people
- Renton · 105,317 people
- Federal Way · 99,493 people
- Kirkland · 92,621 people
- Auburn · 85,676 people
- Redmond · 77,353 people
- Sammamish · 66,463 people
- Shoreline · 61,431 people
- Burien · 51,513 people
- Bothell · 49,610 people
- Issaquah · 39,591 people
- Des Moines · 32,823 people
- SeaTac · 32,414 people
- Maple Valley · 28,287 people
- Mercer Island · 25,307 people
- Kenmore · 23,741 people
- Union Hill-Novelty Hill · 23,047 people
- Cottage Lake · 22,518 people
- Tukwila · 21,451 people
- Covington · 21,233 people
- Fairwood · 17,856 people
- Bryn Mawr-Skyway · 17,638 people
- Lakeland North · 15,950 people
- White Center · 14,886 people
- Snoqualmie · 13,798 people
- Woodinville · 13,438 people
- Lake Forest Park · 13,335 people
- Lakeland South · 13,100 people
- Newcastle · 12,989 people
- Enumclaw · 12,798 people
- East Renton Highlands · 12,582 people
- Lake Morton-Berrydale · 11,183 people
- Vashon · 9,934 people
- Duvall · 8,526 people
- North Bend · 7,953 people
- Pacific · 7,066 people
- Normandy Park · 6,659 people
- Hobart · 6,552 people
- Black Diamond · 5,961 people
- Boulevard Park · 4,575 people
- Maple Heights-Lake Desire · 4,113 people
- Mirrormont · 4,019 people
- Lake Holm · 3,555 people
- Algona · 3,247 people
- Clyde Hill · 3,119 people
- Medina · 2,928 people
- Shadow Lake · 2,465 people
- Carnation · 2,366 people
- Riverbend · 1,748 people
- Fall City · 1,618 people
- Wilderness Rim · 1,560 people
- Lake Marcel-Stillwater · 1,549 people
- Ames Lake · 1,245 people
- Yarrow Point · 1,198 people