Stanwood, WA Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months
What homes actually sell for in Stanwood: a median closing price of $633,340 across 243 closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, plus the full price spread.
If you invest in or around Stanwood, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Stanwood sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, as of August 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 12 months: 243
- •Median sold price, last 12 months: $633,340
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 12 months: $307
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $540,405 and $699,995
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 243 closed sales in Stanwood over the last 12 months, with a median closing price of $633,340. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $540,405 and $699,995. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 84% of the Stanwood closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 243 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $282 and $361 per square foot.
Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Stanwood, WA (August 2026)
The median home price in Stanwood is $633,340, measured across the 243 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last 12 months. The middle half of those sales closed between $540,405 and $699,995.
Where Stanwood sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Stanwood over the last 12 months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $540,405 and $699,995. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 27 days, across 204 Stanwood closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 30 days, across 206 Stanwood closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
The Stanwood angle
Stanwood's band is narrow by the standards of the markets we track, with $540,405 and $699,995 sitting closer together than they usually do. That makes $633,340 a more usable anchor than a citywide midpoint normally is, because the middle half of closings occupies a compact range. The practical consequence is about outliers. In a compact market, an estimate that lands well outside the band is a stronger signal than it would be elsewhere, and it should be traceable to a documented property characteristic rather than accepted at face value. And half of all closings fall outside $540,405 to $699,995, so the band describes the middle rather than the whole.
From market read to offer price
A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.
And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. As of August 2026, the public scoreboard showed 3.26% median error across 12,516+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Stanwood address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Stanwood, WA
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last 12 months
Tracked closings: 243
Median sold price: $633,340
Median sold $/sqft: $307 (243 qualifying)
Property mix: 84% houses
https://resideline.com/blog/stanwood-wa-housing-market
The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.
Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Stanwood over the last 12 months, and is refreshed when the data is.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Stanwood?
The median sold price in Stanwood over the last 12 months is $633,340, measured across 243 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Stanwood last month?
Resideline tracked 17 closed sales in Stanwood in July 2026, out of 243 closings tracked over the last 12 months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Stanwood?
The middle half of Stanwood sales over the last 12 months closed between $540,405 and $699,995, with a median of $633,340.
What is the typical price per square foot in Stanwood?
Among qualifying Stanwood closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, the median sold price per square foot was $307, measured across 243 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
What counts as an unusual sale price in Stanwood?
Anything well outside $540,405 to $699,995 is unusual relative to the middle half of the 243 closings we track, and that carries more weight here than elsewhere because the band is narrower than in most markets we track. Unusual does not mean wrong. Half of all closings fall outside the band by definition. It means the price should be explainable by something concrete about the property, such as its size, its type or its condition, before you use it as a comp.
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