Yelm, WA Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months
What homes actually sell for in Yelm: a median closing price of $515,000 across 276 closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, plus the full price spread and a ZIP-level breakdown.
Yelm closes a lot of homes into a narrow band, which makes its median unusually informative: sales over the last 12 months land close together, so the citywide number is a real anchor rather than an average of extremes.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 12 months: 276
- •Median sold price, last 12 months: $515,000
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 12 months: $247
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $455,000 and $573,375
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 276 closed sales in Yelm over the last 12 months, with a median closing price of $515,000. 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 $455,000 and $573,375. 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. 98% of the Yelm 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 274 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $224 and $287 per square foot.
Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Yelm, WA (October 2026)
The median home price in Yelm is $515,000, measured across the 276 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last 12 months. The middle half of those sales closed between $455,000 and $573,375.
Where Yelm sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Yelm over the last 12 months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $455,000 and $573,375. Among the 67 Washington markets with a published band, Yelm's middle-half spread ($455,000 to $573,375) ranks 2nd from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 1st percentile of the 2,230 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of October 3, 2026.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 18 days, across 210 Yelm closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 32 days, across 210 Yelm closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
The Yelm angle
Yelm closings sit within a band tighter than most markets we track, and that compression is the most useful thing this page tells you. When $455,000 and $573,375 are close together, $515,000 becomes a serviceable first approximation for a property without unusual characteristics, which is not something we can say about every market. The consequence is that comp quality matters more, not less. In a short band, a modest difference in size or condition takes up a large fraction of the entire middle-half spread, so a comp that would pass in a broad market can distort the answer here. 276 closings is a solid sample and supports careful matching on property type and size. $515,000 sits close to the middle of that band, with the stretch down to $455,000 and the stretch up to $573,375 of similar length. The middle half is split about evenly around the median.
Yelm market data by ZIP code
Citywide medians hide block-by-block variation. Resideline publishes free, regularly refreshed market snapshots for Yelm ZIP codes: 98597.
From market read to offer price
A tight market makes the next step easier: the citywide anchor sits close to most homes, and a report only has to explain the gap. 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, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR 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. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Yelm address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Yelm, WA
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 5380220
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last 12 months
Tracked closings: 276
Median sold price: $515,000
Median sold $/sqft: $247 (274 qualifying)
Property mix: 98% houses
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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 Yelm over the last 12 months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track within the Yelm city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 14% of the 276 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $509,925.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Yelm?
The median sold price in Yelm over the last 12 months is $515,000, measured across 276 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Yelm last month?
Resideline has tracked 14 closed sales in Yelm in September 2026 so far, out of 276 closings tracked over the last 12 months. The most recent month keeps filling in for several weeks as closings are recorded, so this count will rise. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Yelm?
The middle half of Yelm sales over the last 12 months closed between $455,000 and $573,375, with a median of $515,000.
What is the typical price per square foot in Yelm?
Among qualifying Yelm closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, the median sold price per square foot was $247, measured across 274 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
How close to the median do Yelm sale prices actually sit?
The middle half of 276 closings falls between $455,000 and $573,375, a span tighter than in most markets we track. That is what makes $515,000 a usable starting point here. It does not remove the need for comps: in a narrow band, a small size or condition difference consumes a larger share of the spread, so mismatched comps distort the result quickly. More of the remaining variation sits above $515,000 than below it.
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