Yelm, WA Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months

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: 255
• •Median sold price, last 12 months: $515,000
• •Median sold $/sqft, last 12 months: $246
• •Middle half of sales closed between: $455,000 and $568,425

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 255 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 $568,425. 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 254 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $224 and $291 per square foot.

Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Yelm, WA (August 2026)

The median home price in Yelm is $515,000, measured across the 255 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last 12 months. The middle half of those sales closed between $455,000 and $568,425.

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, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $455,000 and $568,425. 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 17 days, across 210 Yelm closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
• •Contract to closing: a median of 32 days, across 212 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 $568,425 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. 255 closings is a solid sample and supports careful matching on property type and size.

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 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 Yelm 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: Yelm, WA
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last 12 months
Tracked closings: 255
Median sold price: $515,000
Median sold $/sqft: $246 (254 qualifying)
Property mix: 98% houses
https://resideline.com/blog/yelm-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 Yelm over the last 12 months, and is refreshed when the data is.