The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 98388 sells for about $515,000, or $327 per square foot.
Prices are up +4.6% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 11 days to sell, which is fast. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,818 a month.
ZIP 98388 — Steilacoom
The housing market in the Tacoma area, which includes ZIP 98388, is currently characterized as a seller's market with low inventory and homes selling quickly. Prices have shown a year-over-year increase of 4.6%, with a median sale price of $515,000 as of July 2026. Market data reflects strong demand relative to the available supply of 2.8 months.
Median prices moved up 4.6% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 11 days on market with 2.8 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 100.1% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 6.4% · poverty 14.4% — a stable, low-distress profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
in-migration and out-migration balanced
ZCTA 98388, Steilacoom, WA
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this ZIP — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
not determinable
- Wild Waves Theme and Water Park3.915.6 mi
- Round1 Bowling & Arcade - Puyallup3.814.5 mi
- Dave & Buster's3.919.3 mi
- Sky Zone Trampoline Park4.26.3 mi
- Odyssey 14.26 mi
- Washington State Fair Event Center4.314.8 mi
- Tacoma Dome4.19.6 mi
- Wild Waves Theme and Water Park3.915.6 mi
- Cheney Stadium4.77 mi
- Greater Tacoma Convention Center4.49.6 mi
- Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium4.510.1 mi
- Nisqually Red Wind Casino412.1 mi
- Chambers Bay Golf Course4.72.7 mi
- Point Defiance Park4.710.1 mi
- AMC Lakewood Mall 124.44.6 mi
- Hands On Children's Museum4.816 mi
- Museum of Glass4.59.7 mi
- LeMay - America’s Car Museum4.79.5 mi
- Children's Museum of Tacoma4.69.7 mi
- Tacoma Art Museum4.69.6 mi
- Chambers Bay Golf Course4.72.7 mi
- Point Defiance Park4.710.1 mi
- Sprinker Recreation Center4.58.7 mi
- Point Ruston4.710.1 mi
- Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge4.88.4 mi
- Boston Harbor Marina4.414.1 mi
- Swantown Marina & Boatworks4.615.8 mi
- Tacoma Yacht Club4.710.4 mi
- Point Defiance Marina4.710.3 mi
- Foss Harbor Marina4.610 mi
- Chambers Bay Golf Course4.72.7 mi
- The Home Course4.65.2 mi
- Meadow Park Golf Course4.54.9 mi
- Eagle's Pride Golf Course & Simulator46.6 mi
- Allenmore Golf Course4.37.8 mi
- Tacoma Mall4.17.3 mi
- WinCo Foods4.37.2 mi
- Metropolitan Market Tacoma4.68.8 mi
- Lakewood Towne Center4.24.4 mi
- WinCo Foods4.511.4 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.