Rents are right about where Ridgefield's 10-year trend predicts.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $2,372 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
February. Asking rents in Ridgefield usually run 1.7% below trend in February and 1.5% above it in September, about $76 a month apart at today's median. Based on 5 years of data.
Rent in Ridgefield is 0.4% below its high of $2,382 in August 2026, at $2,372 as of September 2026.
Rent in Ridgefield changed +1.3% over the year to September 2026. Across the 97 Washington cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +2.6%.
Rent rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($116,389) is $2,910 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($2,450); a 3-bedroom is $3,360.
Vancouver, 11 miles away, rents for 24% less ($1,803/mo), about $6,800 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Ridgefield. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Ridgefield, WA is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, has a median income above the national average, 38.9% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Ridgefield, WA has changed in 5 years
The median rent in Ridgefield, WA stood at $2,171 in 2022 and currently runs about $2,372, reflecting a 9.3% increase over the period. Median household income rose from $107,861 to $116,389 between 2021 and 2024, a 7.9% shift. The population has grown by 28.5% since 2021, moving from about 10,432 residents to roughly 13,408. Renters now make up 18% of households, compared with 21.1% five years ago. College-educated residents now make up 38.9% of adults here, versus 34.3% in 2021. Taken together, the five-year picture in Ridgefield, WA reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Ridgefield is $2,372/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $2,000/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,450/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $2,150/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $3,360/mo.
At 24% of local median household income ($116,389/yr), Ridgefield ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.3% over the past year.
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