Rents are 3% below what Sammamish's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
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 $3,350 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
December. Asking rents in Sammamish usually run 2% below trend in December and 2% above it in July, about $134 a month apart at today's median. Based on 10 years of data.
Rent in Sammamish is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in March 2016.
Rent in Sammamish changed +3.6% over the year to September 2026. Across the 97 Washington cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +2.6%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in Sammamish rose 31.4% while median household income rose 37.8% ($174,003 to $239,690). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in Sammamish is 37.2% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 7 months in a row, and rose in 9 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($239,690) is $5,992 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 4-bedroom ($5,970).
Redmond, 5 miles away, rents for 23% less ($2,577/mo), about $9,300 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Sammamish. 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
Sammamish, WA is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, has a median income above the national average, 77.1% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Sammamish, WA has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2021, rent in Sammamish, WA has climbed by $805 per month, settling near $3,350 after starting the period at $2,545. Median household income grew from $195,648 to $239,690 between 2021 and 2024, a 22.5% shift. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 9.1 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. About 17.4% of households rent today, against 15.4% in 2021. Taken together, the five-year picture in Sammamish, 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 Sammamish is $3,350/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $3,255/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $3,885/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $3,335/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $5,125/mo.
At 17% of local median household income ($239,690/yr), Sammamish ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 3.6% over the past year.
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