ZIP 98837
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
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January. Asking rents in ZIP 98837 usually run 0.7% below trend in January and 0.7% above it in June, about $20 a month apart at today's median. Based on 10 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 98837 is 4.2% below its high of $1,510 in July 2024, at $1,446 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 98837 changed -1.7% over the year to September 2026. Across the 193 Washington ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +2.5%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 98837 rose 48.1% while median household income rose 33.5% ($55,876 to $74,586). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 98837 is 32.9% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 3 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($74,586) is $1,865 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($1,750); a 4-bedroom is $2,110.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 98837. 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.
Who lives here
ZIP 98837 (Moses Lake, WA) is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, 20.5% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 98837 in Moses Lake, WA has changed in 5 years
Rent in ZIP 98837 in Moses Lake, WA has increased 28.8% since 2021, going from about $1,123 per month to roughly $1,446 today. Median household income grew from $64,347 to $74,586 between 2021 and 2024, a 15.9% shift. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 12.9 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. Headcount in the area went from 45,729 to 49,455 between 2021 and 2024, a 8.1% change. About 33.4% of households rent today, against 37.6% in 2021. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 98837 in Moses Lake, 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
ZIP code 98837 covers Moses Lake, WA. The median rent here is $1,446/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $960/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,260/mo.
At 23% of local median household income ($74,586/yr), ZIP 98837 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 1.7% over the past year.
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