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The latest Northwest Multiple Listing Service numbers show a third straight month of home price declines year-over-year for Pierce County, down 4.4 percent to $262,950. But that number doesn’t tell you what’s happening in distinct markets within our large, diverse county.
So here’s a look at the median price in the 17 Pierce County areas as broken down by the MLS. I’ve had feedback that some of these areas are still too big to get a good read on micro-markets in Pierce. (The Gig Harbor numbers, for instance, include Fox Island and the Key Peninsula.) I have asked the MLS for more detailed breakdowns and I’ve been told this is as detailed as I can get.
| Area | Price | Year-over-year change |
| Gig Harbor | $361,750 | +0.8% |
| Bonney Lake | $308,950 | -3.3% |
| Spanaway | $255,000 | -0.6% |
| North Tacoma | $278,500 | -8.7% |
| Lakewood | $234,250 | -16.2% |
| DuPont | $301,390 | +10% |
| South Tacoma | $203,000 | -3.1% |
| Southeast Tacoma | $220,436 | +4.2% |
| Parkland | $226,875 | -6.9% |
| Fife | $290,697 | -3.1% |
| Puyallup | $259,950 | -3.7% |
| Central Tacoma | $232,225 | +9.3% |
| Browns Point | $295,000 | -6.3% |
| University Place | $309,975 | -7.6% |
| Roy-McKenna | $280,000 | +27.3% |
| Graham-Eatonville | $253,500 | -4.3% |
| Anderson Island | $250,000 | +29.5% |
