2025 Property Taxes

2025 PROPERTY TAX HIGHLIGHTS

Overall property taxes for the 2025 tax year are $7.7 billion, an increase of approximately $121 million or 1.6% from the previous year of $7.6 billion. Total County property value increased by approximately 4.8%, from $833 billion in 2024 to $873 billion in 2025.

After historic and dramatic fluctuations in values earlier in the decade, housing values have reverted to a more moderate rate of growth.

Listed below are other contributing factors to the above statistics.

City District Stats:

• The highest residential property tax increase for 2025 is in the City of Kenmore and the City of Tukwila at 15%. A significant factor was the passage of a fire district levy in Kenmore, and school levies in Tukwila. See below. The other significant factor in Tukwila is the city annexing into Fire District 63, which increased the levy rate in that tax code area by more than $0.89.
• All cities had an increase in median home value with the City of Newcastle increasing the highest at 19.5%.
• Only 3 districts had tax decreases, the City of Federal Way, City of Medina, and Vashon Island.
• Only two cities had an increase in levy rate, the City of Seattle and City of Tukwila.

Lid lifts and Special Levies Passed for the 2025 tax year:

• Voters in these Cities approved the following property tax measures.
  City of Seattle: 8-year temporary lid lift for Transportation. Qualifying Seniors/disabled taxpayers are exempt from this lid lift.
• Voters in these Fire Districts approved the following property tax measures.
  FD 16 (Kenmore/Lk Forest Park) 1-year permanent lid lift to $0.70/$1,000
  FD 22 (Milton) 1-year permanent lid lift to $1.50/$1,000 (Shared district with Pierce County)
• Voters in these School Districts approved the following property tax measures.
  SD 402 (Vashon) 4-year Replacement for Expiring Capital Levy for Safety and Technology Improvements
  SD 406 (Tukwila) 4-year Replacement levy for Expiring Educational Programs and Operations Levy
  SD 406 (Tukwila) 4-year Renewal levy for Tech & Capital Projects
  SD 408 (Auburn) 4-year Replacement levy for Expiring Educational Programs and Operations Levy
  SD 408 (Auburn) 20-year Bond Measure for a New Middle School
  SD 409 (Tahoma) 2-year Replacement for Expiring Technology Capital Projects Levy
  SD 409 (Tahoma) 2-year Replacement M&O Levy
  SD 411 (Issaquah) 20-year Bond Measure for Facility Upgrades
  SD 414 (Lk Washington) 6-year Capital Project: Rebuilding 2 Elementary Schools
  SD 415 (Kent) 3-year Special Replacement Levy: Educational Programs/Operations
  SD 415 (Kent) 3-year Special Levy for Capital Project: Renovation