Thurston County

Thurston County is home to Olympia, the state capital, along with Lacey, Tumwater and Yelm, and runs from the southern tip of Puget Sound out to the prairies to the south and east. Use the search to browse every active listing, or pick a city on the right to narrow it down.

$545KMedian single-family sale price, August 2026
43 daysAverage time on market for single-family homes, August 2026
323Homes sold in Thurston County, August 2026

Thurston is mostly a single-family market. The median single-family sale price is up about 5% from last August, and single-family homes for sale are up about 32%. Buyers have more to choose from and more time to decide, and sellers should price against their own city, since Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater and Yelm each trade in a slightly different range.

Source: Northwest MLS, Thurston County, August 2026 monthly figures.