Home prices in Medina run 971% above the national median: $4,500,000 versus $420,000. Relative to the $280,000 median household income here, the price-to-income ratio comes out to 16.1x.
Property taxes in Medina run 0.88% of assessed value, below the 1.1% national average. On the median home, that's $39,600 a year, or $3,300 added to the monthly payment.
No state income tax in Washington means the $280,000 median household income stretches further than the same salary would in an income-tax state, which matters directly against a $28,389/month payment.
Day-to-day expenses in Medina track at 244 against the national 100 baseline, above average once you look past the mortgage payment itself.
Medina's median home price runs 477% higher than nearby Seattle: $780,000 there versus $4,500,000 here.