Home prices in Spokane run 24% below the national median: $320,000 versus $420,000. Relative to the $56,000 median household income here, the price-to-income ratio comes out to 5.7x.
At a 1.1% effective rate, Spokane property taxes add $293 to the monthly payment on the median home, $3,520 a year in total.
No state income tax in Washington means the $56,000 median household income stretches further than the same salary would in an income-tax state, which matters directly against a $2,086/month payment.
Day-to-day expenses in Spokane track at 92 against the national 100 baseline, below average once you look past the mortgage payment itself.
Spokane's median home price runs 59% lower than nearby Seattle: $780,000 there versus $320,000 here.