17216 SE Wax Rd, Covington, WA 98042
Commercial · Covington · Seattle-Bellevue metro, WA
One of 48 reachable commercial buildings in Covington. Larger than 21% of commercial buildings in Covington (median 17,685 SF), derived from assessor records.
- Usable building area
- 1,760 SF, King County Assessor
- Lot size
- 20,037 SF, King County Assessor
- Year built
- 1961, King County Assessor
- Stories
- 1, King County Assessor
- Predominant use
- Single Family(c/I Zone), King County Assessor
- Assessed value
- $528,900, per the King County Assessor (not a market appraisal)
- Assessed value per usable SF
- $300.51/SF, derived from assessor records
- Usable area / lot
- 0.09, derived from assessor records
- Vintage
- 1960s vintage
- Zoning
- TC, King County
- County use code
- Single Family(C/I Zone)
Nearby comparable buildings
Same building type, by distance. Assessor facts only; not an opinion of value.
- 17244 SE Wax Rd, Covington · 0.1 mi · 1,130 SF · built 1946 · assessed $470/SF
- 17214 SE 275th St, Covington · 0.1 mi · 6,552 SF · built 1989 · assessed $244.99/SF
- 17275 SE Wax Rd, Covington · 0.1 mi · 4,320 SF
- 17040 SE Wax Rd, Covington · 0.2 mi · 1,160 SF · built 1959 · assessed $329.14/SF
- 17281 SE Wax Rd, Covington · 0.2 mi · 1,530 SF · built 1978 · assessed $449.54/SF
- 17032 SE Wax Rd, Covington · 0.2 mi · 1,260 SF · built 1928 · assessed $495.40/SF
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Sale history and market context
MakeMe Estimate: $631K (estimated market value), with a likely range of $524K to $762K (half of recent verified sales in this segment landed inside that range). Based on 8 verified arm's-length comparable sales (through 2026-06-01). Not an appraisal. How this estimate works.
lower confidence: 2 comparable sales within 3 miles; nearest 0.1 mi. This property type carries wider measured error; treat the estimate as a starting point.
Comparable sales used as evidence
- 17244 SE Wax Rd, Covington: $585,000 (2024-09), 1,130 SF, $517.70/SF, built 1946, 0.1 mi away
- 12633 SE 270th St, Kent: $600,000 (2025-09), 2,032 SF, $295.28/SF, built 1991, 2.8 mi away (different city)
- 23907 132nd Ave SE, Kent: $1,020,000 (2025-07), 3,801 SF, $268.35/SF, built 2001, 3.4 mi away (different city)
- 22807 SE 216th Way, Maple Valley: $440,000 (2025-04), 700 SF, $628.57/SF, built 1917, 5.1 mi away (different city)
- 24201 Roberts Dr, Black Diamond: $320,000 (2026-03), 1,304 SF, $245.40/SF, built 1924, 5.2 mi away (different city)
Recorded arm's-length sales of similar buildings nearby; nearer and more recent sales rank first. Buyer and seller names are withheld. Get this data via API.
Last sold: 1994-04-12 for $125,300 (recorded arm's-length sale).
Ownership tenure is not asserted for this parcel: the most recent recorded transfer is a non-market conveyance.
- 6 administrative transfers (no consideration), 1994 to 2015
- 1994-04-12: $125,300 from Private party to Private party, rec. 199404141744
- 1992-12-18: $78,668 from Secretary of Housing and Urban to Private party (non-market transfer), rec. 199212300836
- 1992-06-10: transfer from Private party to Secretary Housing Urban Dev (non-market transfer), rec. 199208042333
Source: King County recorded sales extract; buyer and seller shown only when a company or organization. Individual names are withheld.
Land, site, and value history
Assessed value moved from $301,500 (2011) to $528,900 (2026), up 75% over 15 years, per county tax rolls. The 2026 roll splits $528,900 into $460,800 land and $68,100 improvements.
- Zoning: TC (per King County)
- Lot: 20,037 sq ft
- Nuisance flags: Traffic noise
- Water: Water District (per King County)
- Sewer: Private (per King County)
- Access: Public
- Street surface: Paved
- Floor and use mix: Residence 1,760 SF (county building sections)
- County districts report (schools, fire, sewer, council; on kingcounty.gov)