Median home value in California

At $709,046, the median home value in California is 104% above the national figure of $348,220, ranking 2 of 52, with San Mateo County the highest county at $1,441,300.

A typical home value is not a listing price. It is what the middle of the market looks like once every owner-occupied home is counted.

Median home value in California by county
Rank	County	Typical figure	Context
1	San Mateo County	$1,441,300	754,250 residents
2	San Francisco County	$1,348,700	851,036 residents
3	Santa Clara County	$1,316,800	1,916,831 residents
4	Marin County	$1,291,800	260,485 residents
5	Alameda County	$999,200	1,663,823 residents
6	Santa Cruz County	$951,300	268,571 residents
7	Orange County	$862,900	3,175,227 residents
8	Napa County	$794,500	137,384 residents
9	Contra Costa County	$787,300	1,162,648 residents
10	Sonoma County	$748,500	488,436 residents
11	Los Angeles County	$732,200	9,936,690 residents
12	San Luis Obispo County	$726,700	281,712 residents
13	San Diego County	$725,200	3,289,701 residents
14	Ventura County	$719,100	842,009 residents
15	Santa Barbara County	$714,800	445,213 residents
16	San Benito County	$703,200	64,753 residents
17	Monterey County	$683,700	437,609 residents
18	Placer County	$627,100	406,608 residents
19	El Dorado County	$597,600	191,713 residents
20	Nevada County	$559,700	102,322 residents
21	Yolo County	$555,200	217,141 residents
22	Solano County	$549,100	450,995 residents
23	Mono County	$496,800	13,219 residents
24	Sacramento County	$465,900	1,579,211 residents
25	Alpine County	$463,900	1,515 residents
26	Mendocino County	$463,700	91,145 residents
27	Riverside County	$462,900	2,429,487 residents
28	San Joaquin County	$462,000	779,445 residents
29	San Bernardino County	$438,000	2,180,563 residents
30	Amador County	$409,600	40,577 residents
31	Calaveras County	$404,200	45,674 residents
32	Stanislaus County	$393,300	552,063 residents
33	Humboldt County	$386,000	136,132 residents
34	Tuolumne County	$377,700	54,993 residents
35	Sutter County	$375,400	99,101 residents
36	Butte County	$371,600	213,605 residents
37	Colusa County	$360,100	21,811 residents
38	Yuba County	$350,600	81,705 residents
39	Merced County	$342,300	282,290 residents
40	Madera County	$340,300	157,243 residents

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Methodology

Every figure on this page comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates. We store one row per county and roll counties up to state level, weighting each county by its population so that large metros are not treated the same as very small counties.

The median home value shown for a state is that population-weighted figure, not a simple average of county values. National comparisons use the same method across all states, so the state-versus-U.S. gap you see is a like-for-like comparison.

These are survey estimates, not transaction records, and they describe typical households rather than any individual situation. Nothing here is personalised financial advice.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (5-year). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2022.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (5-year).

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