The median home value in Atwater, CA is $424,582 as of 2026-06-30, up 0.4% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$424,582
Year-over-Year
+0.4%
Population
32,093
Atwater ranks #333 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 44.5% below the state's city median of $765,350. It sits in Merced County, where the county-wide median is $418,996.
Atwater police recorded a violent crime rate of 710 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,194 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Atwater is $424,582. That's up 0.4% from a year earlier. That is about 44.5% below the typical county in California.
Homes in Atwater are more expensive than Merced County as a whole, where the median is $418,996 — a difference of about 1.3%.
Atwater police reported 710 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 32,093. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.