The median home value in Barstow, CA is $266,801 as of 2026-06-30, down 2.1% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$266,801
Year-over-Year
-2.1%
Population
24,817
Barstow ranks #387 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 65.1% below the state's city median of $765,350. It sits in San Bernardino County, where the county-wide median is $553,855.
Barstow police recorded a violent crime rate of 1,108 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,639 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 Barstow is $266,801. That's down 2.1% from a year earlier. That is about 65.1% below the typical county in California.
Homes in Barstow are cheaper than San Bernardino County as a whole, where the median is $553,855 — a difference of about 51.8%.
Barstow police reported 1,108 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 24,817. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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