The median home value in Brea, CA is $1,136,211 as of 2026-06-30, up 0.46% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$1,136,211
Year-over-Year
+0.46%
Population
48,901
Brea ranks #99 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 48.5% above the state's city median of $765,350. It sits in Orange County, where the county-wide median is $1,194,969.
Brea police recorded a violent crime rate of 211 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 2,865 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 Brea is $1,136,211. That's up 0.46% from a year earlier. That is about 48.5% above the typical county in California.
Homes in Brea are cheaper than Orange County as a whole, where the median is $1,194,969 — a difference of about 4.9%.
Brea police reported 211 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 48,901. 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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