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Median Home Price in Brentwood, CA

The median home value in Brentwood, CA is $794,713 as of 2026-07-31, down 1.92% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$794,713

Year-over-Year

-1.92%

Population

65,352

Brentwood ranks #186 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 3.8% above the state's city median of $765,555. It sits in Contra Costa County, where the county-wide median is $781,899.

Housing affordability in Brentwood

Median household income in Brentwood is $142,494, so the typical home value is about 5.6× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.

Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).

Crime in Brentwood

Brentwood police recorded a violent crime rate of 242 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 2,390 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Brentwood

What is the average home price in Brentwood, CA?

People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Brentwood, that value is $794,713. That's down 1.92% from a year earlier. It is about 3.8% above the typical California city tracked here.

Is Brentwood expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Brentwood are more expensive than Contra Costa County as a whole, where the median is $781,899 — a difference of about 1.6%.

Is Brentwood affordable?

Median household income here is $142,494, so the typical home value is about 5.6× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Brentwood a safe place to live?

Brentwood police reported 242 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 65,352. 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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