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The median home value in Ceres, CA is $456,636 as of 2026-07-31, down 0.05% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$456,636
Year-over-Year
-0.05%
Population
48,107
Ceres ranks #318 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 40.4% below the state's city median of $765,555. It sits in Stanislaus County, where the county-wide median is $467,986.
Median household income in Ceres is $79,025, so the typical home value is about 5.8× 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).
Ceres police recorded a violent crime rate of 397 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,848 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
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 Ceres, that value is $456,636. That's down 0.05% from a year earlier. It is about 40.4% below the typical California city tracked here.
Homes in Ceres are cheaper than Stanislaus County as a whole, where the median is $467,986 — a difference of about 2.4%.
Median household income here is $79,025, so the typical home value is about 5.8× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Ceres police reported 397 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 48,107. 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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