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The median home value in Costa Mesa, CA is $1,424,322 as of 2026-07-31, up 5.91% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$1,424,322
Year-over-Year
+5.91%
Population
107,235
Costa Mesa ranks #57 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 86.1% above the state's city median of $765,555. It sits in Orange County, where the county-wide median is $1,190,239.
Median household income in Costa Mesa is $111,505, so the typical home value is about 12.8× 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).
Costa Mesa police recorded a violent crime rate of 738 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,837 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 Costa Mesa, that value is $1,424,322. That's up 5.91% from a year earlier. It is about 86.1% above the typical California city tracked here.
Homes in Costa Mesa are more expensive than Orange County as a whole, where the median is $1,190,239 — a difference of about 19.7%.
Median household income here is $111,505, so the typical home value is about 12.8× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Costa Mesa police reported 738 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 107,235. 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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