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Median Home Price in Dana Point, CA

The median home value in Dana Point, CA is $1,754,054 as of 2026-07-31, up 5.58% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$1,754,054

Year-over-Year

+5.58%

Population

32,405

Dana Point ranks #36 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 129.1% above the state's city median of $765,555. It sits in Orange County, where the county-wide median is $1,190,239.

Housing affordability in Dana Point

Median household income in Dana Point is $141,520, so the typical home value is about 12.4× 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 Dana Point

Dana Point police recorded a violent crime rate of 185 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 873 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 Dana Point

What is the average home price in Dana Point, 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 Dana Point, that value is $1,754,054. That's up 5.58% from a year earlier. It is about 129.1% above the typical California city tracked here.

Is Dana Point expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Dana Point are more expensive than Orange County as a whole, where the median is $1,190,239 — a difference of about 47.4%.

Is Dana Point affordable?

Median household income here is $141,520, so the typical home value is about 12.4× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Dana Point a safe place to live?

Dana Point police reported 185 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 32,405. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.