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The median home value in Dos Palos, CA is $363,834 as of 2026-07-31, down 0.33% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$363,834
Year-over-Year
-0.33%
Population
5,683
Dos Palos ranks #363 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 52.5% below the state's city median of $765,555. It sits in Merced County, where the county-wide median is $419,758.
Median household income in Dos Palos is $42,367, so the typical home value is about 8.6× 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).
Dos Palos police recorded a violent crime rate of 739 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,883 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 Dos Palos, that value is $363,834. That's down 0.33% from a year earlier. It is about 52.5% below the typical California city tracked here.
Homes in Dos Palos are cheaper than Merced County as a whole, where the median is $419,758 — a difference of about 13.3%.
Median household income here is $42,367, so the typical home value is about 8.6× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Dos Palos police reported 739 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 5,683. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.