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Median Home Price in Huntington Beach, CA

The median home value in Huntington Beach, CA is $1,367,647 as of 2026-07-31, up 4.85% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$1,367,647

Year-over-Year

+4.85%

Population

190,081

Huntington Beach ranks #67 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 78.6% 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 Huntington Beach

Median household income in Huntington Beach is $120,919, so the typical home value is about 11.3× 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 Huntington Beach

Huntington Beach police recorded a violent crime rate of 207 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,989 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 Huntington Beach

What is the average home price in Huntington Beach, 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 Huntington Beach, that value is $1,367,647. That's up 4.85% from a year earlier. It is about 78.6% above the typical California city tracked here.

Is Huntington Beach expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Huntington Beach are more expensive than Orange County as a whole, where the median is $1,190,239 — a difference of about 14.9%.

Is Huntington Beach affordable?

Median household income here is $120,919, so the typical home value is about 11.3× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Huntington Beach a safe place to live?

Huntington Beach police reported 207 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 190,081. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.