The median home value in Monterey, CA is $1,180,394 as of 2026-06-30, down 1.63% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$1,180,394
Year-over-Year
-1.63%
Population
28,792
Monterey ranks #94 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 54.2% above the state's city median of $765,350. It sits in Monterey County, where the county-wide median is $854,719.
Monterey police recorded a violent crime rate of 382 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,782 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Monterey is $1,180,394. That's down 1.63% from a year earlier. That is about 54.2% above the typical county in California.
Homes in Monterey are more expensive than Monterey County as a whole, where the median is $854,719 — a difference of about 38.1%.
Monterey police reported 382 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 28,792. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.