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Median Home Price in Pacific Grove, CA

The median home value in Pacific Grove, CA is $1,395,343 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.01% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$1,395,343

Year-over-Year

+1.01%

Population

14,649

Pacific Grove ranks #65 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 82.3% above the state's city median of $765,555. It sits in Monterey County, where the county-wide median is $852,464.

Housing affordability in Pacific Grove

Median household income in Pacific Grove is $106,065, so the typical home value is about 13.2× 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 Pacific Grove

Pacific Grove police recorded a violent crime rate of 143 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 908 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 Pacific Grove

What is the average home price in Pacific Grove, 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 Pacific Grove, that value is $1,395,343. That's up 1.01% from a year earlier. It is about 82.3% above the typical California city tracked here.

Is Pacific Grove expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Pacific Grove are more expensive than Monterey County as a whole, where the median is $852,464 — a difference of about 63.7%.

Is Pacific Grove affordable?

Median household income here is $106,065, so the typical home value is about 13.2× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Pacific Grove a safe place to live?

Pacific Grove police reported 143 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 14,649. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.