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The median home value in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA is $1,023,922 as of 2026-06-30, down 1.41% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$1,023,922
Year-over-Year
-1.41%
Population
45,633
Rancho Santa Margarita ranks #123 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 33.8% above the state's city median of $765,350. It sits in Orange County, where the county-wide median is $1,194,969.
Rancho Santa Margarita police recorded a violent crime rate of 81 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 524 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 Rancho Santa Margarita is $1,023,922. That's down 1.41% from a year earlier. That is about 33.8% above the typical county in California.
Homes in Rancho Santa Margarita are cheaper than Orange County as a whole, where the median is $1,194,969 — a difference of about 14.3%.
Rancho Santa Margarita police reported 81 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 45,633. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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