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Median Home Price in San Diego, CA

The median home value in San Diego, CA is $980,490, up 0.07% from a year earlier.

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City housing-data period: September 2026. City source retrieval/check time (UTC) is recorded in the feed's updated field when available, not in the housing-data period.

Checked daily for new monthly Zillow releases, not new daily prices. Income and crime data are updated separately, not by the daily housing-data check. Unavailable means observation dates are missing or invalid.

Median Home Value

$980,490

Year-over-Year

+0.07%

Population

1,389,024

Home value history

The typical home value decreased by 2.7%, from $1,007,800 in May 2026 to $980,490 in Sep 2026.

San Diego, CA typical home value from May 2026 to Sep 2026

Monthly Zillow Home Value Index snapshots retained by HomePriceMap. A short history is shown now and grows automatically as each new monthly release arrives.

San Diego, CA monthly home value history
MonthTypical home valueYear-over-year change
May 2026$1,007,800-2.4%
Jun 2026$1,002,065-1.7%
Jul 2026$994,682-1.0%
Aug 2026$985,158-0.4%
Sep 2026$980,490+0.1%

San Diego ranks #127 of 395 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 29.9% above the state's city median of $754,898. It sits in San Diego County, where the county-wide median is $926,979.

Housing affordability in San Diego

Median household income in San Diego is $108,077, so the typical home value is about 9.1× 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 San Diego

San Diego police recorded a violent crime rate of 412 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,670 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 San Diego

What is the average home price in San Diego, 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 San Diego, that value is $980,490. That's up 0.07% from a year earlier. It is about 29.9% above the typical California city tracked here.

Is San Diego expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in San Diego are more expensive than San Diego County as a whole, where the median is $926,979 — a difference of about 5.8%.

Is San Diego affordable?

Median household income here is $108,077, so the typical home value is about 9.1× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is San Diego a safe place to live?

San Diego police reported 412 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 1,389,024. 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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