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The median home value in San Diego, CA is $994,682 as of 2026-07-31, down 1.04% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$994,682
Year-over-Year
-1.04%
Population
1,389,024
San Diego ranks #127 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 29.9% above the state's city median of $765,555. It sits in San Diego County, where the county-wide median is $934,169.
Median household income in San Diego is $108,077, so the typical home value is about 9.2× 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).
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).
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 $994,682. That's down 1.04% from a year earlier. It is about 29.9% above the typical California city tracked here.
Homes in San Diego are more expensive than San Diego County as a whole, where the median is $934,169 — a difference of about 6.5%.
Median household income here is $108,077, so the typical home value is about 9.2× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
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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