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The median home value in San Luis Obispo, CA is $1,100,490 as of 2026-06-30, up 1.7% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$1,100,490
Year-over-Year
+1.7%
Population
49,948
San Luis Obispo ranks #109 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 43.8% above the state's city median of $765,350. It sits in San Luis Obispo County, where the county-wide median is $911,459.
San Luis Obispo police recorded a violent crime rate of 424 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,669 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 San Luis Obispo is $1,100,490. That's up 1.7% from a year earlier. That is about 43.8% above the typical county in California.
Homes in San Luis Obispo are more expensive than San Luis Obispo County as a whole, where the median is $911,459 — a difference of about 20.7%.
San Luis Obispo police reported 424 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 49,948. 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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