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The median home value in San Rafael, CA is $1,332,023 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.08% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$1,332,023
Year-over-Year
+2.08%
Population
59,037
San Rafael ranks #73 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 74.0% above the state's city median of $765,555. It sits in Marin County, where the county-wide median is $1,495,814.
Median household income in San Rafael is $119,435, so the typical home value is about 11.2× 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 Rafael police recorded a violent crime rate of 559 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,456 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 Rafael, that value is $1,332,023. That's up 2.08% from a year earlier. It is about 74.0% above the typical California city tracked here.
Homes in San Rafael are cheaper than Marin County as a whole, where the median is $1,495,814 — a difference of about 10.9%.
Median household income here is $119,435, so the typical home value is about 11.2× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
San Rafael police reported 559 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 59,037. 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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