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The median home value in Santa Ana, CA is $869,263 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.62% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$869,263
Year-over-Year
+2.62%
Population
310,304
Santa Ana ranks #159 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 13.5% above the state's city median of $765,555. It sits in Orange County, where the county-wide median is $1,190,239.
Median household income in Santa Ana is $93,999, 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).
Santa Ana police recorded a violent crime rate of 493 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,702 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 Santa Ana, that value is $869,263. That's up 2.62% from a year earlier. It is about 13.5% above the typical California city tracked here.
Homes in Santa Ana are cheaper than Orange County as a whole, where the median is $1,190,239 — a difference of about 27.0%.
Median household income here is $93,999, so the typical home value is about 9.2× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Santa Ana police reported 493 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 310,304. 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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