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The median home value in Santa Barbara, CA is $1,834,551 as of 2026-06-30, up 3.01% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$1,834,551
Year-over-Year
+3.01%
Population
85,758
Santa Barbara ranks #34 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 139.7% above the state's city median of $765,350. It sits in Santa Barbara County, where the county-wide median is $997,569.
Santa Barbara police recorded a violent crime rate of 648 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,810 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 Santa Barbara is $1,834,551. That's up 3.01% from a year earlier. That is about 139.7% above the typical county in California.
Homes in Santa Barbara are more expensive than Santa Barbara County as a whole, where the median is $997,569 — a difference of about 83.9%.
Santa Barbara police reported 648 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 85,758. 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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