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The median home value in Santa Barbara, CA is $1,848,325 as of 2026-07-31, up 3.69% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$1,848,325
Year-over-Year
+3.69%
Population
85,758
Santa Barbara ranks #34 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 141.4% above the state's city median of $765,555. It sits in Santa Barbara County, where the county-wide median is $1,003,268.
Median household income in Santa Barbara is $106,182, so the typical home value is about 17.4× 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 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).
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 Barbara, that value is $1,848,325. That's up 3.69% from a year earlier. It is about 141.4% above the typical California city tracked here.
Homes in Santa Barbara are more expensive than Santa Barbara County as a whole, where the median is $1,003,268 — a difference of about 84.2%.
Median household income here is $106,182, so the typical home value is about 17.4× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
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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