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Median Home Price in Santa Clara, CA

The median home value in Santa Clara, CA is $1,680,833 as of 2026-07-31, down 0.13% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$1,680,833

Year-over-Year

-0.13%

Population

131,901

Santa Clara ranks #43 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 119.6% above the state's city median of $765,555. It sits in Santa Clara County, where the county-wide median is $1,598,562.

Housing affordability in Santa Clara

Median household income in Santa Clara is $178,958, so the typical home value is about 9.4× 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).

Crime in Santa Clara

Santa Clara police recorded a violent crime rate of 182 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 2,502 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Santa Clara

What is the average home price in Santa Clara, CA?

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 Clara, that value is $1,680,833. That's down 0.13% from a year earlier. It is about 119.6% above the typical California city tracked here.

Is Santa Clara expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Santa Clara are more expensive than Santa Clara County as a whole, where the median is $1,598,562 — a difference of about 5.1%.

Is Santa Clara affordable?

Median household income here is $178,958, so the typical home value is about 9.4× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Santa Clara a safe place to live?

Santa Clara police reported 182 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 131,901. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.