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The median home value in Santa Maria, CA is $668,983 as of 2026-07-31, up 3.4% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$668,983
Year-over-Year
+3.4%
Population
110,056
Santa Maria ranks #239 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 12.6% below 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 Maria is $84,746, so the typical home value is about 7.9× 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 Maria police recorded a violent crime rate of 661 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,883 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 Maria, that value is $668,983. That's up 3.4% from a year earlier. It is about 12.6% below the typical California city tracked here.
Homes in Santa Maria are cheaper than Santa Barbara County as a whole, where the median is $1,003,268 — a difference of about 33.3%.
Median household income here is $84,746, so the typical home value is about 7.9× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Santa Maria police reported 661 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 110,056. 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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