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The median home value in Santa Maria, CA is $665,004 as of 2026-06-30, up 3.04% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$665,004
Year-over-Year
+3.04%
Population
110,056
Santa Maria ranks #240 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 13.1% below the state's city median of $765,350. It sits in Santa Barbara County, where the county-wide median is $997,569.
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).
The median home value in Santa Maria is $665,004. That's up 3.04% from a year earlier. That is about 13.1% below the typical county in California.
Homes in Santa Maria are cheaper than Santa Barbara County as a whole, where the median is $997,569 — a difference of about 33.3%.
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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