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The median home value in Santa Monica, CA is $1,685,560 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.45% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$1,685,560
Year-over-Year
+1.45%
Population
88,948
Santa Monica ranks #41 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 120.2% above the state's city median of $765,555. It sits in Los Angeles County, where the county-wide median is $885,635.
Median household income in Santa Monica is $114,885, so the typical home value is about 14.7× 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 Monica police recorded a violent crime rate of 778 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 4,790 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 Monica, that value is $1,685,560. That's up 1.45% from a year earlier. It is about 120.2% above the typical California city tracked here.
Homes in Santa Monica are more expensive than Los Angeles County as a whole, where the median is $885,635 — a difference of about 90.3%.
Median household income here is $114,885, so the typical home value is about 14.7× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Santa Monica police reported 778 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 88,948. 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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