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Median Home Price in Signal Hill, CA

The median home value in Signal Hill, CA is $700,178, up 0.05% from a year earlier.

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City housing-data period: September 2026. City source retrieval/check time (UTC) is recorded in the feed's updated field when available, not in the housing-data period.

Checked daily for new monthly Zillow releases, not new daily prices. Income and crime data are updated separately, not by the daily housing-data check. Unavailable means observation dates are missing or invalid.

Median Home Value

$700,178

Year-over-Year

+0.05%

Population

11,068

Home value history

The typical home value decreased by 1.4%, from $709,859 in May 2026 to $700,178 in Sep 2026.

Signal Hill, CA typical home value from May 2026 to Sep 2026

Monthly Zillow Home Value Index snapshots retained by HomePriceMap. A short history is shown now and grows automatically as each new monthly release arrives.

Signal Hill, CA monthly home value history
MonthTypical home valueYear-over-year change
May 2026$709,859-1.5%
Jun 2026$709,578-1.0%
Jul 2026$707,406-0.6%
Aug 2026$698,818-0.2%
Sep 2026$700,178+0.1%

Signal Hill ranks #223 of 395 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 7.2% below the state's city median of $754,898. It sits in Los Angeles County, where the county-wide median is $871,674.

Housing affordability in Signal Hill

Median household income in Signal Hill is $113,298, so the typical home value is about 6.2× 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 Signal Hill

Signal Hill police recorded a violent crime rate of 912 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 5,918 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 Signal Hill

What is the average home price in Signal Hill, 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 Signal Hill, that value is $700,178. That's up 0.05% from a year earlier. It is about 7.2% below the typical California city tracked here.

Is Signal Hill expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Signal Hill are cheaper than Los Angeles County as a whole, where the median is $871,674 — a difference of about 19.7%.

Is Signal Hill affordable?

Median household income here is $113,298, so the typical home value is about 6.2× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Signal Hill a safe place to live?

Signal Hill police reported 912 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 11,068. 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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