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Median Home Price in Truckee, CA

The median home value in Truckee, CA is $1,025,139 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.14% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$1,025,139

Year-over-Year

+1.14%

Population

17,132

Truckee ranks #121 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 33.9% above the state's city median of $765,555. It sits in Nevada County, where the county-wide median is $622,930.

Housing affordability in Truckee

Median household income in Truckee is $130,462, 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).

Crime in Truckee

Truckee police recorded a violent crime rate of 374 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 648 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 Truckee

What is the average home price in Truckee, 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 Truckee, that value is $1,025,139. That's up 1.14% from a year earlier. It is about 33.9% above the typical California city tracked here.

Is Truckee expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Truckee are more expensive than Nevada County as a whole, where the median is $622,930 — a difference of about 64.6%.

Is Truckee affordable?

Median household income here is $130,462, so the typical home value is about 7.9× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Truckee a safe place to live?

Truckee police reported 374 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 17,132. 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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