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The median home value in Lake County, CA is $308,951 as of 2026-07-31, down 1.93% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$308,951
Year-over-Year
-1.93%
National Rank
#899 of 3071
Lake County ranks 54th out of 58 counties in CA by median home price, and is +31.8% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within CA, the typical county has a median home value of $503,136, making Lake County -38.6% below the CA state median.
Households here earn a median of $60,621 a year against a typical home value of $308,951 — a price-to-income ratio of 5.1×, past the 5× level generally described as severely unaffordable. That is less affordable than roughly 85% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Lake County recorded a violent crime rate of 913 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 1,640 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 21,580 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Lake County is $308,951. That's down 1.93% from a year earlier. That is about 31.8% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Lake County the 54th most expensive of 58 counties in California.
Median household income here is $60,621, so a typical home costs about 5.1× annual household earnings — expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Lake County recorded 913 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 21,580 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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