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The median home value in Merced County, CA is $419,758 as of 2026-07-31, down 0.98% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$419,758
Year-over-Year
-0.98%
National Rank
#384 of 3071
Merced County ranks 38th out of 58 counties in CA by median home price, and is +79.1% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within CA, the typical county has a median home value of $503,136, making Merced County -16.6% below the CA state median.
Households here earn a median of $65,510 a year against a typical home value of $419,758 — a price-to-income ratio of 6.4×, past the 5× level generally described as severely unaffordable. That is less affordable than roughly 95% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Merced County recorded a violent crime rate of 587 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 2,286 per 100,000.
Based on 6 reporting cities covering 204,274 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Merced County is $419,758. That's down 0.98% from a year earlier. That is about 79.1% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Merced County the 38th most expensive of 58 counties in California.
Median household income here is $65,510, so a typical home costs about 6.4× annual household earnings — expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Merced County recorded 587 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 204,274 residents across 6 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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