Most Expensive US Cities for Housing (2026)

The highest median home values we track, most expensive first. These are dollar-value rankings, not affordability rankings -- a city can appear here and still be reasonably affordable if local incomes are high enough to match.

Source: US Census Bureau, FEMA National Risk Index, and FHFA House Price Index (where applicable).

#CityValue
1Sunnyvale, CA
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$1,680,700 median home
2San Mateo, CA
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$1,508,900 median home
3Santa Clara, CA
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$1,440,200 median home
4San Francisco, CA
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$1,348,700 median home
5Berkeley, CA
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$1,280,300 median home
6Fremont, CA
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$1,231,500 median home
7San Jose, CA
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$1,149,600 median home
8Bellevue, WA
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$1,139,500 median home
9Daly City, CA
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$1,073,100 median home
10Carlsbad, CA
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$1,070,500 median home
11Irvine, CA
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$1,025,700 median home
12Cambridge, MA
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$997,600 median home
13Glendale, CA
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$992,000 median home
14Pasadena, CA
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$981,600 median home
15Huntington Beach, CA
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$976,800 median home
16Torrance, CA
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$962,300 median home
17Costa Mesa, CA
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$959,800 median home
18Burbank, CA
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$959,700 median home
19Boulder, CO
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$919,700 median home
20Thousand Oaks, CA
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$900,600 median home
21Oakland, CA
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$883,800 median home
22Seattle, WA
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$879,900 median home
23Orange, CA
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$848,200 median home
24Arlington, VA
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$833,300 median home
25Los Angeles, CA
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$822,600 median home
26Urban Honolulu, HI
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$805,500 median home
27Fullerton, CA
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$791,000 median home
28San Diego, CA
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$783,300 median home
29Hayward, CA
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$775,700 median home
30New York, NY
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$732,100 median home
31San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA
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$714,000 median home
32Anaheim, CA
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$713,600 median home
33Long Beach, CA
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$709,700 median home
34Concord, CA
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$706,700 median home
35Washington, DC
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$705,000 median home
36Simi Valley, CA
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$704,200 median home
37Garden Grove, CA
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$702,600 median home
38Inglewood, CA
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$689,700 median home
39Boston, MA
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$684,900 median home
40Downey, CA
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$679,000 median home
41Santa Clarita, CA
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$669,200 median home
42West Covina, CA
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$664,500 median home
43Santa Rosa, CA
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$661,700 median home
44Rancho Cucamonga, CA
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$657,400 median home
45Alexandria, VA
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$655,700 median home
46Scottsdale, AZ
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$651,800 median home
47Chula Vista, CA
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$647,100 median home
48Oceanside, CA
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$644,600 median home
49Highlands Ranch, CO
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$637,400 median home
50Richmond, CA
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$624,800 median home

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