Home / California county housing affordability Ranked observations 0 counties excluded for unavailable home-value-to-income ratio; ties in the unrounded published values resolve by ascending GEOID. All available observations are shown.
Highest home-value-to-income ratios in California Rank County GEOID Home-value-to-income ratio 1 Marin County, California 06041 10.11 2 San Francisco County, California 06075 9.89 3 San Mateo County, California 06081 9.82 4 Los Angeles County, California 06037 9.26 5 Santa Cruz County, California 06087 9.25 6 Santa Clara County, California 06085 9.07 7 San Luis Obispo County, California 06079 8.46 8 Alameda County, California 06001 8.43 9 Orange County, California 06059 8.28 10 Santa Barbara County, California 06083 8.06 11 San Diego County, California 06073 8.04 12 Monterey County, California 06053 8.03 13 Napa County, California 06055 7.80 14 Sonoma County, California 06097 7.79 15 Mendocino County, California 06045 7.52 16 Ventura County, California 06111 7.49 17 Humboldt County, California 06023 7.31 18 San Benito County, California 06069 6.94 19 Nevada County, California 06057 6.92 20 Contra Costa County, California 06013 6.81 21 Yolo County, California 06113 6.76 22 Mono County, California 06051 6.43 23 Butte County, California 06007 6.25 24 El Dorado County, California 06017 6.25 25 Solano County, California 06095 6.15 26 Trinity County, California 06105 6.15 27 Riverside County, California 06065 5.99 28 Merced County, California 06047 5.98 29 Placer County, California 06061 5.93 30 San Bernardino County, California 06071 5.91 31 Calaveras County, California 06009 5.81 32 Sacramento County, California 06067 5.80 33 San Joaquin County, California 06077 5.76 34 Mariposa County, California 06043 5.67 35 Tuolumne County, California 06109 5.60 36 Alpine County, California 06003 5.59 37 Stanislaus County, California 06099 5.52 38 Plumas County, California 06063 5.46 39 Sutter County, California 06101 5.44 40 Yuba County, California 06115 5.40 41 Imperial County, California 06025 5.37 42 Lake County, California 06033 5.35 43 Tehama County, California 06103 5.32 44 Glenn County, California 06021 5.25 45 Fresno County, California 06019 5.24 46 Sierra County, California 06091 5.24 47 Siskiyou County, California 06093 5.24 48 Colusa County, California 06011 5.20 49 Madera County, California 06039 5.13 50 Amador County, California 06005 5.11 51 Del Norte County, California 06015 5.10 52 Shasta County, California 06089 5.04 53 Kern County, California 06029 4.82 54 Inyo County, California 06027 4.71 55 Tulare County, California 06107 4.63 56 Kings County, California 06031 4.57 57 Lassen County, California 06035 3.94 58 Modoc County, California 06049 3.78
Method and provenance ACS 2024 five-year survey estimates (2020–2024), not current prices. Direct estimates may have 90% margins of error shown where available. The home-value-to-income ratio and renter cost-burden rate are derived; no MOE is calculated for either. Missing or suppressed values are unavailable, not zero. County rankings are descriptive, not an affordability or suitability recommendation.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates. Validated California bundle provenance, source snapshot and checksums . California county map and full table .