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.
Lowest home-value-to-income ratios in California Rank County GEOID Home-value-to-income ratio 1 Modoc County, California 06049 3.78 2 Lassen County, California 06035 3.94 3 Kings County, California 06031 4.57 4 Tulare County, California 06107 4.63 5 Inyo County, California 06027 4.71 6 Kern County, California 06029 4.82 7 Shasta County, California 06089 5.04 8 Del Norte County, California 06015 5.10 9 Amador County, California 06005 5.11 10 Madera County, California 06039 5.13 11 Colusa County, California 06011 5.20 12 Fresno County, California 06019 5.24 13 Sierra County, California 06091 5.24 14 Siskiyou County, California 06093 5.24 15 Glenn County, California 06021 5.25 16 Tehama County, California 06103 5.32 17 Lake County, California 06033 5.35 18 Imperial County, California 06025 5.37 19 Yuba County, California 06115 5.40 20 Sutter County, California 06101 5.44 21 Plumas County, California 06063 5.46 22 Stanislaus County, California 06099 5.52 23 Alpine County, California 06003 5.59 24 Tuolumne County, California 06109 5.60 25 Mariposa County, California 06043 5.67 26 San Joaquin County, California 06077 5.76 27 Sacramento County, California 06067 5.80 28 Calaveras County, California 06009 5.81 29 San Bernardino County, California 06071 5.91 30 Placer County, California 06061 5.93 31 Merced County, California 06047 5.98 32 Riverside County, California 06065 5.99 33 Solano County, California 06095 6.15 34 Trinity County, California 06105 6.15 35 Butte County, California 06007 6.25 36 El Dorado County, California 06017 6.25 37 Mono County, California 06051 6.43 38 Yolo County, California 06113 6.76 39 Contra Costa County, California 06013 6.81 40 Nevada County, California 06057 6.92 41 San Benito County, California 06069 6.94 42 Humboldt County, California 06023 7.31 43 Ventura County, California 06111 7.49 44 Mendocino County, California 06045 7.52 45 Sonoma County, California 06097 7.79 46 Napa County, California 06055 7.80 47 Monterey County, California 06053 8.03 48 San Diego County, California 06073 8.04 49 Santa Barbara County, California 06083 8.06 50 Orange County, California 06059 8.28 51 Alameda County, California 06001 8.43 52 San Luis Obispo County, California 06079 8.46 53 Santa Clara County, California 06085 9.07 54 Santa Cruz County, California 06087 9.25 55 Los Angeles County, California 06037 9.26 56 San Mateo County, California 06081 9.82 57 San Francisco County, California 06075 9.89 58 Marin County, California 06041 10.11
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 .