Carson City housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
Carson City home prices: in September 2026 the Zillow Home Value Index valued a typical Carson City, Nevada home at $500,511, +1.2% from a year earlier and the highest month on record.
- Value of a typical home
- $500,511September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- +1.2%. measured since September 2025.
Carson City home prices since 2000
Carson City is the steel line; the United States is the grey one. Prices for the typical Carson City home went from $141,742 to $500,511 since January 2000. That is ×3.53, while the US figure over the same months is ×2.99. Prices peaked during the boom in July 2006 at $322,466, and bottomed out in January 2012 at $148,075, −54.1%.
Yearly median home price for Carson City
Each yearly figure averages the twelve monthly values; for 2026 the latest month is shown.
| Year | Carson City | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $144,614 | $125,745 | |
| 2001 | $154,194 | +6.6% | $134,899 |
| 2002 | $165,125 | +7.1% | $144,276 |
| 2003 | $181,061 | +9.7% | $155,308 |
| 2004 | $229,169 | +26.6% | $169,891 |
| 2005 | $294,344 | +28.4% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $320,870 | +9.0% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $304,001 | −5.3% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $249,431 | −18.0% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $198,683 | −20.3% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $172,406 | −13.2% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $153,134 | −11.2% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $151,641 | −1.0% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $171,996 | +13.4% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $194,960 | +13.4% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $217,570 | +11.6% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $251,844 | +15.8% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $280,531 | +11.4% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $311,076 | +10.9% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $337,229 | +8.4% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $357,120 | +5.9% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $429,603 | +20.3% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $480,356 | +11.8% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $462,418 | −3.7% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $482,358 | +4.3% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $493,611 | +2.3% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $500,511 | +1.2% | $366,157 |
What a home bought in Carson City in any year is worth now
An index-based estimate of a typical home, not an appraisal.
Each year's figure averages its twelve monthly index values; the current value is September 2026. Also see the home appreciation calculator.
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Carson City housing market forecast
For the Carson City, NV metro, Zillow's forecast projects +2.9% during the 12 months beginning September 2026. The next three months are forecast at +1.8%. Carson City's typical value is $500,511. Applied to that, the forecast lands near $515,000 a year on.
This repeats Zillow's own central estimate for the metro. The site offers no forecast of its own. Forecasts over 12 months like this one typically get the realised change wrong by several percentage points, in either direction. This is not investment advice.
All metro forecasts sit in a single table: housing market forecast.
Carson City housing market crash risk score
46 of 100, on the higher side
Carson City's score ranks it against the 292 cities using five conditions that ran high before earlier price falls. Every input is scored from 0 to 100 by comparison with the other cities, and the five scores get equal weight when averaged. It shows conditions as they are today; no crash is predicted.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | −19.6% | 21 | 20% |
| Days on the market vs 2019 | +8.2% | 59 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 19.6 | 59 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | +1.2% | 45 | 20% |
This is not investment advice. How each input is scored: the scoring method. Every one of the 292 cities, ranked: crash risk by city.
Carson City housing inventory and days on market
In September 2026 the Carson City, NV metro counted 111 homes on the market, −7.5% compared with a year earlier and −19.6% compared with the same month in 2019. The median time to sell was 53 days (+8.2% against 2019), and price cuts appeared on 23.2% of listings.
| Carson City, NV metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 111 | −7.5% |
| New listings | 50 | |
| Median days on market | 53 | −13.5% |
| Median list price | $567,682 | +3.2% |
| Share with a price cut | 23.2% |
Metro inventory comes from Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com data. All metros: days on market by city.
Rent and the cost of living in Carson City
The Zillow Observed Rent Index puts the typical asking rent in Carson City at $2,126 a month, +5.6% on a year. A typical home's price equals 19.6 years of the rent. Prices in the metro stand at 98.1 by BEA, the US average being 100; housing costs are 101.2.
Additional housing markets across Nevada
- Las Vegas: $417,475.
- Henderson housing market $478,064.
- Reno housing market $571,562.
For the whole state: Nevada housing market.
How to read this chart
Every point plots the Zillow Home Value Index for Carson City: the worth of a typical home in the market's middle third, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, in dollars for that month. The hollow dot shows the month picked on the slider; the terracotta dot shows the newest month. These figures do not account for inflation, while the index follows the typical home instead of a particular house. Calculate one home's value from its sale price using the card above it or the appreciation calculator.