Long Beach housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
Long Beach home prices: the Zillow Home Value Index put a typical home in Long Beach, California at $852,391 in September 2026. That is 2.4% higher than a year earlier and 0.6% under the peak of $857,524 reached in December 2024.
- Value of a typical home
- $852,391September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- +2.4% since September 2025.
Long Beach home prices since 2000
Long Beach is the steel line; the United States is the grey line. The typical Long Beach home has risen from $189,018 to $852,391 since January 2000, ×4.51, while the US recorded ×2.99 over those same months. Prices peaked during the boom in August 2006 at $525,594 and reached their low in May 2012 at $315,837, −39.9%.
Long Beach median home price by year
Each yearly figure averages the twelve monthly values, and 2026 shows the latest month.
| Year | Long Beach | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $197,486 | $125,745 | |
| 2001 | $217,434 | +10.1% | $134,899 |
| 2002 | $249,315 | +14.7% | $144,276 |
| 2003 | $299,399 | +20.1% | $155,308 |
| 2004 | $375,157 | +25.3% | $169,891 |
| 2005 | $459,839 | +22.6% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $518,221 | +12.7% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $509,180 | −1.7% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $428,305 | −15.9% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $359,079 | −16.2% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $357,619 | −0.4% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $334,592 | −6.4% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $324,834 | −2.9% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $374,142 | +15.2% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $418,823 | +11.9% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $440,351 | +5.1% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $460,817 | +4.6% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $501,041 | +8.7% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $559,767 | +11.7% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $584,928 | +4.5% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $619,198 | +5.9% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $710,775 | +14.8% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $791,485 | +11.4% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $792,753 | +0.2% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $837,166 | +5.6% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $839,950 | +0.3% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $852,391 | +2.4% | $366,157 |
What a home bought in Long Beach 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, and the current value is September 2026. Other options: home appreciation calculator.
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Long Beach housing market forecast
For the Los Angeles, CA metro, Zillow's forecast calls for +1.9% across the 12 months beginning September 2026, alongside a separate −1.0% change over the next three months. With Long Beach's typical value at $852,391, the forecast lands close to $868,600 a year on.
This restates Zillow's central estimate for the metro; this site publishes no forecast of its own. For a 12-month forecast of this kind, the realised change has typically been several percentage points away from it, in both directions. Investment advice: none given here.
All metro forecasts together in one table: housing market forecast.
Long Beach housing market crash risk score
64 out of 100, high
Against the 292 cities, the score ranks Long Beach on five conditions that ran high ahead of earlier price falls. Every input is scored from 0 to 100 by comparison with the other cities, and the five scores carry equal weight when averaged. It shows conditions as they are now; it does not predict a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | −2.1% | 43 | 20% |
| Days on the market vs 2019 | +10.0% | 63 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 29.4 | 92 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 9.3 | 95 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | +2.4% | 26 | 20% |
It is not investment advice. How each input is scored: scoring method. All 292 cities, ranked: city crash risk rankings.
Long Beach housing inventory and days on market
In September 2026 the Los Angeles, CA metro listed 20,130 homes for sale. That was +4.2% above the previous year's level and −2.1% compared with the same month of 2019. Selling took 55 days at the median, which was +10.0% above 2019, and 17.1% of listings saw a price cut.
| Los Angeles, CA metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 20,130 | +4.2% |
| New listings | 7,762 | |
| Median days on market | 55 | −3.5% |
| Median list price | $1,034,500 | −5.9% |
| Share with a price cut | 17.1% |
Metro inventory figures come from Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com data See every metro: days on market by city.
What it costs to live in Long Beach
The Zillow Observed Rent Index puts the typical asking rent in Long Beach at $2,412 a month, +2.4% on a year. A typical home is priced at 29.4 years of that rent. With a median household income of $91,318 (Census ACS 2024), a typical home is worth 9.3 times that income. BEA's metro figures show prices at 113.6, where the US average is 100, and housing costs at 170.4.
The salary needed to move there, plus rent and prices: cost of living in Long Beach.
More housing markets in California
- $927,891. Los Angeles
- $980,490. San Diego
- $1,353,869. San Jose
- $1,441,021. San Francisco
- $384,885. Fresno
- $470,552. Sacramento
- $710,647. Oakland
- $385,686. Bakersfield
- $941,684. Anaheim
- $422,451. Stockton
For the whole state: California housing market.
How to read this chart
The Zillow Home Value Index for Long Beach gives each point: what a home typical of the market's middle third was worth, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, in that month's dollars. An open circle points to the month chosen with the slider, while the terracotta circle shows the most recent month. Inflation is not taken out of these numbers, and the index tracks the typical home rather than one particular house. Use the card above or the home appreciation calculator to work out what a single home is worth from its own sale price.