Ontario housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
Ontario home prices: the Zillow Home Value Index put the value of a typical home in Ontario, California at $662,006 in September 2026. That was −0.1% lower than a year earlier and −2.9% below the January 2025 peak of $681,758.
- Value of a typical home
- $662,006September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- Change since September 2025: −0.1%.
Ontario home prices since 2000
Ontario appears in steel, while the United States appears in grey. Over the months since January 2000, the typical Ontario home rose from a starting value of $139,162 to $662,006. That is a ×4.76 increase, while the US recorded ×2.99 during the same months. The boom high was $415,675 in November 2006, while the low reached $202,681 in May 2012, a −51.2% change.
Ontario median home price by year
The twelve monthly values are averaged to produce each yearly figure; the latest month is shown for 2026.
| Year | Ontario | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $145,257 | $125,745 | |
| 2001 | $160,533 | +10.5% | $134,899 |
| 2002 | $181,745 | +13.2% | $144,276 |
| 2003 | $215,284 | +18.5% | $155,308 |
| 2004 | $273,607 | +27.1% | $169,891 |
| 2005 | $350,915 | +28.3% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $406,045 | +15.7% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $402,855 | −0.8% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $313,943 | −22.1% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $219,811 | −30.0% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $216,537 | −1.5% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $213,643 | −1.3% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $207,620 | −2.8% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $249,785 | +20.3% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $301,833 | +20.8% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $323,735 | +7.3% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $340,975 | +5.3% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $378,491 | +11.0% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $423,690 | +11.9% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $438,400 | +3.5% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $460,510 | +5.0% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $536,132 | +16.4% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $621,708 | +16.0% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $623,867 | +0.3% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $665,314 | +6.6% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $669,877 | +0.7% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $662,006 | −0.1% | $366,157 |
Current value of an Ontario home bought in any year
This is an index-based estimate for a typical home rather than a property appraisal.
Each yearly figure is the average of twelve monthly index values. The current value is from September 2026. Other options: home appreciation calculator.
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Ontario housing market forecast
For the Riverside, CA metro, Zillow's forecast places the change at +0.3% during the 12 months beginning in September 2026. It also shows a change of −0.8% across the next three months. Using Ontario's typical value of $662,006, this forecast points to about $664,000 one year from now.
Zillow's central estimate for the metro appears here again; the site does not publish a forecast of its own. Such a 12-month forecast has usually been off from the realised change by several percentage points, both above and below. This is not investment advice.
Forecasts for every metro appear in one table: housing market forecast.
Ontario housing market crash risk score
Score: 65 of 100, high
Across 292 cities, the score ranks Ontario by five conditions that ran high before earlier price declines. Each input is scored from 0 to 100 relative to the other cities. The five scores are then averaged with equal weight. It describes current conditions; it does not predict a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | −8.8% | 30 | 20% |
| Time homes stay on the market vs 2019 | +18.5% | 78 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 21.4 | 67 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 7.0 | 83 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | −0.1% | 66 | 20% |
This is not investment advice. Scoring details for the inputs: methodology. Rankings for all 292 cities: crash risk by city.
Ontario inventory and days on market
In September 2026 the Riverside, CA metro listed 13,206 homes for sale, up 0.1% from a year earlier and down 8.8% from the same month in 2019. The median time to sell a listing was 64 days (+18.5% against 2019). Price cuts appeared on 17.6% of listings.
| Riverside, CA metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 13,206 | +0.1% |
| New listings | 5,050 | |
| Median days on market | 64 | −4.5% |
| Median list price | $584,984 | −1.7% |
| Share with a price cut | 17.6% |
Metro inventory from Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com data. All metros: days on market by city.
Ontario rent and living costs
The Zillow Observed Rent Index shows a typical asking rent of $2,580 a month in Ontario, which is +2.5% on a year. At that rent, the typical home equals 21.4 years of rent. Household income has a median of $94,020 (Census ACS 2024), and the typical home equals 7.0 times one year's income. BEA gives the metro a price index of 106.4 compared with the US average of 100, and a housing cost index of 129.3.
Additional California housing markets
- Los Angeles at $927,891.
- San Diego at $980,490.
- San Jose at $1,353,869.
- San Francisco at $1,441,021.
- Fresno at $384,885.
- Sacramento at $470,552.
- Long Beach $852,391
- Oakland at $710,647.
- Bakersfield at $385,686.
- Anaheim at $941,684.
Statewide figures: California housing market.
How to read the chart
Each point represents the Zillow Home Value Index for Ontario, giving the month's dollar value of a typical home in the market's middle third. The figures are smoothed and seasonally adjusted. The hollow dot identifies the selected slider month, while the terracotta dot shows the most recent month. These figures do not account for inflation, and the index tracks a typical home rather than any one house. To find a single home's value, use its sale price with the card above or the home appreciation calculator.