Palmdale housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
Palmdale home prices: in September 2026, the Zillow Home Value Index, 0% year over year, valued the typical home in Palmdale, California at $498,854, which was −2.6% below its $512,138 peak in December 2024.
- Value of a typical home
- $498,854September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- 0%. measured since September 2025.
Palmdale home prices since 2000
Steel shows Palmdale, while grey shows the United States. Beginning in January 2000, the typical Palmdale home rose from $118,624 to $498,854, or ×4.21. Over those same months, the US figure was ×2.99. The boom high was $357,129 in February 2007, followed by a low of $140,232 in May 2012 after a 60.7% fall.
Palmdale median home price by year
Each yearly figure averages the twelve monthly values. For 2026, the latest month is shown.
| Year | Palmdale | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $123,737 | $125,745 | |
| 2001 | $138,899 | +12.3% | $134,899 |
| 2002 | $156,543 | +12.7% | $144,276 |
| 2003 | $185,321 | +18.4% | $155,308 |
| 2004 | $235,582 | +27.1% | $169,891 |
| 2005 | $300,502 | +27.6% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $347,547 | +15.7% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $346,642 | −0.3% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $262,291 | −24.3% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $166,505 | −36.5% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $152,671 | −8.3% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $147,485 | −3.4% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $142,961 | −3.1% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $171,191 | +19.7% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $209,667 | +22.5% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $226,924 | +8.2% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $247,325 | +9.0% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $274,622 | +11.0% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $309,755 | +12.8% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $328,188 | +6.0% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $351,245 | +7.0% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $426,280 | +21.4% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $493,015 | +15.7% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $483,036 | −2.0% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $504,278 | +4.4% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $502,993 | −0.3% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $498,854 | 0% | $366,157 |
Current value of a Palmdale home bought in any year
This estimate uses an index for a typical home and is not an appraisal.
Each year's figure averages its twelve monthly index values. The current value is September 2026. Other options: home appreciation calculator.
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Palmdale housing market forecast
Zillow's forecast puts the Los Angeles, CA metro up +1.9% during the 12 months beginning in September 2026. It also shows a −1.0% change over the next three months. Based on Palmdale's typical value of $498,854, the forecast would put it close to $508,300 a year on.
This is Zillow's central forecast for the metro, repeated here. The site does not publish its own forecast. Such a 12-month forecast has usually differed from the actual change by several percentage points, either above or below. This is not investment advice.
Housing market forecast brings every metro forecast into one table.
Palmdale housing market crash risk score
56 out of 100, high
The ranking of Palmdale against 292 cities uses five conditions that ran high before earlier price falls The other cities provide the comparison for each input's 0 to 100 placement, and all five ranks carry equal weight in the average. It shows current conditions; it does not predict a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | −2.1% | 43 | 20% |
| Time on the market vs 2019 | +10.0% | 63 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 15.0 | 27 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 6.8 | 81 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | 0% | 65 | 20% |
This is not investment advice. Find out how the inputs are scored: methodology. Every one of the 292 cities is ranked: city crash risk.
Palmdale inventory and days on market
In September 2026 the Los Angeles, CA metro counted 20,130 homes for sale, up 4.2% from a year earlier and down 2.1% from the same month in 2019. Listings sold in a median of 55 days (+10.0% against 2019), while 17.1% had 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 comes from Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com data. For every metro: days on market by city.
Palmdale rent and living costs
The Zillow Observed Rent Index puts the typical asking rent in Palmdale at $2,780 a month, +2.3% on a year. That rent would take 15.0 years to cover the price of the typical home. Census ACS 2024 places median household income at $73,517. At that income, the typical home equals 6.8 times a year's earnings. BEA gives the metro a price index of 113.6, compared with a US average of 100, and a housing cost index of 170.4.
More housing markets in California
- Los Angeles $927,891
- San Diego housing market $980,490.
- San Jose housing market $1,353,869.
- San Francisco housing market $1,441,021.
- Fresno housing market $384,885.
- Sacramento housing market $470,552.
- Long Beach $852,391
- Oakland housing market $710,647.
- Bakersfield housing market $385,686.
- Anaheim housing market $941,684.
Statewide coverage: California housing market.
How to read the chart
Every plotted point represents the Zillow Home Value Index for Palmdale, which values a typical home in the market's middle third after smoothing and seasonal adjustment, measured in dollars for that month. The hollow circle shows the month selected on the slider, while the terracotta circle shows the latest month. Inflation is not included in these figures. An index tracks a typical home rather than one particular house, so use the card above or the home appreciation calculator to calculate one home's value from its sale price.