Sacramento housing market: median home price and forecast
Sacramento home prices: the Zillow Home Value Index valued the typical home in Sacramento, California at $470,552 for September 2026. The figure sat −0.6% below the prior year and −9.0% under the $516,899 peak set in July 2022.
- Typical home's value
- $470,552September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- −0.6%. Change since September 2025.
Sacramento home prices since 2000
Sacramento is the steel line; the United States is the grey line. From January 2000, the typical Sacramento home rose from $122,889 to $470,552, a ×3.83 multiple, compared with ×2.99 for the US in those same months. Prices peaked during the boom in April 2006 at $351,432 and bottomed out in January 2012 at $143,903, −59.1%.
Sacramento median home price by year
Each year is the average of its twelve monthly values; for 2026, the latest month is shown.
| Year | Sacramento | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $128,531 | $125,745 | |
| 2001 | $152,515 | +18.7% | $134,899 |
| 2002 | $178,801 | +17.2% | $144,276 |
| 2003 | $215,347 | +20.4% | $155,308 |
| 2004 | $260,896 | +21.2% | $169,891 |
| 2005 | $324,450 | +24.4% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $346,476 | +6.8% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $308,263 | −11.0% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $234,021 | −24.1% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $179,545 | −23.3% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $167,873 | −6.5% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $152,566 | −9.1% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $148,475 | −2.7% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $190,007 | +28.0% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $226,880 | +19.4% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $248,572 | +9.6% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $281,633 | +13.3% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $310,478 | +10.2% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $337,606 | +8.7% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $350,155 | +3.7% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $374,399 | +6.9% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $443,679 | +18.5% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $500,463 | +12.8% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $474,858 | −5.1% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $487,768 | +2.7% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $479,462 | −1.7% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $470,552 | −0.6% | $366,157 |
What a home bought in Sacramento in any year is worth today
An estimate based on an index for a typical home, not an appraisal.
Each year's figure averages its twelve monthly index values; the current value comes from September 2026. Other options: home appreciation calculator.
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Sacramento housing market forecast
Zillow's metro forecast for Sacramento, CA is −0.8% across the 12 months from September 2026. Over the next three months, the forecast is −0.4%. On Sacramento's typical value of $470,552, the projection lands close to $466,800 after a year.
Here, the metro forecast repeats Zillow's central estimate; the site itself publishes no forecast. Forecasts over 12 months of this kind usually miss the realised change by several percentage points, going too high or too low. This is not investment advice.
One table collects every metro forecast: housing market forecasts by metro.
Sacramento housing market crash risk score
51 of 100, high
The score ranks Sacramento against 292 cities by looking at five conditions that had run high ahead of past price falls. Every input is scored from 0 to 100 by comparison with the other cities, and the five scores are averaged with equal weight. It shows conditions as they are today; it does not predict a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | −7.1% | 34 | 20% |
| Days on the market vs 2019 | −1.9% | 33 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 19.2 | 56 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 5.1 | 57 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | −0.6% | 73 | 20% |
This is not investment advice. How the inputs get their scores: methodology. See crash risk ranked by city for all 292 cities.
Sacramento housing inventory and days on market
As of September 2026 the Sacramento, CA metro listed 5,286 homes for sale, +1.8% compared with a year earlier and −7.1% compared with the same month of 2019. The median time to sell a listing was 51 days (−1.9% against 2019), and price cuts applied to 22.0% of listings.
| Sacramento, CA metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 5,286 | +1.8% |
| New listings | 2,394 | |
| Median days on market | 51 | −8.9% |
| Median list price | $599,950 | −2.6% |
| Share with a price cut | 22.0% |
Metro inventory from Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com data. All metros: days on market for each city.
What it costs to live in Sacramento
In Sacramento, the Zillow Observed Rent Index puts the typical asking rent at $2,045 a month, +1.2% compared with a year earlier. The typical home takes 19.2 years of rent at that level. With median household income at $91,387 (Census ACS 2024), the typical home equals 5.1 times one year's income. BEA lists metro prices at 106.7 versus a US average of 100, and puts housing costs at 130.2.
See the salary needed to move there, along with rent and prices: cost of living in Sacramento.
Other California housing markets
- $927,891 for Los Angeles.
- 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.
- Long Beach $852,391
- Oakland housing market $710,647.
- Bakersfield housing market $385,686.
- Anaheim housing market $941,684.
- Stockton housing market $422,451.
For the whole state: California housing market.
How to read this chart
Each point shows the Zillow Home Value Index for Sacramento, which values a typical home in the market's middle third. The figures are smoothed, seasonally adjusted, and stated in that month's dollars. The hollow dot shows the month picked on the slider; the terracotta dot shows the most recent month. Inflation is not accounted for in these numbers, and an index tracks the typical home rather than any one house: use the card above it, or else the home appreciation calculator to work out what a single home is worth from its own sale price.