What is the median home value in Hillcrest, CA?

Name: Home values in Hillcrest, CA, 2020–2024
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in Hillcrest, CA is $272,700 (±$14,102), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median home value: $272,700 (±$14,102)
Owner-occupied homes: 1,501 (±205)
Most common range: $200,000 to $299,999

Home values in Hillcrest

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Hillcrest	Kern County	California	United States
Less than $50,000	3.1% (±2.5 points)	4.8%	2.5%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	0.0% (±2.8 points)	2.9%	1.7%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	4.9% (±3.4 points)	3.8%	1.3%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	8.7% (±4.8 points)	6.0%	1.4%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	47.7% (±9.7 points)	22.6%	4.3%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	35.1% (±8.5 points)	42.8%	17.1%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	0.5% (±1.0 points)	14.9%	42.1%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	0.0% (±2.8 points)	2.1%	29.6%	7.1%

The most common range is $200,000 to $299,999, 47.7% of owned homes.

Value is the owner’s own estimate of what the home and lot would sell for, not a sale price or an assessment.

Hillcrest against Kern County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Hillcrest	Kern County	California	United States
Median home value	$272,700 (±$14,102)	$338,300 (±$2,944)	$734,700 (±$1,307)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	1,501 (±205)	171,133 (±2,447)	7,567,568 (±37,334)	84,210,142

In Hillcrest, the median home value is lower than in Kern County ($338,300).

It is also lower than in California ($734,700).

It is lower than the national figure ($332,700).

In Kern County, Hillcrest ranks 19 of 48 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 945 of 1,059.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median home value in places near Hillcrest

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Hillcrest
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Hillcrest	—	$272,700 (±$14,102)	—
East Bakersfield	1.0 mi	$208,700 (±$28,672)	Lower
Potomac Park	1.1 mi	$219,600 (±$22,604)	Lower
Bakersfield Country Club	1.2 mi	$396,800 (±$37,071)	Higher
East Niles	2.1 mi	$251,500 (±$12,450)	Lower
La Cresta	2.2 mi	$262,000 (±$33,898)	Not measurably different
Fairfax (community)	2.6 mi	$244,400 (±$95,228)	Not measurably different
Cottonwood (Kern County)	2.8 mi	$321,600 (±$97,315)	Not measurably different
Casa Loma	3.4 mi	$256,100 (±$41,771)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: East Bakersfield, CA ($208,700), Potomac Park, CA ($219,600), East Niles, CA ($251,500).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Bakersfield Country Club, CA ($396,800).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median home value across Kern County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median home value
13	Shafter	$335,800 (±$19,713)
14	Cottonwood (Kern County)	$321,600 (±$97,315)
15	Delano	$301,900 (±$11,282)
16	California City	$278,000 (±$18,789)
17	Wasco	$273,600 (±$11,749)
18 (tie)	McFarland	$272,700 (±$18,541)
18 (tie)	Hillcrest	$272,700 (±$14,102)
20	Arvin	$262,700 (±$14,907)
21	La Cresta	$262,000 (±$33,898)
22	Casa Loma	$256,100 (±$41,771)
23	Ridgecrest	$253,900 (±$10,248)
24	Taft	$252,600 (±$21,595)
25	East Niles	$251,500 (±$12,450)

Showing 13 of 48 places in Kern County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Hillcrest is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Hillcrest

What is the average home value in Hillcrest, CA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $272,700 (±$14,102) for owner-occupied homes in Hillcrest (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Is this what homes in Hillcrest sell for?

No: it is the value owners reported, which tends to lag the market; recent sale prices and an appraisal answer that question.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Hillcrest CDP, California (place:33689, in state:06).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25077_001E, B25077_001M, B25088_002E, B25088_002M, B25103_001E, B25103_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0081PE, DP04_0081PM, DP04_0082PE, DP04_0082PM, DP04_0083PE, DP04_0083PM, DP04_0084PE, DP04_0084PM, DP04_0085PE, DP04_0085PM, DP04_0086PE, DP04_0086PM, DP04_0087PE, DP04_0087PM, DP04_0088PE, DP04_0088PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.