What is the median home value in Lost Hills, CA?

The median value of owner-occupied homes in Lost Hills, CA is $187,500 (±$80,999), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

In Lost Hills, the median home value went from $126,600 in 2015–2019 to $187,500 in 2020–2024 (+48.1%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on .

Median home value
$187,500 (±$80,999)
Owner-occupied homes
198 (±66)
Most common range
$300,000 to $499,999

Home values in Lost Hills

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
ValueLost HillsKern CountyCaliforniaUnited States
Less than $50,00010.6% (±10.8 points)4.8%2.5%5.3%
$50,000 to $99,9998.6% (±8.3 points)2.9%1.7%6.1%
$100,000 to $149,99918.7% (±15.1 points)3.8%1.3%6.8%
$150,000 to $199,99912.1% (±11.1 points)6.0%1.4%9.0%
$200,000 to $299,99921.7% (±12.3 points)22.6%4.3%17.8%
$300,000 to $499,99922.2% (±14.6 points)42.8%17.1%26.9%
$500,000 to $999,9990.5% (±1.6 points)14.9%42.1%20.9%
$1,000,000 or more5.6% (±7.2 points)2.1%29.6%7.1%

The most common range is $300,000 to $499,999, 22.2% 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.

Lost Hills against Kern County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
Lost HillsKern CountyCaliforniaUnited States
Median home value$187,500 (±$80,999)$338,300 (±$2,944)$734,700 (±$1,307)$332,700
Owner-occupied homes198 (±66)171,133 (±2,447)7,567,568 (±37,334)84,210,142

In Lost Hills, 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, Lost Hills ranks 40 of 48 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 1034 of 1,059.

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

How home values in Lost Hills have changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
2015–20192020–2024Amount of changeVerdict
Median home value$126,600 (±$44,510)$187,500 (±$80,999)+48.1%No measurable change after inflation
Median owner cost with a mortgage$1,200 (±$165)$1,323 (±$251)+10.3%No measurable change after inflation
Median real estate taxes$1,021 (±$255)$1,666 (±$154)+63.2%Up after inflation

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median home value in places near Lost Hills

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Lost Hills
PlaceDistanceMedian home valueCompared with this place
Lost Hills—$187,500 (±$80,999)—
Wasco18 mi$273,600 (±$11,749)Higher
Buttonwillow20 mi$213,600 (±$16,911)Not measurably different
Delano25 mi$301,900 (±$11,282)Higher
McFarland25 mi$272,700 (±$18,541)Higher
Shafter29 mi$335,800 (±$19,713)Higher
Earlimart29 mi$264,200 (±$44,573)Not measurably different
Teviston30 mi$187,500 (±$173,561)Not measurably different
Kettleman City31 mi$141,300 (±$48,914)Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Wasco, CA ($273,600), Delano, CA ($301,900), McFarland, CA ($272,700).

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

RankPlaceMedian home value
33 (tie)Mojave$213,600 (±$28,143)
35East Bakersfield$208,700 (±$28,672)
36Ford City$207,800 (±$23,837)
37Wofford Heights$206,300 (±$27,385)
38Rexland Acres$200,200 (±$22,641)
39Taft Heights$193,800 (±$48,261)
40Lost Hills$187,500 (±$80,999)
41South Taft$184,600 (±$73,114)
42Weldon$178,800 (±$30,927)
43China Lake Acres$160,300 (±$96,942)
44Maricopa$155,500 (±$31,628)
45Boron$148,600 (±$19,629)
46Bodfish$145,800 (±$26,391)

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

Lost Hills 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 Lost Hills

What is the average home value in Lost Hills, CA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $187,500 (±$80,999) for owner-occupied homes in Lost Hills (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Have home values in Lost Hills gone up?

In Lost Hills, the median home value went from $126,600 in 2015–2019 to $187,500 in 2020–2024 (+48.1%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Is this what homes in Lost Hills 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 Lost Hills CDP, California (place:44280, 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.

Figures last updated on .

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