What is the median home value in Rancho Santa Fe, CA?

Name: Home values in Rancho Santa Fe, CA, 2020–2024
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in Rancho Santa Fe, CA is $2,000,000 or more, as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median home value: $2,000,000 or more
Owner-occupied homes: 796 (±163)
Most common range: $1,000,000 or more

Home values in Rancho Santa Fe

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Rancho Santa Fe	San Diego County	California	United States
Less than $50,000	3.3% (±5.1 points)	2.0%	2.5%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	0.0% (±5.2 points)	1.6%	1.7%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	0.0% (±5.2 points)	1.0%	1.3%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	0.0% (±5.2 points)	0.9%	1.4%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	0.0% (±5.2 points)	1.7%	4.3%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	0.0% (±5.2 points)	8.5%	17.1%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	10.6% (±10.3 points)	50.0%	42.1%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	86.2% (±11.2 points)	34.2%	29.6%	7.1%

The most common range is $1,000,000 or more, 86.2% 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.

Rancho Santa Fe against San Diego County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Rancho Santa Fe	San Diego County	California	United States
Median home value	$2,000,000 or more	$854,700 (±$3,996)	$734,700 (±$1,307)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	796 (±163)	639,138 (±4,528)	7,567,568 (±37,334)	84,210,142

Median home value in places near Rancho Santa Fe

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Rancho Santa Fe
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Rancho Santa Fe	—	$2,000,000 or more	—
Fairbanks Ranch	2.5 mi	$2,000,000 or more	—
Encinitas	4.2 mi	$1,646,800 (±$53,037)	—
Solana Beach	4.2 mi	$2,000,000 or more	—
Del Mar	5.6 mi	$2,000,000 or more	—
Harmony Grove	6.2 mi	$1,231,600 (±$152,337)	—
Lake San Marcos	6.7 mi	$917,000 (±$70,499)	—
San Marcos	7.6 mi	$868,000 (±$26,665)	—
Carlsbad	8.7 mi	$1,257,000 (±$36,014)	—

None of the nearby places differs measurably from this one on this figure.

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

Median home value across San Diego County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median home value
1 (tie)	Coronado	$2,000,000 or more
1 (tie)	Del Mar	$2,000,000 or more
1 (tie)	Solana Beach	$2,000,000 or more
1 (tie)	Fairbanks Ranch	$2,000,000 or more
1 (tie)	Rancho Santa Fe	$2,000,000 or more
6	Encinitas	$1,646,800 (±$53,037)
7	Carlsbad	$1,257,000 (±$36,014)
8	Harmony Grove	$1,231,600 (±$152,337)
9	Jamul	$1,047,300 (±$58,426)
10	Poway	$1,034,800 (±$33,198)
11	Granite Hills	$974,500 (±$70,376)

Showing 11 of 48 places in San Diego County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Rancho Santa Fe 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 Rancho Santa Fe

What is the average home value in Rancho Santa Fe, CA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $2,000,000 or more for owner-occupied homes in Rancho Santa Fe (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Is this what homes in Rancho Santa Fe 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 Rancho Santa Fe CDP, California (place:59584, 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.