What is the median home value in Santa Barbara, CA?

Name: Home values in Santa Barbara, CA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in Santa Barbara, CA is $1,570,800 (±$58,636), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

In Santa Barbara, the median home value went from $1,051,500 in 2015–2019 to $1,570,800 in 2020–2024 (+49.4%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median home value: $1,570,800 (±$58,636)
Owner-occupied homes: 14,466 (±678)
Most common range: $1,000,000 or more

Home values in Santa Barbara

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara County	California	United States
Less than $50,000	1.7% (±0.8 points)	2.8%	2.5%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	0.5% (±0.4 points)	1.2%	1.7%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	1.2% (±0.8 points)	1.6%	1.3%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	0.3% (±0.3 points)	0.8%	1.4%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	1.1% (±0.7 points)	2.3%	4.3%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	2.0% (±1.1 points)	15.9%	17.1%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	15.8% (±2.5 points)	35.7%	42.1%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	77.4% (±2.5 points)	39.6%	29.6%	7.1%

The most common range is $1,000,000 or more, 77.4% 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.

Santa Barbara against Santa Barbara County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara County	California	United States
Median home value	$1,570,800 (±$58,636)	$790,700 (±$17,571)	$734,700 (±$1,307)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	14,466 (±678)	78,344 (±1,317)	7,567,568 (±37,334)	84,210,142

In Santa Barbara, the median home value is higher than in Santa Barbara County ($790,700).

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

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

In Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara ranks 5 of 21 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 99 of 1,059.

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

How home values in Santa Barbara have changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median home value	$1,051,500 (±$29,589)	$1,570,800 (±$58,636)	+49.4%	Up after inflation
Median owner cost with a mortgage	$3,193 (±$135)	$3,841 (±$160)	+20.3%	No measurable change after inflation
Median real estate taxes	$5,490 (±$306)	$7,498 (±$497)	+36.6%	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 Santa Barbara

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Santa Barbara
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Santa Barbara	—	$1,570,800 (±$58,636)	—
Mission Canyon	3.6 mi	$2,000,000 or more	—
Montecito	4.7 mi	$2,000,000 or more	—
Eastern Goleta Valley	4.9 mi	$1,361,700 (±$86,533)	Lower
Summerland	7.3 mi	$2,000,000 or more	—
University of California-Santa Barbara	7.6 mi	$452,900 (±$12,276)	Lower
Isla Vista	8.4 mi	$1,218,800 (±$877,610)	Not measurably different
Goleta	8.6 mi	$1,062,100 (±$29,586)	Lower
Toro Canyon	8.8 mi	$2,000,000 or more	—

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Eastern Goleta Valley, CA ($1,361,700), University of California-Santa Barbara, CA ($452,900), Goleta, CA ($1,062,100).

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

Median home value across Santa Barbara County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median home value
1 (tie)	Mission Canyon	$2,000,000 or more
1 (tie)	Montecito	$2,000,000 or more
1 (tie)	Summerland	$2,000,000 or more
1 (tie)	Toro Canyon	$2,000,000 or more
5	Santa Barbara	$1,570,800 (±$58,636)
6	Los Olivos	$1,522,700 (±$136,721)
7	Eastern Goleta Valley	$1,361,700 (±$86,533)
8	Isla Vista	$1,218,800 (±$877,610)
9	Santa Ynez	$1,163,000 (±$76,529)
10	Goleta	$1,062,100 (±$29,586)
11	Carpinteria	$1,043,100 (±$73,408)

Showing 11 of 21 places in Santa Barbara County, ranked from highest to lowest.

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 Santa Barbara

What is the average home value in Santa Barbara, CA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $1,570,800 (±$58,636) for owner-occupied homes in Santa Barbara (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Have home values in Santa Barbara gone up?

In Santa Barbara, the median home value went from $1,051,500 in 2015–2019 to $1,570,800 in 2020–2024 (+49.4%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

Is this what homes in Santa Barbara 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 Santa Barbara city, California (place:69070, 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.