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

Name: Home values in Santa Maria, CA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in Santa Maria, CA is $531,700 (±$13,762), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

In Santa Maria, the median home value went from $344,100 in 2015–2019 to $531,700 in 2020–2024 (+54.5%).

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: $531,700 (±$13,762)
Owner-occupied homes: 14,812 (±724)
Most common range: $500,000 to $999,999

Home values in Santa Maria

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Santa Maria	Santa Barbara County	California	United States
Less than $50,000	3.5% (±1.2 points)	2.8%	2.5%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	2.4% (±0.8 points)	1.2%	1.7%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	1.8% (±0.7 points)	1.6%	1.3%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	1.8% (±0.7 points)	0.8%	1.4%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	2.8% (±0.9 points)	2.3%	4.3%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	31.6% (±2.9 points)	15.9%	17.1%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	54.5% (±2.9 points)	35.7%	42.1%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	1.5% (±1.0 points)	39.6%	29.6%	7.1%

The most common range is $500,000 to $999,999, 54.5% 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 Maria against Santa Barbara County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Santa Maria	Santa Barbara County	California	United States
Median home value	$531,700 (±$13,762)	$790,700 (±$17,571)	$734,700 (±$1,307)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	14,812 (±724)	78,344 (±1,317)	7,567,568 (±37,334)	84,210,142

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

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

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

In Santa Barbara County, Santa Maria ranks 17 of 21 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 616 of 1,059.

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

How home values in Santa Maria 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	$344,100 (±$5,523)	$531,700 (±$13,762)	+54.5%	Up after inflation
Median owner cost with a mortgage	$1,802 (±$45)	$2,331 (±$85)	+29.4%	Up after inflation
Median real estate taxes	$2,557 (±$121)	$3,435 (±$177)	+34.3%	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 Maria

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Santa Maria
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Santa Maria	—	$531,700 (±$13,762)	—
Orcutt	4.6 mi	$624,500 (±$14,201)	Higher
Nipomo	7.4 mi	$723,700 (±$44,284)	Higher
Guadalupe	7.7 mi	$495,600 (±$35,765)	Not measurably different
Woodlands	9.0 mi	$1,162,200 (±$113,749)	Higher
Callender	11 mi	$945,400 (±$254,600)	Higher
Oceano	15 mi	$556,100 (±$79,935)	Not measurably different
Vandenberg Village	15 mi	$637,100 (±$31,185)	Higher
Arroyo Grande	15 mi	$814,200 (±$39,147)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Orcutt, CA ($624,500), Nipomo, CA ($723,700), Woodlands, CA ($1,162,200).

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
11	Carpinteria	$1,043,100 (±$73,408)
12	Solvang	$949,600 (±$93,054)
13	Buellton	$837,400 (±$58,376)
14	Los Alamos	$831,300 (±$75,098)
15	Vandenberg Village	$637,100 (±$31,185)
16	Orcutt	$624,500 (±$14,201)
17	Santa Maria	$531,700 (±$13,762)
18	Guadalupe	$495,600 (±$35,765)
19	Mission Hills	$492,900 (±$70,181)
20	Lompoc	$472,900 (±$13,184)
21	University of California-Santa Barbara	$452,900 (±$12,276)

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 Maria

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

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $531,700 (±$13,762) for owner-occupied homes in Santa Maria (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Have home values in Santa Maria gone up?

In Santa Maria, the median home value went from $344,100 in 2015–2019 to $531,700 in 2020–2024 (+54.5%).

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 Maria 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 Maria city, California (place:69196, 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.