What is the median home value in Thermal, CA?

Name: Home values in Thermal, CA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in Thermal, CA is $187,000 (±$60,933), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median home value: $187,000 (±$60,933)
Owner-occupied homes: 416 (±325)
Most common range: $150,000 to $199,999

Home values in Thermal

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Thermal	Riverside County	California	United States
Less than $50,000	9.1% (±12.3 points)	3.6%	2.5%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	5.0% (±9.2 points)	2.9%	1.7%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	15.6% (±14.8 points)	1.8%	1.3%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	42.1% (±43.0 points)	1.6%	1.4%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	0.0% (±9.7 points)	5.1%	4.3%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	23.3% (±25.1 points)	26.6%	17.1%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	1.0% (±2.2 points)	51.8%	42.1%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	3.8% (±7.2 points)	6.6%	29.6%	7.1%

The most common range is $150,000 to $199,999, 42.1% 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.

Thermal against Riverside County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Thermal	Riverside County	California	United States
Median home value	$187,000 (±$60,933)	$557,300 (±$2,765)	$734,700 (±$1,307)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	416 (±325)	535,986 (±3,538)	7,567,568 (±37,334)	84,210,142

In Thermal, the median home value is lower than in Riverside County ($557,300).

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

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

In Riverside County, Thermal ranks 66 of 70 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 1036 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 Thermal

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Thermal
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Thermal	—	$187,000 (±$60,933)	—
Coachella	4.5 mi	$367,600 (±$9,577)	Higher
Vista Santa Rosa	4.5 mi	$427,700 (±$122,921)	Higher
Mecca	5.1 mi	$224,300 (±$29,698)	Not measurably different
Oasis	6.8 mi	$34,800 (±$16,233)	Lower
La Quinta	8.4 mi	$661,600 (±$23,949)	Higher
Indio	9.5 mi	$458,400 (±$9,713)	Higher
Bermuda Dunes	12 mi	$596,300 (±$57,398)	Higher
Indian Wells	13 mi	$1,078,200 (±$88,892)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Oasis, CA ($34,800).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Coachella, CA ($367,600), Vista Santa Rosa, CA ($427,700), La Quinta, CA ($661,600).

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

Median home value across Riverside County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median home value
60	Garnet	$267,900 (±$56,294)
61	Meadowbrook	$264,600 (±$135,699)
62	Homeland	$238,200 (±$72,784)
63	Blythe	$225,000 (±$18,228)
64	Mecca	$224,300 (±$29,698)
65	North Shore	$203,900 (±$27,222)
66	Thermal	$187,000 (±$60,933)
67	Sky Valley	$148,100 (±$85,811)
68	Mesa Verde	$110,100 (±$36,351)
69	Desert Edge	$76,300 (±$11,495)
70	Oasis	$34,800 (±$16,233)

Showing 11 of 70 places in Riverside County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Thermal 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 Thermal

What is the average home value in Thermal, CA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $187,000 (±$60,933) for owner-occupied homes in Thermal (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Is this what homes in Thermal 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 Thermal CDP, California (place:78456, 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.