Rankings / Least Affordable Cities to Buy a Home / California
Least Affordable Cities to Buy a Home in California
Ranked by the ratio of median home value to median household income (the “median multiple”).
1Santa Monica15.3×2Beverly Hills15.0×3Santa Barbara14.8×4Berkeley13.1×5Westmont12.9×6South Pasadena12.9×7Newport Beach12.7×8Arcadia12.7×9San Luis Obispo12.7×10Glendale12.5×11Burlingame11.5×12Redwood City11.4×13Hawthorne11.4×14San Rafael11.4×15Los Angeles11.2×16Burbank11.2×17Campbell11.1×18Rosemead11.0×19Inglewood10.9×20San Mateo10.5×21Monterey Park10.5×22Santa Cruz10.5×23Monterey10.5×24San Gabriel10.5×25Maywood10.4×26Pasadena10.4×27Encinitas10.2×28Mountain View10.1×29El Cajon10.1×30Westminster10.0×31Costa Mesa10.0×32San Clemente10.0×33Imperial Beach10.0×34Rowland Heights9.9×35San Francisco9.9×36Manhattan Beach9.8×37Alhambra9.7×38Belmont9.7×39Culver City9.7×40East Palo Alto9.7×41Bell9.7×42Sunnyvale9.7×43Davis9.6×44Huntington Park9.5×45West Hollywood9.5×46Menlo Park9.5×47Monrovia9.5×48El Monte9.5×49East Los Angeles9.4×50Dana Point9.3×51Eastern Goleta Valley9.3×52Fountain Valley9.3×53Torrance9.2×54Foster City9.2×55Seaside9.2×56Long Beach9.2×57Temple City9.2×58Los Gatos9.2×59National City9.2×60Oakland9.2×61Lawndale9.2×62Huntington Beach9.1×63Bell Gardens9.1×64Daly City9.0×65Alameda9.0×66Bellflower9.0×67Rancho Palos Verdes9.0×68Novato8.9×69Santa Clara8.8×70Garden Grove8.8×71Carlsbad8.8×72El Cerrito8.8×73Downey8.8×74Lafayette8.8×75Watsonville8.8×76Anaheim8.7×77Montebello8.7×78Irvine8.7×79South San Francisco8.7×80Altadena8.7×81Goleta8.7×82Fullerton8.7×83Palo Alto8.7×84San Bruno8.5×85La Mesa8.5×86South Gate8.5×87Cupertino8.5×88Redondo Beach8.5×89Laguna Niguel8.5×90Whittier8.5×91Tustin8.4×92San Carlos8.4×93San Jose8.4×94San Diego8.4×95Florence-Graham8.4×96Diamond Bar8.3×97San Leandro8.3×98Union City8.3×99Gardena8.3×100Palm Springs8.3×
Limited to cities with 25,000+ residents. Download CSV. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.