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Home values, rents and more in Bear Valley, CA

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$449,000
Metro: $704,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+0.3%
Metro: +2.7% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
120
ACS 2020–24
ZIP codes around Bear Valley, CA, shaded by typical home valueBear Valley
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ZIP codes around Bear Valley, CA, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Bear Valley is outlined.

How Bear Valley compares

The typical home in Bear Valley, CA is worth about $449,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Bear Valley are 36% below the typical value in the Gardnerville Ranchos metro area ($704,000) and 23% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Bear Valley rose 0.3%, compared with +2.7% in the Gardnerville Ranchos metro area and +1.2% nationally.

About 120 people live in Bear Valley (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Bear Valley has the lowest typical home value of the 9 cities in the Gardnerville Ranchos metro area and the 310th-lowest of 886 in California with Zillow figures.

Part of: Alpine County, CA · Gardnerville Ranchos metro area · California

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Sources

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.

"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.

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