Home values, rents and more in Big Bear Lake, CA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Big Bear Lake compares
The typical home in Big Bear Lake, CA is worth about $534,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Big Bear Lake are 8% below the typical value in the Riverside metro area ($580,000) and 46% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Big Bear Lake fell 2.8%, compared with +0.6% in the Riverside metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,959 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 23% below the Riverside metro area ($2,533) and about the same as the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.7% over the past year.
The median household income is $76,250, against $89,662 in the Riverside metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 5,041 people live in Big Bear Lake (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Big Bear Lake has the 38th-lowest typical home value of the 77 cities in the Riverside metro area and the 386th-lowest of 886 in California with Zillow figures.
Part of: San Bernardino County, CA · Riverside 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.