Home values, rents and more in Boulder Creek, CA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Boulder Creek compares
The typical home in Boulder Creek, CA is worth about $737,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Boulder Creek are 35% below the typical value in the Santa Cruz metro area ($1,136,000) and 2.0 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Boulder Creek rose 1.3%, compared with +4.8% in the Santa Cruz metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $3,112 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 10% below the Santa Cruz metro area ($3,469) and 1.6 times the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $84,156, against $111,093 in the Santa Cruz metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 4,632 people live in Boulder Creek (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Boulder Creek has the lowest typical home value of the 10 cities in the Santa Cruz metro area and the 355th-highest of 886 in California with Zillow figures.
Part of: Santa Cruz County, CA · Santa Cruz 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.