Home values, rents and more in California City, CA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How California City compares
The typical home in California City, CA is worth about $271,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in California City are 25% below the typical value in the Bakersfield metro area ($360,000) and 26% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in California City fell 3.0%, compared with 0.0% in the Bakersfield metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,660 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 9% below the Bakersfield metro area ($1,822) and 14% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 0.1% over the past year.
The median household income is $60,113, against $70,210 in the Bakersfield metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 14,414 people live in California City (American Community Survey 2020–24).
California City has the 14th-highest typical home value of the 29 cities in the Bakersfield metro area and the 73rd-lowest of 886 in California with Zillow figures.
Part of: Kern County, CA · Bakersfield 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.