Home values, rents and more in Fortuna, CA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Fortuna compares
The typical home in Fortuna, CA is worth about $407,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Fortuna are about the same as the typical value in the Eureka metro area ($413,000) and 11% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Fortuna fell 3.5%, compared with −2.5% in the Eureka metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,577 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 4% below the Eureka metro area ($1,638) and 18% below the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $62,289, against $61,160 in the Eureka metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 12,326 people live in Fortuna (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Fortuna has the 7th-lowest typical home value of the 14 cities in the Eureka metro area and the 259th-lowest of 886 in California with Zillow figures.
Part of: Humboldt County, CA · Eureka 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.