Home values, rents and more in Grass Valley, CA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Grass Valley compares
The typical home in Grass Valley, CA is worth about $508,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Grass Valley are 17% below the typical value in the Truckee metro area ($610,000) and 39% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Grass Valley rose 1.0%, compared with +0.8% in the Truckee metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,227 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 24% below the Truckee metro area ($2,912) and 15% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 0.8% over the past year.
The median household income is $51,764, against $89,882 in the Truckee metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 14,113 people live in Grass Valley (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Grass Valley has the 2nd-lowest typical home value of the 7 cities in the Truckee metro area and the 362nd-lowest of 886 in California with Zillow figures.
Part of: Nevada County, CA · Truckee 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.