Home values, rents and more in Merced, CA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Merced compares
The typical home in Merced, CA is worth about $393,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Merced are 5% below the typical value in the Merced metro area ($414,000) and 7% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Merced fell 0.8%, compared with −0.3% in the Merced metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,041 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Merced metro area ($2,059) and 6% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.6% over the past year.
The median household income is $63,122, against $65,510 in the Merced metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 91,953 people live in Merced (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Merced has the 5th-lowest typical home value of the 13 cities in the Merced metro area and the 239th-lowest of 886 in California with Zillow figures.
Part of: Merced County, CA · Merced 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.