Home values, rents and more in San Luis Obispo, CA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How San Luis Obispo compares
The typical home in San Luis Obispo, CA is worth about $1,081,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in San Luis Obispo are 20% above the typical value in the San Luis Obispo metro area ($898,000) and 3.0 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in San Luis Obispo rose 2.0%, compared with +2.0% in the San Luis Obispo metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,968 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 6% above the San Luis Obispo metro area ($2,802) and 1.5 times the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.8% over the past year.
The median household income is $73,685, against $97,446 in the San Luis Obispo metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 48,491 people live in San Luis Obispo (American Community Survey 2020–24).
San Luis Obispo has the 4th-highest typical home value of the 17 cities in the San Luis Obispo metro area and the 186th-highest of 886 in California with Zillow figures.
Part of: San Luis Obispo County, CA · San Luis Obispo 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.