Home values, rents and more in Santa Barbara, CA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Santa Barbara compares
The typical home in Santa Barbara, CA is worth about $1,806,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Santa Barbara are 1.8 times the typical value in the Santa Maria metro area ($989,000) and 4.9 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Santa Barbara rose 4.9%, compared with +4.3% in the Santa Maria metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $3,642 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 11% above the Santa Maria metro area ($3,279) and 1.9 times the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.4% over the past year.
The median household income is $106,182, against $98,161 in the Santa Maria metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 87,779 people live in Santa Barbara (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Santa Barbara has the 4th-highest typical home value of the 15 cities in the Santa Maria metro area and the 63rd-highest of 886 in California with Zillow figures.
Part of: Santa Barbara County, CA · Santa Maria 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.