Home values, rents and more in Santa Monica, CA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Santa Monica compares
The typical home in Santa Monica, CA is worth about $1,658,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Santa Monica are 1.7 times the typical value in the Los Angeles metro area ($950,000) and 4.5 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Santa Monica rose 1.7%, compared with +1.3% in the Los Angeles metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $3,516 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 20% above the Los Angeles metro area ($2,929) and 1.8 times the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.9% over the past year.
The median household income is $114,885, against $95,958 in the Los Angeles metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 91,169 people live in Santa Monica (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Santa Monica has the 23rd-highest typical home value of the 147 cities in the Los Angeles metro area and the 76th-highest of 886 in California with Zillow figures.
Part of: Los Angeles County, CA · Los Angeles 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.