Home values, rents and more in South El Monte, CA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How South El Monte compares
The typical home in South El Monte, CA is worth about $746,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in South El Monte are 22% below the typical value in the Los Angeles metro area ($950,000) and 2.0 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in South El Monte were flat, compared with +1.3% in the Los Angeles metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $72,990, against $95,958 in the Los Angeles metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 19,287 people live in South El Monte (American Community Survey 2020–24).
South El Monte has the 30th-lowest typical home value of the 147 cities in the Los Angeles metro area and the 351st-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.