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Home values, rents and more in Waterford, CA

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$426,000
Metro: $461,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+0.5%
Metro: +0.2% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
9,204
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$74,343
Metro: $81,468 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Waterford, CA, shaded by typical home valueWaterford
  • Under $480k
  • $480k–$520k
  • $520k–$560k
  • $560k–$580k
  • $580k+
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ZIP codes around Waterford, CA, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Waterford is outlined.

How Waterford compares

The typical home in Waterford, CA is worth about $426,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Waterford are 8% below the typical value in the Modesto metro area ($461,000) and 16% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Waterford rose 0.5%, compared with +0.2% in the Modesto metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $74,343, against $81,468 in the Modesto metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 9,204 people live in Waterford (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Waterford has the 2nd-lowest typical home value of the 15 cities in the Modesto metro area and the 284th-lowest of 886 in California with Zillow figures.

Part of: Stanislaus County, CA · Modesto 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.

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