Home values, rents and more in Alameda County, CA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Alameda County, CA compares
The typical home in Alameda County, CA is worth about $1,045,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Alameda County, CA are 7% below the typical value in the San Francisco metro area ($1,120,000) and 2.9 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Alameda County, CA fell 0.4%, compared with +3.1% in the San Francisco metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,956 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 14% below the San Francisco metro area ($3,445) and 1.5 times the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 7.5% over the past year.
The median household income is $129,367, against $136,027 in the San Francisco metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 1,636,630 people live in Alameda County, CA (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Alameda County, CA has the 2nd-lowest typical home value of the 5 counties in the San Francisco metro area and the 7th-highest of 58 in California with Zillow figures.
Part of: San Francisco metro area · California
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Cities in Alameda County, CA
- Oakland, CA $711,000
- Fremont, CA $1,440,000
- Hayward, CA $816,000
- Berkeley, CA $1,442,000
- San Leandro, CA $798,000
- Livermore, CA $1,072,000
- Alameda, CA $1,146,000
- Pleasanton, CA $1,500,000
- Dublin, CA $1,228,000
- Union City, CA $1,196,000
- Castro Valley, CA $1,089,000
- Newark, CA $1,185,000
- San Lorenzo, CA $799,000
- Albany, CA $1,238,000
- Emeryville, CA $429,000
- Piedmont, CA $2,549,000
- Sunol, CA $1,418,000
ZIP codes in Alameda County, CA
- 94501 · Alameda $1,147,000
- 94502 · Alameda $1,142,000
- 94536 · Fremont $1,375,000
- 94538 · Fremont $1,254,000
- 94539 · Fremont $2,155,000
- 94541 · Hayward $760,000
- 94542 · Hayward $1,213,000
- 94544 · Hayward $804,000
- 94545 · Hayward $875,000
- 94546 · Castro Valley $1,007,000
- 94550 · Livermore $1,196,000
- 94552 · Castro Valley $1,365,000
- 94555 · Fremont $1,426,000
- 94560 · Newark $1,185,000
- 94566 · Pleasanton $1,644,000
- 94568 · Dublin $1,229,000
- 94577 · San Leandro $794,000
- 94578 · San Leandro $766,000
- 94579 · San Leandro $841,000
- 94580 · San Lorenzo $798,000
- 94586 · Sunol $1,427,000
- 94587 · Union City $1,196,000
- 94588 · Pleasanton $1,352,000
- 94601 · Oakland $553,000
- 94602 · Oakland $1,012,000
- 94603 · Oakland $508,000
- 94605 · Oakland $659,000
- 94606 · Oakland $594,000
- 94607 · Oakland $514,000
- 94608 · Emeryville $604,000
- 94609 · Oakland $968,000
- 94610 · Oakland $1,201,000
- 94611 · Piedmont $1,409,000
- 94612 · Oakland $531,000
- 94618 · Oakland $1,653,000
- 94619 · Oakland $832,000
- 94621 · Oakland $445,000
- 94702 · Berkeley $1,161,000
- 94703 · Berkeley $1,257,000
- 94704 · Berkeley $1,139,000
- 94705 · Oakland $1,974,000
- 94706 · Albany $1,242,000
- 94707 · Berkeley $1,775,000
- 94709 · Berkeley $1,324,000
- 94710 · Berkeley $985,000
- 95391 · Mountain House $848,000
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.