Home values, rents and more in Merced County, CA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Merced County, CA compares
The typical home in Merced County, CA is worth about $414,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Merced County, CA are about the same as the typical value in the Merced metro area ($414,000) and 13% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Merced County, CA fell 0.3%, compared with −0.3% in the Merced metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,059 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Merced metro area ($2,059) and 7% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.1% over the past year.
The median household income is $65,510, against $65,510 in the Merced metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 297,260 people live in Merced County, CA (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Merced County, CA has the 22nd-lowest typical home value of the 58 counties in California with Zillow figures.
Part of: Merced metro area · California
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Nearby counties
Cities in Merced County, CA
ZIP codes in Merced County, CA
- 93620 · Dos Palos $361,000
- 93635 · Los Banos $457,000
- 93665 · Firebaugh $274,000
- 95301 · Atwater $418,000
- 95303 · Ballico $764,000
- 95315 · Delhi $412,000
- 95322 · Gustine $417,000
- 95324 · Hilmar $482,000
- 95333 · Le Grand $348,000
- 95334 · Livingston $420,000
- 95340 · Merced $401,000
- 95341 · Merced $361,000
- 95348 · Merced $411,000
- 95365 · Planada $292,000
- 95369 · Snelling $467,000
- 95374 · Stevinson $645,000
- 95388 · Winton $361,000
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.