Home values, rents and more in San Benito County, CA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How San Benito County, CA compares
The typical home in San Benito County, CA is worth about $763,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in San Benito County, CA are 50% below the typical value in the San Jose metro area ($1,524,000) and 2.1 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in San Benito County, CA rose 0.1%, compared with +0.2% in the San Jose metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,859 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 25% below the San Jose metro area ($3,812) and 48% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.9% over the past year.
The median household income is $114,394, against $162,111 in the San Jose metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 70,082 people live in San Benito County, CA (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
San Benito County, CA has the 17th-highest typical home value of the 58 counties in California with Zillow figures.
Part of: San Jose 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.