Home values, rents and more in Santa Barbara County, CA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Santa Barbara County, CA compares
The typical home in Santa Barbara County, CA is worth about $989,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Santa Barbara County, CA are about the same as the typical value in the Santa Maria metro area ($989,000) and 2.7 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Santa Barbara County, CA rose 4.3%, compared with +4.3% in the Santa Maria metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $3,279 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Santa Maria metro area ($3,279) and 1.7 times the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.3% over the past year.
The median household income is $98,161, against $98,161 in the Santa Maria metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 442,065 people live in Santa Barbara County, CA (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Santa Barbara County, CA has the 8th-highest typical home value of the 58 counties in California with Zillow figures.
Part of: Santa Maria metro area · California
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Cities in Santa Barbara County, CA
- Santa Maria, CA $665,000
- Santa Barbara, CA $1,806,000
- Lompoc, CA $592,000
- Goleta, CA $1,349,000
- Isla Vista, CA $1,485,000
- Carpinteria, CA $1,531,000
- Montecito, CA $5,677,000
- Guadalupe, CA $558,000
- Solvang, CA $1,408,000
- Buellton, CA $901,000
- Santa Ynez, CA $1,855,000
- Summerland, CA $3,096,000
- Los Alamos, CA $887,000
- Los Olivos, CA $1,741,000
- New Cuyama, CA $286,000
ZIP codes in Santa Barbara County, CA
- 93013 · Carpinteria $1,521,000
- 93067 · Summerland $2,680,000
- 93101 · Santa Barbara $1,446,000
- 93103 · Santa Barbara $1,700,000
- 93105 · Santa Barbara $1,887,000
- 93108 · Montecito $5,168,000
- 93109 · Santa Barbara $2,340,000
- 93110 · Santa Barbara $1,887,000
- 93111 · Santa Barbara $1,646,000
- 93117 · Goleta $1,360,000
- 93254 · New Cuyama $292,000
- 93427 · Buellton $908,000
- 93434 · Guadalupe $557,000
- 93436 · Lompoc $592,000
- 93440 · Los Alamos $900,000
- 93441 · Los Olivos $1,793,000
- 93454 · Santa Maria $636,000
- 93455 · Santa Maria $723,000
- 93458 · Santa Maria $616,000
- 93460 · Santa Ynez $1,874,000
- 93463 · Solvang $1,408,000
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.