Home values, rents and more in the Chico metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Chico metro compares
The typical home in the Chico metro area is worth about $394,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Chico metro are 48% below the typical value in California ($762,000) and 8% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Chico metro rose 0.2%, compared with +0.6% in California and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,549 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 45% below California ($2,803) and 20% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.3% over the past year.
The median household income is $67,928, against $99,122 in California and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 209,211 people live in the Chico metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Chico metro has the 163rd-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 11th-lowest of 34 in California with Zillow figures.
Part of: 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.