Home values, rents and more in the Salinas metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Salinas metro compares
The typical home in the Salinas metro area is worth about $841,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Salinas metro are 10% above the typical value in California ($762,000) and 2.3 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Salinas metro rose 1.2%, compared with +0.6% in California and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,771 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as California ($2,803) and 43% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.5% over the past year.
The median household income is $97,230, against $99,122 in California and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 433,729 people live in the Salinas metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Salinas metro has the 23rd-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 10th-highest of 34 in California with Zillow figures.
Part of: California
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Salinas metro
Cities in the Salinas metro
- Salinas, CA $748,000
- Seaside, CA $783,000
- Monterey, CA $1,153,000
- Soledad, CA $642,000
- Marina, CA $861,000
- Greenfield, CA $549,000
- Pacific Grove, CA $1,367,000
- King City, CA $531,000
- Gonzales, CA $630,000
- Castroville, CA $677,000
- Carmel Valley, CA $1,418,000
- Del Monte Forest, CA $3,002,000
- Aromas, CA $950,000
- Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA $2,430,000
- Del Rey Oaks, CA $868,000
- Chualar, CA $732,000
- Bradley, CA $664,000
- Moss Landing, CA $836,000
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.