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Housing costs in Alameda County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $2,357 | ± $16 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $2,318 | ± $17 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $2,229 | ± $15 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $2,043 | ± $17 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,090,100 | ± $6,313 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,057,400 | ± $6,624 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $999,200 | ± $6,699 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $870,100 | ± $5,008 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 30.2 % | ± 0.5 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 29.9 % | ± 0.4 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 29.5 % | ± 0.4 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 29.4 % | ± 0.4 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Alameda County is $2,357, above the California median of $1,624 across 56 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.