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Housing costs in Merced 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 | $1,343 | ± $27 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,284 | ± $29 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,200 | ± $22 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,125 | ± $24 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $391,800 | ± $5,618 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $368,400 | ± $6,118 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $342,300 | ± $6,680 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $288,400 | ± $5,646 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 31.0 % | ± 1.1 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 30.0 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 29.0 % | ± 0.9 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 29.3 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Merced County is $1,343, below 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.