housing costs · California
Housing costs in Orange 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 | $2,434 | ± $13 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $2,352 | ± $9 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $2,248 | ± $9 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $2,057 | ± $12 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $962,600 | ± $4,214 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $915,500 | ± $3,753 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $862,900 | ± $3,353 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $738,100 | ± $3,137 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 33.4 % | ± 0.4 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 33.2 % | ± 0.4 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 33.0 % | ± 0.3 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 32.9 % | ± 0.4 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Orange County is $2,434, 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.