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Housing costs in San Mateo 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 | $2,922 | ± $40 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $2,893 | ± $36 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $2,805 | ± $33 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $2,599 | ± $34 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,559,600 | ± $16,159 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,494,500 | ± $18,389 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,441,300 | ± $14,165 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,225,900 | ± $9,383 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 29.3 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 29.4 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 29.3 % | ± 0.5 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 29.1 % | ± 0.5 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in San Mateo County is $2,922, 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.