housing costs · California
Housing costs in Santa Cruz 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 | $2,264 | ± $51 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $2,172 | ± $50 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $2,094 | ± $62 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,925 | ± $46 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,027,500 | ± $15,133 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,015,200 | ± $15,187 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $951,300 | ± $18,150 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $826,500 | ± $12,406 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 31.1 % | ± 1.4 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 30.8 % | ± 1.4 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 31.6 % | ± 1.3 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 32.2 % | ± 1.4 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Santa Cruz County is $2,264, 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.