National ranking
The places with the most expensive homes
28 places share first place at the survey's top value ($2,000,000 or more), listed by their mean household income, which puts Hillsborough, CA and Los Altos, CA first. Ranked: 5,350 places with 10,000 or more residents in 2020 and a reliable estimate. Home values are owners' own estimates; values above $2,000,000 are published as "2,000,000+".
Which U.S. places have the highest median home values?
The places with the most expensive homes, first to fifth: Hillsborough, CA ($2,000,000 or more), Los Altos, CA ($2,000,000 or more), Piedmont, CA ($2,000,000 or more), Paradise Valley, AZ ($2,000,000 or more) and Alamo, CA ($2,000,000 or more).
| Rank | Place | Median value of owner-occupied homes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hillsborough, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Los Altos, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Piedmont, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Paradise Valley, AZ | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Alamo, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Palos Verdes Estates, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Menlo Park, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Saratoga, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | San Carlos, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Malibu, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Los Gatos, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | La Cañada Flintridge, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Lafayette, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Mercer Island, WA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Palo Alto, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | San Marino, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Cupertino, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Manhattan Beach, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Mill Valley, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Belmont, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Beverly Hills, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Newport Beach, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Burlingame, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Laguna Beach, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Hermosa Beach, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Solana Beach, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Coronado, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 1 | Stanford, CA | $2,000,000 or more |
| 29 | Larkspur, CAwithin the margin | $1,996,600±$170,908 |
| 30 | Millbrae, CAwithin the margin | $1,934,900±$91,218 |
| 31 | Mountain View, Santa Clara County, CAwithin the margin | $1,927,000±$91,537 |
| 32 | Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, CAwithin the margin | $1,863,900±$84,797 |
| 33 | Orinda, CAwithin the margin | $1,863,200±$65,288 |
| 34 | University Park, TXwithin the margin | $1,861,800±$137,230 |
| 35 | Foster City, CAwithin the margin | $1,838,200±$78,375 |
| 36 | Darien, CTwithin the margin | $1,822,400±$170,818 |
| 37 | Rye, NYwithin the margin | $1,819,900±$240,168 |
| 38 | Sunnyvale, CAwithin the margin | $1,801,800±$63,317 |
| 39 | Redwood City, CAwithin the margin | $1,801,700±$68,925 |
| 40 | Scarsdale, NYwithin the margin | $1,800,700±$132,921 |
| 41 | Santa Monica, CAwithin the margin | $1,755,500±$135,078 |
| 42 | Corte Madera, CAwithin the margin | $1,755,200±$182,579 |
| 43 | Greenwich, CTwithin the margin | $1,695,700±$76,335 |
| 44 | Weston, MAwithin the margin | $1,694,400±$263,177 |
| 45 | Danville, CAwithin the margin | $1,681,700±$36,290 |
| 46 | Short Hills, NJwithin the margin | $1,674,100±$68,904 |
| 47 | Moraga, CAwithin the margin | $1,663,200±$88,821 |
| 48 | Encinitas, CAwithin the margin | $1,646,800±$53,037 |
| 49 | South Pasadena, CAwithin the margin | $1,640,000±$110,148 |
| 50 | San Mateo, CAwithin the margin | $1,618,700±$35,518 |
| 51 | Campbell, CAwithin the margin | $1,617,000±$44,594 |
| 52 | New Canaan, CTwithin the margin | $1,611,900±$74,229 |
| 53 | Rancho Palos Verdes, CAwithin the margin | $1,609,400±$48,906 |
| 54 | Nantucket, MAwithin the margin | $1,593,800±$149,009 |
| 55 | El Segundo, CAwithin the margin | $1,587,500±$68,243 |
| 56 | Wellesley, MAwithin the margin | $1,582,700±$48,725 |
| 57 | Santa Clara, CAwithin the margin | $1,582,600±$31,968 |
| 58 | San Anselmo, CAwithin the margin | $1,576,700±$70,899 |
| 59 | Key Biscayne, FLwithin the margin | $1,575,300±$152,495 |
| 60 | Santa Barbara, CAwithin the margin | $1,570,800±$58,636 |
| 61 | Half Moon Bay, CAwithin the margin | $1,549,500±$110,431 |
| 62 | Pleasanton, CAwithin the margin | $1,537,100±$30,347 |
| 63 | Coto de Caza, CAwithin the margin | $1,535,600±$85,628 |
| 64 | Naples, FLwithin the margin | $1,525,600±$155,380 |
| 65 | Jackson, WYwithin the margin | $1,521,900±$268,224 |
| 66 | Greenwich CDP, CTwithin the margin | $1,515,700±$235,390 |
| 67 | San Ramon, CAwithin the margin | $1,509,500±$32,681 |
| 68 | Calabasas, CAwithin the margin | $1,504,500±$91,484 |
| 69 | West University Place, TXwithin the margin | $1,472,000±$96,563 |
| 70 | Nantucket CDP, MAwithin the margin | $1,465,300±$264,731 |
| 71 | Arcadia, CAwithin the margin | $1,441,800±$73,628 |
| 72 | Berkeley, CAwithin the margin | $1,413,900±$43,756 |
| 73 | McLean, VAwithin the margin | $1,412,700±$49,412 |
| 74 | Great Falls, VAwithin the margin | $1,411,000±$85,906 |
| 75 | Sammamish, WAwithin the margin | $1,407,300±$43,544 |
| 76 | Rossmoor, CAwithin the margin | $1,406,900±$128,824 |
| 77 | Pinecrest, FLwithin the margin | $1,406,400±$173,573 |
| 78 | Westport, CTwithin the margin | $1,405,200±$124,450 |
| 79 | Fremont, CAwithin the margin | $1,403,800±$25,461 |
| 80 | San Clemente, CAwithin the margin | $1,398,400±$88,871 |
| 81 | San Francisco, CAwithin the margin | $1,394,500±$20,642 |
| 82 | Millburn Township, NJwithin the margin | $1,371,500±$92,964 |
| 83 | Eastern Goleta Valley, CAwithin the margin | $1,361,700±$86,533 |
| 84 | San Rafael, CAwithin the margin | $1,355,600±$62,301 |
| 85 | Kailua (Honolulu County), HIwithin the margin | $1,353,700±$57,845 |
| 86 | North Tustin, CAwithin the margin | $1,347,800±$93,533 |
| 87 | Bellevue, WAwithin the margin | $1,340,300±$36,998 |
| 88 | Winnetka, ILwithin the margin | $1,337,800±$123,288 |
| 89 | Travilah, MDwithin the margin | $1,325,100±$111,289 |
| 90 | Dana Point, CAwithin the margin | $1,320,300±$90,613 |
| 91 | Dublin, CAwithin the margin | $1,317,100±$41,188 |
| 92 | Redondo Beach, CAwithin the margin | $1,279,200±$56,695 |
| 93 | North Fair Oaks, CAwithin the margin | $1,276,900±$97,297 |
| 94 | Newton, MAwithin the margin | $1,264,900±$43,175 |
| 95 | Franklin Lakes, NJwithin the margin | $1,264,000±$87,916 |
| 96 | Carlsbad, CAwithin the margin | $1,257,000±$36,014 |
| 97 | Milpitas, CAwithin the margin | $1,251,700±$39,478 |
| 98 | Pacifica, CAwithin the margin | $1,249,800±$35,515 |
| 99 | Brookline, MAwithin the margin | $1,246,800±$66,806 |
| 100 | Chevy Chase, Montgomery County (CDP), MD | $1,245,000±$57,086 |
Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau · Check it at data.census.gov
How is this ranking made?
One figure is read for each of the places with 10,000 or more residents in 2020 and a reliable estimate: the median value of owner-occupied homes. Places whose survey estimate has a coefficient of variation over 40% are left out, because the survey cannot place them reliably. Equal published figures share a rank. A ranking measures one number; it is not a judgment of a place.
Towns and townships are ranked beside cities, villages and census-designated places, and a census-designated place can lie inside a township, so one area can appear twice, once as each.
Across the 100 places shown, the median value of owner-occupied homes runs from $1,245,000 (Chevy Chase, Montgomery County (CDP), MD) to $2,000,000 or more (Hillsborough, CA); the middle place on the list stands at $1,618,700.
Source: PlainCities ranking method applied to the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau · How ranks are computed
How these figures are made: methodology and release checks · reading a margin of error · every state · corrections