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Most affordable housing, California cities · 1990

California cities with the lowest CensusEasy Afford Score, where homes cost the fewest years of local income (2023 ACS).

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 2000

501Kentfield, CACA6,9006.9−10%

502Albany, CACA19,1956.9+24%

503Long Beach, CACA450,4696.9+30%

504East San Gabriel, CACA23,4106.9+31%

505San Bruno, CACA42,3056.9+18%

506Soquel, CACA10,6797.1+40%

507Alameda, CACA76,8767.1+20%

508Aptos, CACA6,4047.1+18%

509Sunnyvale, CACA156,5777.2+21%

510Torrance, CACA138,3917.2+31%

511San Martin, CACA6,9547.2+3%

512Cudahy, CACA21,4457.2+49%

513Monterey Park, CACA57,4577.2+39%

514Burbank, CACA102,9887.2+38%

515Sonoma, CACA10,5377.3+20%

516Alhambra, CACA79,8207.3+39%

517Ojai, CACA7,4747.3+21%

518Solana Beach, CACA12,6027.3+16%

519Hawthorne, CACA82,7417.3+26%

520San Carlos, CACA29,2617.4+7%

521East Pasadena, CACA5,4797.4+23%

522Manhattan Beach, CACA33,1227.4+11%

523Bell, CACA31,6257.5+36%

524Los Gatos, CACA32,5767.5−6%

525San Anselmo, CACA12,5557.5+6%

526Sierra Madre, CACA10,6207.6+37%

527Monterey, CACA28,9537.6−5%

528El Segundo, CACA16,3797.6+31%

529San Gabriel, CACA38,1867.6+40%

530Culver City, CACA39,4527.7+46%

531Los Angeles, CACA3,869,0897.8+33%

532Pacific Grove, CACA14,6597.9−5%

533Hermosa Beach, CACA18,5137.9+31%

534Cambria, CACA5,9787.9+18%

535Pasadena, CACA135,8048.0+38%

536Belmont, CACA28,7528.1+12%

537Mountain View, CACA85,4388.1+21%

538Sausalito, CACA7,0198.1+7%

539Carpinteria, CACA12,7348.1+28%

540San Mateo, CACA103,3378.1+16%

541Santa Cruz, CACA61,7978.2+4%

542Redwood City, CACA82,1788.2+12%

543San Rafael, CACA59,4108.2+9%

544Lomita, CACA19,7248.2+48%

545North Fair Oaks, CACA13,1008.2+32%

546Mill Valley, CACA13,7998.2+4%

547Solvang, CACA5,9448.2+11%

548Palo Alto, CACA67,6098.3−4%

549Newport Beach, CACA81,9778.3+2%

550Valley Center, CACA11,1198.4+93%

551Morro Bay, CACA10,6138.6+27%

552Berkeley, CACA121,9118.6+3%

553Millbrae, CACA22,8698.6+7%

554South Pasadena, CACA25,5038.6+33%

555Laguna Beach, CACA22,3918.7+3%

556San Francisco, CACA826,0798.8+15%

557Menlo Park, CACA32,7138.9+3%

558Capitola, CACA9,3409.0+25%

559Beverly Hills, CACA30,7649.2−34%

560San Luis Obispo, CACA50,6369.2+17%

561Arcadia, CACA54,1179.3+40%

562Pismo Beach, CACA7,9119.3+64%

563Marina del Rey, CACA9,1769.4+243%

564Twin Lakes CDP (Santa Cruz County), CACA5,0739.4+4%

565Coronado, CACA21,0949.5−5%

566Larkspur, CACA12,6209.7+10%

567Glendale, CACA187,1609.9+43%

568Strawberry CDP (Marin County), CACA5,83010.2+1%

569Santa Barbara, CACA86,42210.3+4%

570Seal Beach, CACA24,07510.7+245%

571Burlingame, CACA31,92910.9+13%

572West Hollywood, CACA34,23111.9+75%

573Santa Monica, CACA90,08213.9+47%

574Isla Vista, CACA13,92016.3−20%

575Stanford, CACA18,66218.7−3%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES