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Most affordable housing, California cities · 2000

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

501Albany, CACA19,1955.6+0%

502Foster City, CACA32,4115.6+0%

503Santa Clara, CACA133,4465.6+0%

504South San Francisco, CACA64,9415.6+0%

505Seaside, CACA31,6365.6+0%

506Bell Gardens, CACA37,3675.6+0%

507Huntington Park, CACA51,5445.6+0%

508Pismo Beach, CACA7,9115.7+0%

509Piedmont, CACA10,6425.7+0%

510Oakland, CACA440,8385.7+0%

511Lafayette, CACA25,3135.7+0%

512Rancho Palos Verdes, CACA39,6545.7+0%

513San Clemente, CACA62,2265.7+0%

514Novato, CACA51,9475.7+0%

515Los Altos Hills, CACA8,4195.8+0%

516Mammoth Lakes, CACA6,8675.8+0%

517Hawthorne, CACA82,7415.8+0%

518Dana Point, CACA32,2325.8+0%

519Half Moon Bay, CACA11,2875.8+0%

520Pasadena, CACA135,8045.8+0%

521El Segundo, CACA16,3795.8+0%

522Woodside, CACA5,1815.8+0%

523Rolling Hills Estates, CACA7,9485.9+0%

524San Marino, CACA11,9645.9+0%

525Los Angeles, CACA3,869,0895.9+0%

526San Bruno, CACA42,3055.9+0%

527Alameda, CACA76,8765.9+0%

528Sunnyvale, CACA156,5775.9+0%

529Rio del Mar, CACA9,2015.9+0%

530Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, CACA12,0856.0+0%

531Arcata, CACA19,0476.0+0%

532Aptos, CACA6,4046.0+0%

533East Pasadena, CACA5,4796.0+0%

534Ojai, CACA7,4746.0+0%

535Sonoma, CACA10,5376.0+0%

536Hermosa Beach, CACA18,5136.1+0%

537Sebastopol, CACA7,5326.2+0%

538Live Oak, CACA16,9116.2+0%

539North Fair Oaks, CACA13,1006.2+0%

540Solana Beach, CACA12,6026.3+0%

541Campbell, CACA42,4906.3+0%

542Carpinteria, CACA12,7346.3+0%

543Cupertino, CACA58,3336.3+0%

544Burbank, CACA5,3336.4+0%

545Palos Verdes Estates, CACA12,5596.4+0%

546South Pasadena, CACA25,5036.5+0%

547Westmont, CACA34,1236.5+0%

548Goleta, CACA32,4016.6+0%

549East Palo Alto, CACA28,8726.6+0%

550Arcadia, CACA54,1176.6+0%

551Manhattan Beach, CACA33,1226.6+0%

552Mountain View, CACA85,4386.7+0%

553Morro Bay, CACA10,6136.7+0%

554Cambria, CACA5,9786.8+0%

555West Hollywood, CACA34,2316.8+0%

556San Carlos, CACA29,2616.9+0%

557Corte Madera, CACA9,9296.9+0%

558Glendale, CACA187,1606.9+0%

559San Martin, CACA6,9547.0+0%

560San Mateo, CACA103,3377.0+0%

561San Anselmo, CACA12,5557.1+0%

562Saratoga, CACA30,4187.1+0%

563Fairfax, CACA7,4177.1+0%

564Capitola, CACA9,3407.2+0%

565Belmont, CACA28,7527.2+0%

566Redwood City, CACA82,1787.3+0%

567St. Helena, CACA5,1947.4+0%

568Solvang, CACA5,9447.4+0%

569San Rafael, CACA59,4107.5+0%

570Sausalito, CACA7,0197.6+0%

571Kentfield, CACA6,9007.6+0%

572San Francisco, CACA826,0797.7+0%

573Los Altos, CACA30,9657.7+0%

574Santa Cruz, CACA61,7977.8+0%

575San Luis Obispo, CACA50,6367.9+0%

576Mill Valley, CACA13,7997.9+0%

577Los Gatos, CACA32,5767.9+0%

578Monterey, CACA28,9538.0+0%

579Millbrae, CACA22,8698.0+0%

580Newport Beach, CACA81,9778.1+0%

581Pacific Grove, CACA14,6598.3+0%

582Berkeley, CACA121,9118.4+0%

583Laguna Beach, CACA22,3918.4+0%

584Palo Alto, CACA67,6098.6+0%

585Malibu, CACA9,5748.6+0%

586Menlo Park, CACA32,7138.7+0%

587Larkspur, CACA12,6208.8+0%

588Twin Lakes CDP (Santa Cruz County), CACA5,0739.0+0%

589Montecito, CACA9,0319.0+0%

590Tiburon, CACA8,8819.4+0%

591Santa Monica, CACA90,0829.4+0%

592Burlingame, CACA31,9299.6+0%

593Santa Barbara, CACA86,4229.9+0%

594Coronado, CACA21,09410.0+0%

595Strawberry CDP (Marin County), CACA5,83010.1+0%

596Beverly Hills, CACA30,76414.0+0%

597Stanford, CACA18,66219.2+0%

598Isla Vista, CACA13,92020.3+0%

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