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Most affordable housing, California counties

California counties with the lowest CensusEasy Afford Score, where homes cost the fewest years of local income (2024 ACS). This list covers the 58 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 58 is 5.9. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Amador County, CA, up 15 places to #9.

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YEAR1990 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 1990

01Modoc County, CACA8,4263.8+73%

02Lassen County, CACA28,1173.9+52%

03Kings County, CACA154,3274.6+66%

04▲1Tulare County, CACA485,1464.6+54%

05▲3Inyo County, CACA18,1584.7−3%

06▼2Kern County, CACA927,0684.8+67%

07▲7Shasta County, CACA181,6485.0+42%

08▲5Del Norte County, CACA26,4105.1+36%

09▲15Amador County, CACA41,8765.1+29%

10▼4Madera County, CACA167,9275.1+64%

11▲5Colusa County, CACA21,8365.2+90%

12▼1Siskiyou County, CACA42,0135.2+70%

13▼4Sierra County, CACA3,0985.2+52%

14▲5Fresno County, CACA1,035,4565.2+67%

15▲2Glenn County, CACA28,1415.2+79%

16▲2Tehama County, CACA64,6655.3+74%

17▲5Lake County, CACA67,7725.3+22%

18▼8Imperial County, CACA181,4115.4+67%

19▼4Yuba County, CACA88,6915.4+73%

20▲1Sutter County, CACA98,7875.4+61%

21▼9Plumas County, CACA18,5835.5+48%

22▲1Stanislaus County, CACA557,7195.5+34%

23▼16Alpine County, CACA1,0435.6+23%

24▲3Tuolumne County, CACA53,1605.6+24%

25▲9Mariposa County, CACA16,9185.7+45%

26▲6San Joaquin County, CACA823,8155.8+46%

27▲2Sacramento County, CACA1,618,4605.8+45%

28▼3Calaveras County, CACA46,6055.8+40%

29▲2San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,0915.9+54%

30Placer County, CACA442,0815.9+32%

31▼11Merced County, CACA297,2606.0+70%

32▼4Riverside County, CACA2,544,9166.0+43%

33▲9Trinity County, CACA15,7206.1+53%

34▼8Solano County, CACA455,3766.2+63%

35El Dorado County, CACA192,3236.2+40%

36▼3Butte County, CACA209,2116.3+51%

37▼1Mono County, CACA12,5056.4+31%

38▼1Yolo County, CACA224,4106.8+42%

39▼1Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,0706.8+41%

40▼1Nevada County, CACA101,9116.9+44%

41▲2San Benito County, CACA70,0826.9+23%

42▼2Humboldt County, CACA131,6477.3+95%

43▼2Ventura County, CACA830,8517.5+40%

44▲3Mendocino County, CACA88,1227.5+61%

45▲3Sonoma County, CACA486,4447.8+41%

46▼1Napa County, CACA132,9497.8+57%

47▼1Monterey County, CACA433,7298.0+37%

48▼4San Diego County, CACA3,282,2488.0+51%

49▲1Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0658.1+15%

50▼1Orange County, CACA3,149,5078.3+52%

51▲1Alameda County, CACA1,636,6308.4+40%

52▼1San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,3678.5+24%

53Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,3919.1+52%

54▲2Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8529.2+34%

55▼1Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,9349.3+45%

56▲1San Mateo County, CACA743,5689.8+34%

57▲1San Francisco County, CACA826,0799.9+12%

58▼3Marin County, CACA253,69410.1+38%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES