Typical Cost of a House in Sierra County, California
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The median home value in Sierra County is $331,900, measured over 2020–2024. That is 54.8% below the California median of $734,700. Half of owner-occupied homes are valued above that figure and half below.
Median home value
$331,900
2020–2024, give or take $47,477
Against California
−54.8%
BelowCalifornia $734,700
Against the U.S.
−0.2%
BelowU.S. $332,700
Monthly housing costs in Sierra County
What households actually pay each month, for those who own with a mortgage and those who rent, compared with California as a whole.
Owning with a mortgage
$2,125a month
−27.9%California $2,946
Median of mortgage payments, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees together.
Renting
Not published for this county: too few responses to estimate it.
Median gross rent: the rent itself plus utilities the renter pays.
Where Sierra County sits among California's counties
Each tick is one county's median home value. The highlighted band holds the middle half of them, and the dark line is the median. Sierra County is the 50th highest of 58.
What this figure is
It is not a sale price. The Census Bureau asks homeowners what they think their home would sell for, and this is the middle answer for owner-occupied homes in Sierra County. It covers every kind of home people own and live in, so the price of a particular house on the market can be far from it.
The figure describes the whole of 2020–2024, not a single year, and it is not adjusted for price changes since then. The smaller a county, the fewer households the survey reaches and the less exact its estimate: here the true value is very likely within $47,477 of the one shown.
Common questions
How much does a house cost in Sierra County, California?
- The median home value in Sierra County, California is $331,900, from Census Bureau survey data for 2020–2024. Half of owner-occupied homes are valued above that and half below.
What is the average home price in Sierra County, California?
- The Census Bureau publishes a median rather than an average: $331,900 for 2020–2024. It is what owners estimate their homes would sell for, not a record of recent sale prices.
How much is a monthly mortgage payment in Sierra County, California?
- Homeowners with a mortgage in Sierra County, California pay a median of $2,125 a month. That covers the mortgage payment together with property taxes, insurance and utilities.
Are homes in Sierra County, California expensive compared with other places?
- Sierra County has the 50th highest median home value of the 58 counties in California with a published figure, 54.8% below the California median of $734,700.
Source
U.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020–2024, tables B25077, B25064 and B25088. Retrieved on October 6, 2026.
About the American Community SurveySource: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020–2024.
Other counties in California
The percentage compares each county with the California median.
- Alameda County+48.4%$1,090,100
- Alpine County−19.7%$590,200
- Amador County−38.8%$449,800
- Butte County−42.2%$424,700
- Calaveras County−37.8%$457,200
- Colusa County−46.5%$393,400
- Contra Costa County+18.0%$866,800
- Del Norte County−53.5%$342,000
- El Dorado County−7.5%$679,900
- Fresno County−47.1%$388,800
- Glenn County−52.0%$352,400
- Humboldt County−39.2%$446,900
- Imperial County−57.9%$309,600
- Inyo County−52.5%$348,700
- Kern County−54.0%$338,300
- Kings County−55.9%$324,300
- Lake County−55.9%$324,300
- Lassen County−63.9%$265,300
- Los Angeles County+13.5%$834,200
- Madera County−46.5%$393,200
- Marin County+105.2%$1,507,300
- Mariposa County−47.2%$387,900
- Mendocino County−30.3%$512,200
- Merced County−46.7%$391,800
- Modoc County−69.4%$224,700
- Mono County−13.0%$639,400
- Monterey County+6.3%$781,000
- Napa County+18.3%$869,500
- Nevada County−15.4%$621,800
- Orange County+31.0%$962,600
- Placer County−6.3%$688,100
- Plumas County−51.0%$360,200
- Riverside County−24.1%$557,300
- Sacramento County−27.3%$534,200
- San Benito County+8.0%$793,400
- San Bernardino County−31.3%$505,000
- San Diego County+16.3%$854,700
- San Francisco County+89.8%$1,394,500
- San Joaquin County−27.8%$530,700
- San Luis Obispo County+12.2%$824,700
- San Mateo County+112.3%$1,559,600
- Santa Barbara County+7.6%$790,700
- Santa Clara County+102.9%$1,490,600
- Santa Cruz County+39.9%$1,027,500
- Shasta County−50.1%$366,400
- Siskiyou County−57.9%$309,500
- Solano County−15.9%$617,700
- Sonoma County+11.0%$815,500
- Stanislaus County−38.7%$450,100
- Sutter County−41.0%$433,500
- Tehama County−53.8%$339,600
- Trinity County−55.7%$325,800
- Tulare County−55.1%$330,100
- Tuolumne County−41.0%$433,200
- Ventura County+12.0%$822,700
- Yolo County−15.5%$620,700
- Yuba County−43.9%$412,300