Market Intelligence · CA / Merced County

Merced, CA housing market

3 ZIP markets liveData updated August 2026Typical value$404K1-yr changeDown1.0%

The median home value in Merced, CA is $404K as of August 2026, down 1.0% year over year, according to Zillow ZHVI. Get your own home's value and a real cash offer in about two minutes, with sources shown and no obligation.

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Merced, by the numbers.

Typical home valueZillow ZHVI, August 2026
$404K
1-yr changeMedian across Merced ZIPs
-1.0%
ZIP markets live5 tracked in Merced
3
County
Merced County

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12-month value trend

-1.0% over 12 months

Typical home value in Merced over the last 12 months: $409K in Aug 2025 to $404K in Aug 2026 (-1.0%).

Aug 2025$409K

Aug 2026$404K

Median Zillow home value index across Merced's ZIP codes.

Context

The typical Merced home carries a Zillow value of $404,448 as of August 2026, a 12-month move of -1.0%. On the listing side, Realtor.com counts 232 homes on the market, 88 newly listed, and a median asking price of $445,000 in August 2026. A typical listing takes 50 days to sell, and 14.8% of active homes have seen a price reduction. The read is a cooling market, where pricing to current data decides which homes actually sell.

The numbers

What is the housing market like in Merced, CA?

Typical home value

$404K

Down1.0%YoY

Median list price

$445K

Days on market

50

Homes for sale

232

Price cuts

14.8%

New listings

88

Sources · Zillow ZHVI (August 2026) / Realtor.com (August 2026)

Figures reflect Merced's ZIP codes with market data: values and listing medians take the median across ZIPs; inventory and new listings are summed.

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What ZIP codes are live in Merced?

Typical value is the Zillow home value index (ZHVI) for each ZIP, as of August 2026. 1-yr change compares it to the same ZIP a year earlier. We track 5 Merced ZIP codes in total; the remaining 2 publish as their data clears editorial QA.

Zillow ZHVI, August 2026

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