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Housing market rankings

Where homes cost the most, and where values are climbing fastest.

Where home values are highest, where they are most affordable, and where they are rising or cooling fastest, ranked from live Zillow data across 5,056 US ZIP codes. The median home across our covered markets is worth about $381K as of July 2026.

Priciest states

Most expensive housing markets

  1. 1Hawaii$842K+2.3%
  2. 2California$702K-0.2%
  3. 3Massachusetts$623K+1.7%
  4. 4New Jersey$582K+3.3%
  5. 5District of Columbia$561K-1.4%
  6. 6Rhode Island$517K+3.3%
  7. 7Washington$511K+1.2%
  8. 8Utah$504K+1.0%
  9. 9Colorado$502K-1.1%
  10. 10New Hampshire$487K+2.7%

Most affordable

Least expensive housing markets

  1. 1West Virginia$143K+2.6%
  2. 2Mississippi$154K+1.1%
  3. 3Kentucky$170K-5.8%
  4. 4Kansas$178K+6.1%
  5. 5Oklahoma$185K+4.9%
  6. 6Arkansas$186K+4.4%
  7. 7Louisiana$186K+1.0%
  8. 8Illinois$199K+7.4%
  9. 9Alabama$203K+2.0%
  10. 10Iowa$211K+5.8%

Rising fastest

Fastest-appreciating markets (1-year)

  1. 1North Dakota$248K+7.8%
  2. 2Illinois$199K+7.4%
  3. 3Alaska$361K+6.7%
  4. 4Michigan$248K+6.5%
  5. 5Kansas$178K+6.1%
  6. 6Missouri$245K+5.9%
  7. 7Iowa$211K+5.8%
  8. 8Wisconsin$317K+5.5%
  9. 9Oklahoma$185K+4.9%
  10. 10Indiana$237K+4.7%

Cooling off

Where values are cooling (1-year)

  1. 1Kentucky$170K-5.8%
  2. 2Nevada$421K-2.8%
  3. 3Florida$348K-2.0%
  4. 4District of Columbia$561K-1.4%
  5. 5Colorado$502K-1.1%
  6. 6Texas$262K-0.5%
  7. 7Arizona$393K-0.5%
  8. 8California$702K-0.2%
  9. 9Georgia$259K+0.6%
  10. 10Maryland$453K+0.6%

Priciest cities

Most expensive cities in America

  1. 1Los Altos, CA$4.85M+6.7%
  2. 2Rancho Santa Fe, CA$4.1M+5.3%
  3. 3Saratoga, CA$4.03M+3.8%
  4. 4Newport Beach, CA$3.99M+13.4%
  5. 5Aspen, CO$3.47M+7.0%
  6. 6Manhattan Beach, CA$3.32M+9.6%
  7. 7Palo Alto, CA$3.3M+3.9%
  8. 8Paradise Valley, AZ$3.29M+11.4%
  9. 9Malibu, CA$3.23M+0.9%
  10. 10Nantucket, MA$3.15M+7.3%

Most affordable cities

Least expensive cities in America

  1. 1Pahrump, NV$378K+1.5%
  2. 2Lawrenceville, GA$379K-2.7%
  3. 3Melbourne, FL$379K-1.5%
  4. 4Bradenton, FL$382K-3.9%
  5. 5Pearland, TX$382K-0.5%
  6. 6Knoxville, TN$383K+0.8%
  7. 7Irving, TX$384K+0.8%
  8. 8Port Saint Lucie, FL$385K-2.7%
  9. 9Richmond, VA$386K+1.6%
  10. 10Spring, TX$386K-0.0%

Rising fastest

Fastest-appreciating cities (1-year)

  1. 1Newport Beach, CA$3.99M+13.4%
  2. 2San Francisco, CA$1.39M+11.5%
  3. 3Oak Park, IL$475K+10.6%
  4. 4Bronx, NY$521K+9.3%
  5. 5Evanston, IL$580K+8.8%
  6. 6Stamford, CT$685K+8.0%
  7. 7New Rochelle, NY$808K+7.5%
  8. 8Yonkers, NY$683K+7.0%
  9. 9Jamaica, NY$722K+6.7%
  10. 10Cherry Hill, NJ$470K+6.6%

Methodology

How these rankings are built

Each state figure is the median of the latest Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI) across every ZIP code in that state with data, as of July 2026. The one-year change compares each ZIP against its own value twelve months earlier and takes the median of those paired changes, so the trend is not skewed by markets that only have recent data. City figures are built the same way, from the median across each city's ZIP codes; the fastest-appreciating city ranking requires at least three covered ZIPs so a single hot ZIP cannot stand in for a whole city. Figures update monthly as new ZHVI is released. You are free to cite or link to this page; a link back to Home Value Pros is appreciated.

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