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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 5,310 US ZIP codes. The median home across our covered markets is worth about $376K as of August 2026.

Priciest states

Most expensive housing markets

  1. 1Hawaii$839K+2.8%
  2. 2California$695K+0.4%
  3. 3Massachusetts$615K+2.1%
  4. 4New Jersey$577K+3.9%
  5. 5District of Columbia$554K-0.8%
  6. 6Rhode Island$513K+3.4%
  7. 7Washington$500K+0.7%
  8. 8Utah$497K+0.9%
  9. 9Colorado$497K-0.6%
  10. 10New Hampshire$483K+3.6%

Most affordable

Least expensive housing markets

  1. 1West Virginia$147K+2.6%
  2. 2Mississippi$159K+2.8%
  3. 3Kentucky$170K-5.6%
  4. 4Kansas$181K+6.2%
  5. 5Oklahoma$186K+5.1%
  6. 6Louisiana$189K+1.8%
  7. 7Arkansas$192K+5.2%
  8. 8Illinois$198K+7.0%
  9. 9Alabama$205K+2.7%
  10. 10Iowa$211K+5.6%

Rising fastest

Fastest-appreciating markets (1-year)

  1. 1Illinois$198K+7.0%
  2. 2North Dakota$249K+6.6%
  3. 3Missouri$247K+6.2%
  4. 4Kansas$181K+6.2%
  5. 5Alaska$357K+6.0%
  6. 6Michigan$243K+5.7%
  7. 7Wisconsin$312K+5.7%
  8. 8Iowa$211K+5.6%
  9. 9Arkansas$192K+5.2%
  10. 10Oklahoma$186K+5.1%

Cooling off

Where values are cooling (1-year)

  1. 1Kentucky$170K-5.6%
  2. 2Nevada$415K-2.5%
  3. 3Florida$345K-1.8%
  4. 4Texas$262K-0.8%
  5. 5District of Columbia$554K-0.8%
  6. 6Colorado$497K-0.6%
  7. 7Arizona$389K-0.5%
  8. 8California$695K+0.4%
  9. 9Washington$500K+0.7%
  10. 10Maryland$448K+0.8%

Priciest cities

Most expensive cities in America

  1. 1Los Altos, CA$4.76M+7.8%
  2. 2Rancho Santa Fe, CA$4.06M+6.1%
  3. 3Newport Beach, CA$3.95M+13.1%
  4. 4Saratoga, CA$3.94M+4.3%
  5. 5Aspen, CO$3.45M+7.5%
  6. 6Manhattan Beach, CA$3.29M+9.8%
  7. 7Paradise Valley, AZ$3.28M+11.8%
  8. 8Palo Alto, CA$3.26M+4.5%
  9. 9Nantucket, MA$3.17M+8.8%
  10. 10Malibu, CA$3.17M+2.0%

Most affordable cities

Least expensive cities in America

  1. 1Pompano Beach, FL$396K-1.4%
  2. 2Chesapeake, VA$398K+3.6%
  3. 3Grants Pass, OR$398K+0.1%
  4. 4Lake Orion, MI$399K+1.9%
  5. 5Glendale, AZ$400K-1.9%
  6. 6San Tan Valley, AZ$401K-2.1%
  7. 7Mesa, AZ$401K-0.2%
  8. 8Billings, MT$401K+2.8%
  9. 9Visalia, CA$401K+1.7%
  10. 10Greeley, CO$403K-1.3%

Rising fastest

Fastest-appreciating cities (1-year)

  1. 1San Francisco, CA$1.39M+13.4%
  2. 2Newport Beach, CA$3.95M+13.1%
  3. 3Oak Park, IL$472K+10.7%
  4. 4Evanston, IL$579K+9.6%
  5. 5Bronx, NY$523K+9.2%
  6. 6Stamford, CT$682K+8.7%
  7. 7New Rochelle, NY$788K+7.7%
  8. 8Yonkers, NY$681K+7.5%
  9. 9Mountain View, CA$2.2M+7.4%
  10. 10Jamaica, NY$716K+6.8%

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 August 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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