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Median home value by state
What owners say their homes would sell for, from the Census Bureau's largest annual survey. It covers every owner-occupied home, not just those sold this year, so it moves more slowly than sale-price indexes.
Data vintage: American Community Survey 2024 1-year estimates (table B25077), compared with 2023; 2025 1-year estimates had not been released when this page was built. Last checked 2026-10-27 by The CompareTheData team.
Data: Census Bureau ACS 2024 1-year (B25077). Jump to sources · Methodology
Key takeaways
- The U.S. median owner-reported home value was $360,600 in 2024, up 6.0% from 2023.
- Most expensive: Hawaii ($875,900), California ($759,500) and the District of Columbia ($733,400).
- Least expensive: West Virginia ($170,800), Mississippi ($186,500) and Arkansas ($215,600).
- The median home in Hawaii is valued at 5.1 times the median in West Virginia.
Median home value by state chart
Median home value, all states ranked
Click a column heading to sort. Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level. Download this table (CSV).
| Rank | State | Median home value 2024 | Margin of error (±) | Median home value 2023 | Change | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii | $875,900 | $14,013 | $846,400 | +$29,500 | +3.5% |
| 2 | California | $759,500 | $3,644 | $725,800 | +$33,700 | +4.6% |
| 3 | District of Columbia | $733,400 | $25,632 | $715,500 | +$17,900 | +2.5% |
| 4 | Massachusetts | $607,400 | $3,979 | $570,800 | +$36,600 | +6.4% |
| 5 | Washington | $602,200 | $3,897 | $576,000 | +$26,200 | +4.5% |
| 6 | Colorado | $574,600 | $3,773 | $550,300 | +$24,300 | +4.4% |
| 7 | Utah | $545,200 | $6,188 | $517,700 | +$27,500 | +5.3% |
| 8 | Oregon | $497,500 | $3,618 | $484,800 | +$12,700 | +2.6% |
| 9 | New Jersey | $496,000 | $2,982 | $461,000 | +$35,000 | +7.6% |
| 10 | New Hampshire | $458,800 | $6,138 | $415,400 | +$43,400 | +10.4% |
| 11 | Rhode Island | $455,700 | $6,647 | $411,800 | +$43,900 | +10.7% |
| 12 | Nevada | $455,500 | $3,836 | $441,100 | +$14,400 | +3.3% |
| 13 | New York | $449,800 | $3,718 | $420,200 | +$29,600 | +7.0% |
| 14 | Idaho | $446,400 | $5,301 | $428,600 | +$17,800 | +4.2% |
| 15 | Maryland | $436,300 | $3,089 | $413,600 | +$22,700 | +5.5% |
| 16 | Arizona | $426,000 | $2,728 | $411,200 | +$14,800 | +3.6% |
| 17 | Montana | $425,400 | $10,246 | $392,300 | +$33,100 | +8.4% |
| 18 | Virginia | $403,500 | $3,411 | $382,900 | +$20,600 | +5.4% |
| 19 | Connecticut | $396,900 | $3,745 | $367,800 | +$29,100 | +7.9% |
| 20 | Florida | $396,900 | $1,617 | $381,000 | +$15,900 | +4.2% |
| 21 | Alaska | $376,500 | $7,020 | $347,500 | +$29,000 | +8.3% |
| 22 | Delaware | $371,600 | $4,972 | $359,700 | +$11,900 | +3.3% |
| 23 | Vermont | $352,800 | $7,277 | $332,000 | +$20,800 | +6.3% |
| 24 | Minnesota | $344,600 | $1,807 | $328,600 | +$16,000 | +4.9% |
| 25 | Georgia | $343,300 | $2,287 | $323,000 | +$20,300 | +6.3% |
| 26 | Maine | $341,900 | $4,987 | $310,700 | +$31,200 | +10.0% |
| 27 | Wyoming | $339,500 | $8,452 | $298,700 | +$40,800 | +13.7% |
| 28 | North Carolina | $333,000 | $1,908 | $308,600 | +$24,400 | +7.9% |
| 29 | Tennessee | $332,600 | $2,448 | $307,300 | +$25,300 | +8.2% |
| 30 | Texas | $313,200 | $1,780 | $296,900 | +$16,300 | +5.5% |
| 31 | South Carolina | $299,500 | $3,303 | $272,900 | +$26,600 | +9.7% |
| 32 | Wisconsin | $294,700 | $1,862 | $272,500 | +$22,200 | +8.1% |
| 33 | South Dakota | $289,600 | $6,421 | $268,200 | +$21,400 | +8.0% |
| 34 | Illinois | $280,700 | $1,768 | $263,300 | +$17,400 | +6.6% |
| 35 | New Mexico | $279,900 | $4,338 | $256,300 | +$23,600 | +9.2% |
| 36 | Pennsylvania | $277,600 | $1,517 | $259,900 | +$17,700 | +6.8% |
| 37 | North Dakota | $266,100 | $5,332 | $246,700 | +$19,400 | +7.9% |
| 38 | Nebraska | $263,100 | $3,117 | $245,200 | +$17,900 | +7.3% |
| 39 | Missouri | $254,400 | $2,059 | $233,600 | +$20,800 | +8.9% |
| 40 | Michigan | $254,200 | $1,616 | $236,100 | +$18,100 | +7.7% |
| 41 | Indiana | $243,500 | $1,916 | $225,900 | +$17,600 | +7.8% |
| 42 | Ohio | $239,800 | $1,395 | $220,200 | +$19,600 | +8.9% |
| 43 | Kansas | $238,700 | $2,937 | $219,800 | +$18,900 | +8.6% |
| 44 | Alabama | $233,300 | $2,461 | $216,600 | +$16,700 | +7.7% |
| 45 | Iowa | $227,300 | $2,299 | $213,300 | +$14,000 | +6.6% |
| 46 | Kentucky | $226,000 | $2,611 | $211,800 | +$14,200 | +6.7% |
| 47 | Louisiana | $223,200 | $2,575 | $215,600 | +$7,600 | +3.5% |
| 48 | Oklahoma | $222,100 | $2,147 | $208,600 | +$13,500 | +6.5% |
| 49 | Arkansas | $215,600 | $3,253 | $195,700 | +$19,900 | +10.2% |
| 50 | Mississippi | $186,500 | $3,787 | $169,800 | +$16,700 | +9.8% |
| 51 | West Virginia | $170,800 | $2,594 | $163,700 | +$7,100 | +4.3% |
What changed from 2023 to 2024
The U.S. figure moved from $340,200 in 2023 to $360,600 in 2024. 51 jurisdictions rose and 0 fell. Largest increases: Rhode Island (+$43,900), New Hampshire (+$43,400) and Wyoming (+$40,800). Changes for small states are often within the survey's margin of error, so treat a move of one or two ranks as noise.
How to read these numbers
- Values are owner estimates, which research suggests run somewhat above actual sale prices on average.
- ACS figures are survey estimates with sampling error. Neighboring ranks are often statistically tied.
- Dollar figures are in nominal dollars for each survey year (not adjusted for inflation).
Common questions
What is the median home price by state?
Using owner-reported values from the 2024 ACS, the U.S. median is $360,600, ranging from $170,800 in West Virginia to $875,900 in Hawaii.
Which state has the most expensive homes?
Hawaii, with a median value of $875,900.
Which state has the cheapest homes?
West Virginia, at $170,800.
Is this the same as the median sale price?
No. Sale-price series from listing sites and the Census new-home sales survey only cover homes that sold, and usually run higher in a rising market.
Sources
Figures computed by CompareTheData.com from the official files below; the raw downloads are archived with the build. Where D.C. is included it is ranked alongside the states.
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, 2024 and 2023 (summary file table B25077). 2024 1-year release, September 2025.