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Housing in Del Rey

A typical Del Rey home is worth about $399,000

Up 5.1% in a year, 48% below the California typical home.

Typical home value
$399K
▲ 5.1% in a year · CA $764K
Zillow
Median sale price
$325K
March 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
1
in March
2-bedroom rent
$1,490
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,195
CA $5,124

Only 1 sale in March 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.

What kind of housing town is Del Rey?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 7.1 years of income

Less than across California (7.7 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$234,000
Typical Del Rey home $399K

That’s $165K short of a typical Del Rey home.

The typical home, each month
$2,270
Loan $1,980Tax $180Insurance $120

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,490 a month here, $780 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Del Rey’s typical property tax (0.54% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Price trend

Up 20.3% in five years

Faster than California (13.9%).

Del ReyCalifornia
$200K$300K$400K$500K$600K$700K$800K20182020202220242026
Show as a table
JanuaryDel ReyCalifornia
2017$225,000$453,000
2018$245,000$501,000
2019$263,000$539,000
2020$280,000$551,000
2021$297,000$607,000
2022$334,000$703,000
2023$357,000$727,000
2024$360,000$758,000
2025$385,000$782,000
2026$391,000$767,000
August 2026$399,000$764,000
Then & now

A typical Del Rey home worth $218K in September 2016 is worth about $399K today.

+$181K
+5.1%
past year
+20.3%
past 5 years
+82.7%
since 2016

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,490

Renters already here pay a median of $742, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,210
1 bedroom$1,210
2 bedrooms$1,490
3 bedrooms$2,070
4 bedrooms$2,380
45%
of households rent · CA 44%
193
renter households
63%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · CA 55%
32%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$742
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Fresno, CA HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

55% of Del Rey households own their home

Half of Del Rey’s homes were built before 1987.

Owners and renters
Own 55%Rent 45%

California: 56% own.

1987
typical home built · CA 1976
$1,195
median property tax bill · CA $5,124
0.54%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · CA 0.70%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

On the market in Del Rey

Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, March 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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