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Housing in Dillon Beach

A typical Dillon Beach home is worth about $1,367,000

Up 1.3% in a year, 79% above the California typical home.

Typical home value
$1.37M
▲ 1.3% in a year · CA $764K
Zillow
Median sale price
$1.8M
May 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
3
in May · 10 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$3,320
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$10,001
CA $5,124

Only 3 sales in May 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 Dillon Beach?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

83% of Dillon Beach households own their home

Half of Dillon Beach’s homes were built before 1978.

Owners and renters
Own 83%Rent 17%

California: 56% own.

1978
typical home built · CA 1976
$10,001
median property tax bill · CA $5,124
63%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Dillon Beach

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$397,000
Typical Dillon Beach home $1.37M

That’s $970K short of a typical Dillon Beach home.

The typical home, each month
$7,960
Loan $6,770Tax $790Insurance $400

A two-bedroom rents for about $3,320 a month here, $4,640 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the California typical property tax (0.70% 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 6.8% in five years

Slower than California (13.9%).

Dillon BeachCalifornia
$400K$500K$600K$700K$800K$900K$1M$1.1M$1.2M$1.3M$1.4M$1.5M20182020202220242026
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JanuaryDillon BeachCalifornia
2017$917,000$453,000
2018$973,000$501,000
2019$1,000,000$539,000
2020$1,010,000$551,000
2021$1,112,000$607,000
2022$1,304,000$703,000
2023$1,274,000$727,000
2024$1,278,000$758,000
2025$1,348,000$782,000
2026$1,356,000$767,000
August 2026$1,367,000$764,000
Then & now

A typical Dillon Beach home worth $886K in September 2016 is worth about $1.37M today.

+$481K
+1.3%
past year
+6.8%
past 5 years
+54.3%
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 $3,320

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$2,290
1 bedroom$2,760
2 bedrooms$3,320
3 bedrooms$4,310
4 bedrooms$4,510
17%
of households rent · CA 44%
23
renter households

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (San Francisco, 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.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 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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