A typical Dorrington home is worth roughly $479,000
Home prices around Dorrington have risen about 31% over the past 5 years.
What kind of housing town is Dorrington?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
100% of Dorrington households own their home
Half of Dorrington’s homes were built before 1986.
California: 56% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
What it takes to buy in Dorrington
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That’s $82K short of a typical Dorrington home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,540 a month here, $1,250 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.
Home prices up 31% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Dorrington rose 31% over the past 5 years, slower than across California (40%). Last year prices fell 1.8%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Dorrington, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,540
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Alpine County, CA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Neighbors talk housing
What Dorrington buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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.