A typical Elfin Forest home is worth roughly $1,950,000
Home prices around Elfin Forest have risen about 56% over the past 5 years.
What kind of housing town is Elfin Forest?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 11.4 years of income
More than across California (7.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $1.23M short of a typical Elfin Forest home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $3,340 a month here, $7,510 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Elfin Forest’s typical property tax (0.38% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
100% of Elfin Forest households own their home
Half of Elfin Forest’s homes were built before 1988.
California: 56% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Home prices up 56% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Elfin Forest rose 56% over the past 5 years, faster than across California (40%). Last year prices fell 4.5%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Elfin Forest, 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 $3,340
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Elfin Forest vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Elfin Forest. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elfin Forest | $1.95M* | −4.5%† | $3,340 | — | $170,938 |
| San Marcos | $958K | +0.3% | $3,190 | 750 | $109,377 |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
Neighbors talk housing
What Elfin Forest buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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.