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Housing in Harmony Grove

A typical Harmony Grove home is worth roughly $1,375,000

Home prices around Harmony Grove have risen about 55% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$1.38M
▼ 5.2% in a year · CA $764K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$3,350
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$10,001
CA $5,124

What kind of housing town is Harmony Grove?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 6.1 years of income

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

You could afford about
$895,000
Typical Harmony Grove home $1.38M

That’s $481K short of a typical Harmony Grove home.

The typical home, each month
$8,140
Loan $6,810Tax $930Insurance $400

A two-bedroom rents for about $3,350 a month here, $4,790 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

How Harmony Grove ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Harmony Grove’s typical property tax (0.81% 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

Home prices up 55% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Harmony Grove rose 55% over the past 5 years, faster than across California (40%). Last year prices fell 5.2%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Harmony Grove home at roughly $1,375,000 today.

Harmony Grove areaCalifornia
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%+250%+300%200020052010201520202025
−5.2%
past year
+55%
past 5 years
+91%
past 10 years
Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $1.38M.

How Harmony Grove ranks on rising home prices →

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Harmony Grove, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

The homes

87% of Harmony Grove households own their home

Half of Harmony Grove’s homes were built before 2014.

Owners and renters
Own 87%Rent 13%

California: 56% own.

2014
typical home built · CA 1976
$10,001
median property tax bill · CA $5,124
0.81%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · CA 0.70%

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $3,350

Renters already here pay a median of $3,501.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$2,560
1 bedroom$2,750
2 bedrooms$3,350
3 bedrooms$4,470
4 bedrooms$5,410
13%
of households rent · CA 44%
116
renter households
66%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · CA 55%
18%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$3,501
median rent paid today · Census

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.

Next door

Harmony Grove vs. its neighbors

Harmony Grove is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Harmony Grove$1.38M*−5.2%†$3,350—$227,140
Escondido$842K+0.4%$2,830376$91,967
San Marcos$958K+0.3%$3,190750$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.

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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.

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