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Housing in Nicolaus

A typical Nicolaus home is worth about $550,000

Up 4.7% in a year, 28% below the California typical home.

Typical home value
$550K
▲ 4.7% in a year · CA $764K
Zillow
2-bedroom rent
$1,500
a month, utilities in · HUD

What kind of housing town is Nicolaus?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Nicolaus

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You could afford about
$397,000
Typical Nicolaus home $550K

That’s $154K short of a typical Nicolaus home.

The typical home, each month
$3,210
Loan $2,720Tax $320Insurance $160

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,500 a month here, $1,710 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

Down 0.2% in five years

Slower than California (13.9%).

NicolausCalifornia
$300K$400K$500K$600K$700K$800K20182020202220242026
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JanuaryNicolausCalifornia
2017$372,000$453,000
2018$417,000$501,000
2019$421,000$539,000
2020$448,000$551,000
2021$506,000$607,000
2022$553,000$703,000
2023$559,000$727,000
2024$545,000$758,000
2025$548,000$782,000
2026$544,000$767,000
August 2026$550,000$764,000
Then & now

A typical Nicolaus home worth $354K in September 2016 is worth about $550K today.

+$197K
+4.7%
past year
−0.2%
past 5 years
+55.6%
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 $1,500

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,130
1 bedroom$1,230
2 bedrooms$1,500
3 bedrooms$2,090
4 bedrooms$2,520

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Yuba City, CA MSA): 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. 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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