Rough and Ready, CA housing market
The typical Rough and Ready home is worth about $520,000, down 1.1% in a year, 32% below the California typical home.
Home values, sales, trends and how Rough and Ready compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
Rough and Ready at a glance
Typical home value, 2016–2026
Show as a table
| January | Rough and Ready | California |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $393,000 | $453,000 |
| 2018 | $421,000 | $501,000 |
| 2019 | $439,000 | $539,000 |
| 2020 | $446,000 | $551,000 |
| 2021 | $499,000 | $607,000 |
| 2022 | $575,000 | $703,000 |
| 2023 | $563,000 | $727,000 |
| 2024 | $542,000 | $758,000 |
| 2025 | $534,000 | $782,000 |
| 2026 | $524,000 | $767,000 |
| August 2026 | $520,000 | $764,000 |
Owners, rent & taxes
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,670
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Rough and Ready is $1,670 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs. Renters already in Rough and Ready pay a median of $1,214, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Studio $1,260 · 4 bedrooms $2,800
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (95959, 95975; Nevada County, CA), weighted by land area. A Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Recent listings in Rough and Ready
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.