Chico, CA Housing


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The housing market in Chico, CA is slightly different from the national average. The median house value in Chico is $440,000, which is significantly higher than the US House Median Value of $338,100. Although the US has seen an appreciation rate of 8.27% over the past year, houses in Chico have only appreciated 3.09%. Despite this difference, Chico remains a desirable area for real estate investment and continues to be an attractive option for buying or renting a home.

The median home cost in Chico is $440,000. Home appreciation the last 10 years has been 129.9%. Home Appreciation in Chico is up 9.0%.

Average Age of Homes
- The median age of Chico real estate is 36 years old
The Rental Market in Chico
- Renters make up 50.1% of the Chico population
- 3.3% of houses and apartments in Chico, are available to rent

DID YOU KNOW
Buying a home is the biggest single purchase most people make during their lives. The second largest is most often an automobile.

Median Monthly Rent by Number of Bedrooms

   Housing by Year Built

  HousingChico, CaliforniaUnited States
  45,643.0139,647,020.0
  3942
  $440,000$338,100
  9.0%16.6%
  53.4%57.0%
  129.9%101.1%
  $7.95$10.98
  $2,936$2,690
  40.5%57.4%
  8.4%11.2%
  51.1%31.4%
  Vacant Housing
  3.3%1.9%
  1.9%0.4%
  0.6%0.7%
  0.6%0.4%
  0.6%3.6%
  1.4%4.1%
  Value of Owner-Occupied Housing
  1.4%2.6%
  3.2%2.4%
  1.9%2.8%
  1.4%3.9%
  0.5%4.5%
  1.5%11.3%
  2.3%13.0%
  14.8%20.1%
  33.1%13.6%
  20.0%8.3%
  14.9%9.7%
  3.3%3.9%
  1.2%2.2%
  0.1%0.8%
  0.4%1.1%
  Housing Units by Year Structure Built
  0.4%0.2%
  11.6%13.6%
  11.6%13.6%
  16.0%13.6%
  18.6%13.2%
  17.3%14.8%
  16.0%13.6%
  9.0%10.0%
  5.1%4.7%
  7.2%12.2%
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Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 3 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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