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El Sobrante, CA Real Estate Market

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Home Values, Rents: Reflects Q4 2023. Updated quarterly.
  • Setting, Housing Stock, Homeownership: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.

Methodology:   NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data

El Sobrante, CA Housing Market Trends

With 15,524 people, 5,431 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $812,344, real estate costs in El Sobrante are among some of the highest in the nation, although house prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive California communities.

Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in El Sobrante, accounting for 71.98% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in El Sobrante include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 16.33%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 6.56%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 4.28%).

The most prevalent building size and type in El Sobrante are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The town has a mixture of owners and renters, with 62.29% owning and 37.71% renting.

At the end of World War II, American soldiers returned home triumphant and, with the help of the GI Bill, built homes by the millions on the edges of America's cities. These homes were predominantly capes and ranches, modest in size, but built to house a growing middle-class as the 20th century became the American century. El Sobrante's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 58.95% of the town's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in El Sobrante include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 30.04%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 6.94%). There's also some housing in El Sobrante built before 1939 ( 4.07%).

El Sobrante Home Appreciation Rates

In the last 10 years, El Sobrante has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. El Sobrante real estate appreciated 126.15% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 8.50%, putting El Sobrante in the top 20% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, El Sobrante definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.

Over the last year, El Sobrante appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, El Sobrante's appreciation rate has been 0.57%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in El Sobrante were at -0.62%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -2.46%.

Relative to California, our data show that El Sobrante's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 50% of the other cities and towns in California.

Average Home Values

Median Home Value

$812,344

El Sobrante, CA Home Prices
> $1,208,000
$906,001 - $1,208,000
$604,001 - $906,000
$483,001 - $604,000
$362,001 - $483,000
$242,001 - $362,000
$120,001 - $242,000
$61,001 - $120,000
$0 - $61,000
5.8%
5.8%
27.6%
27.6%
47.0%
47.0%
5.8%
5.8%
10.6%
10.6%
0.6%
0.6%
0.7%
0.7%
0.5%
0.5%
1.5%
1.5%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes
High

for California

Very High

for nation

Number of Homes And Apartments:

5,431

El Sobrante Appreciation Rates

Rent & Ownership

Average Market Rent:

$3,627 / per month

Homeownership Rate

Owners
Renters
62.3%
62.3%
37.7%
37.7%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Vacancy Rate

Vacant
Occupied
5.5%
5.5%
94.5%
94.5%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Housing Market Details

Age of Homes

2000 or Newer
1970 - 1999
1940 - 1969
1939 or Older
6.9%
6.9%
30.0%
30.0%
58.9%
58.9%
4.1%
4.1%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Types of Homes

Single-Family
Townhomes
Small Apt. Buildings
Apt. Complexes
Mobile Homes
Other
72.0%
72.0%
4.3%
4.3%
6.6%
6.6%
16.3%
16.3%
0.7%
0.7%
0.2%
0.2%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Home Size

No Bedroom
1 Bedroom
2 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
5 or more bedrooms
3.2%
3.2%
6.2%
6.2%
27.9%
27.9%
44.1%
44.1%
13.4%
13.4%
5.2%
5.2%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Popular Neighborhoods in El Sobrante

Zip Codes in El Sobrante, CA