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Santa Fe Springs, 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

Santa Fe Springs, CA Housing Market Trends

With a population of 18,439, 5,700 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $747,324, real estate costs in Santa Fe Springs 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 Santa Fe Springs, accounting for 62.06% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Santa Fe Springs include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 25.97%), row houses and other attached homes ( 7.38%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 2.51%).

The most prevalent building size and type in Santa Fe Springs are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 61.51% owning and 38.49% 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. Santa Fe Springs's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 62.11% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Santa Fe Springs include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 22.80%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 13.60%). There's also some housing in Santa Fe Springs built before 1939 ( 1.49%).

Santa Fe Springs Home Appreciation Rates

Appreciation rates for homes in Santa Fe Springs have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 102.97%, which ranks in the top 30% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Santa Fe Springs house appreciation rate of 7.34%.

Over the last year, Santa Fe Springs appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Santa Fe Springs's appreciation rate has been 2.87%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Santa Fe Springs were at 0.15%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 0.59%.

Relative to California, our data show that Santa Fe Springs's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 70% of the other cities and towns in California.

Average Home Values

Median Home Value

$747,324

Santa Fe Springs, CA Home Prices
> $1,253,000
$940,001 - $1,253,000
$627,001 - $940,000
$501,001 - $627,000
$376,001 - $501,000
$251,001 - $376,000
$125,001 - $251,000
$62,001 - $125,000
$0 - $62,000
0.8%
0.8%
5.8%
5.8%
67.1%
67.1%
17.7%
17.7%
2.5%
2.5%
0.9%
0.9%
1.6%
1.6%
2.5%
2.5%
1.2%
1.2%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes
Average

for California

Very High

for nation

Number of Homes And Apartments:

5,700

Santa Fe Springs Appreciation Rates

Rent & Ownership

Average Market Rent:

$3,131 / per month

Homeownership Rate

Owners
Renters
61.5%
61.5%
38.5%
38.5%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Vacancy Rate

Vacant
Occupied
3.5%
3.5%
96.5%
96.5%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Housing Market Details

Age of Homes

2000 or Newer
1970 - 1999
1940 - 1969
1939 or Older
13.6%
13.6%
22.8%
22.8%
62.1%
62.1%
1.5%
1.5%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Types of Homes

Single-Family
Townhomes
Small Apt. Buildings
Apt. Complexes
Mobile Homes
Other
62.1%
62.1%
7.4%
7.4%
2.5%
2.5%
26.0%
26.0%
2.1%
2.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Home Size

No Bedroom
1 Bedroom
2 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
5 or more bedrooms
4.2%
4.2%
13.0%
13.0%
22.8%
22.8%
48.0%
48.0%
11.0%
11.0%
1.1%
1.1%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes