Home Values are Surging in Rio Linda, California

In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. home sales slumped. Since then, however, the market has come roaring back — and rising demand, in conjunction with a relatively low supply of housing, has caused home values to surge.

According to estimates from Zillow, a Seattle-based real estate data company, between March 2020 and March 2021, the typical single-family American home appreciated in value from $250,179 to $276,717, a 10.6% increase. Of course, housing markets also respond more to local forces, and not all parts of the country followed the national pattern.

In Rio Linda, a CDP of about 16,400 residents in California’s Sacramento County, home values are rising even faster than they are nationwide. The typical single family home in Rio Linda was worth $379,277 as of March 2021, 15.9% more than what it was worth one year ago.

One factor that can contribute to rapidly climbing home prices at a local level is demand. And demand for housing is often precipitated by a growing population. According to the most recent available Census data, over the last one-year period, Rio Linda’s population increased by 5.8%.

Nationwide, the typical home value is about 4.4 times higher than the median household income of $62,843. In Rio Linda, housing is generally less affordable. The typical single-family home value is about 5.4 times higher than the local median household income of $70,825.

Here are the 71 communities with populations of at least 10,000 in California where home values climbed the most in the last year.

This is How Much Home You Can Buy For 200K in Every State

Rank in state	Place	1-yr. increase in typical home value	Current typical home value ($)	1-yr. change in median income	Current median household income ($)
1	Truckee	24.0%	856,853	3.5%	97,092
2	South Lake Tahoe	23.6%	557,666	1.5%	49,390
3	Twentynine Palms	21.2%	188,545	6.1%	44,226
4	Big Bear City	20.7%	323,418	6.2%	51,875
5	Winton	20.5%	278,423	4.8%	45,858
6	Grass Valley	20.4%	497,083	5.3%	37,548
7	Santa Paula	20.4%	565,100	6.3%	60,468
8	Calexico	19.8%	288,942	6.5%	43,592
9	Placerville	19.6%	472,248	3.3%	59,247
10	Spring Valley	19.1%	597,869	4.9%	72,178
11	El Dorado Hills	18.9%	772,181	4.7%	137,726
12	Diamond Springs	18.7%	395,561	3.9%	62,370
13	Farmersville	18.5%	223,697	3.5%	39,720
14	Lemon Grove	18.4%	586,480	2.5%	63,548
15	Santee	18.2%	635,785	4.3%	87,098
16	La Mesa	18.1%	698,857	3.3%	66,051
17	Lakeside	18.1%	638,285	3.3%	74,823
18	Isla Vista	17.8%	1,120,694	6.8%	24,545
19	Rodeo	17.8%	549,961	7.5%	74,688
20	Chula Vista	17.4%	651,623	6.4%	81,272
21	National City	17.0%	534,280	2.4%	47,119
22	Barstow	16.9%	180,436	2.6%	40,633
23	California City	16.9%	196,676	1.6%	49,022
24	Stockton	16.8%	368,007	6.4%	54,614
25	Yucca Valley	16.6%	277,585	-1.1%	44,757
26	Lake Elsinore	16.3%	447,581	5.6%	71,476
27	Pinole	16.2%	608,546	10.6%	100,315
28	Atwater	16.2%	326,458	6.0%	55,674
29	Florin	16.2%	347,168	4.2%	44,618
30	Cathedral City	16.2%	383,728	0.3%	46,521
31	Exeter	16.1%	279,875	-3.3%	44,602
32	Bloomington	16.1%	409,684	0.6%	52,085
33	El Centro	16.1%	280,491	3.0%	47,864
34	El Cajon	16.0%	634,033	5.2%	55,309
35	La Riviera	15.9%	422,136	1.4%	64,518
36	Wildomar	15.9%	498,103	2.3%	74,991
37	Rio Linda	15.9%	379,277	12.9%	70,825
38	El Sobrante	15.8%	679,148	4.4%	120,049
40	Hesperia	15.7%	342,678	0.3%	53,561
41	Victorville	15.7%	321,403	6.4%	53,957
42	San Bernardino	15.6%	371,183	6.3%	45,834
43	Manteca	15.6%	498,836	5.2%	72,867
44	Lathrop	15.6%	516,313	3.8%	85,805
45	Tracy	15.6%	616,555	4.1%	92,046
46	San Jacinto	15.6%	353,084	3.0%	52,009
47	San Anselmo	15.5%	1,484,897	2.4%	128,212
48	Rosamond	15.4%	312,837	9.8%	61,807
49	Vista	15.4%	652,169	9.8%	72,125
50	Murrieta	15.4%	525,146	6.7%	90,535
51	Ukiah	15.4%	456,556	5.8%	49,889
52	San Pablo	15.3%	525,339	8.1%	53,198
53	Muscoy	15.3%	357,215	11.9%	46,969
54	Rosemont	15.3%	409,604	7.8%	69,794
55	Lindsay	15.3%	236,351	1.7%	31,489
56	Desert Hot Springs	15.2%	273,706	-5.1%	33,046
57	Delhi	15.2%	320,948	9.4%	63,081
58	Phelan	15.2%	349,304	6.5%	59,375
59	Escondido	15.2%	638,874	2.8%	64,038
60	Visalia	15.1%	292,557	5.9%	62,263
61	Rialto	15.1%	446,064	6.0%	61,518
62	Poway	15.1%	872,296	2.1%	107,902
63	Fillmore	15.1%	542,534	13.2%	76,590
64	Bonita	15.1%	817,481	7.4%	99,427
65	Palm Springs	15.1%	490,112	6.1%	53,441
66	Grand Terrace	15.1%	454,055	7.3%	71,788
67	Canyon Lake	15.0%	525,332	3.5%	100,682
68	Lodi	15.0%	433,029	8.1%	58,763
69	Merced	15.0%	304,844	6.1%	45,232
70	Hemet	15.0%	327,299	1.4%	39,726
71	Menifee	15.0%	430,870	6.8%	70,224