Where home values rose and fell over five years.
The change in the typical home value in every large US city since late 2021.
+16.9%
typical large-city change, Oct 2021 to Sep 2026
+60.7%
Waterbury, CT: the biggest gain
21 of 332
large cities where the typical home is worth less than five years ago
Biggest gains
- 1WaterburyCT$177,293 → $284,914+60.7%
- 2RockfordIL$116,326 → $185,067+59.1%
- 3IrvineCA$978,482 → $1,481,490+51.4%
- 4SyracuseNY$152,159 → $223,201+46.7%
- 5South BendIN$136,373 → $198,280+45.4%
- 6Green BayWI$196,548 → $285,670+45.3%
- 7ElizabethNJ$387,528 → $552,348+42.5%
- 8Costa MesaCA$999,593 → $1,419,109+42.0%
- 9Miami GardensFL$334,362 → $474,495+41.9%
- 10New HavenCT$238,123 → $337,417+41.7%
- 11BridgeportCT$255,540 → $361,597+41.5%
- 12StamfordCT$507,924 → $717,654+41.3%
- 13PeoriaIL$96,626 → $136,279+41.0%
- 14KnoxvilleTN$261,832 → $368,965+40.9%
- 15Huntington BeachCA$963,006 → $1,344,725+39.6%
Smallest gains and declines
- 332JacksonMS$106,559 → $83,517-21.6%
- 331OaklandCA$882,260 → $710,647-19.5%
- 330AustinTX$580,958 → $491,960-15.3%
- 329Round RockTX$460,608 → $395,851-14.1%
- 328New OrleansLA$274,918 → $241,895-12.0%
- 327WashingtonDC$624,800 → $566,961-9.3%
- 326RichmondCA$656,698 → $600,691-8.5%
- 325MetairieLA$336,863 → $318,581-5.4%
- 324BirminghamAL$141,607 → $134,165-5.3%
- 323AntiochCA$613,348 → $590,401-3.7%
- 322New BraunfelsTX$357,695 → $345,353-3.5%
- 321VallejoCA$534,444 → $517,277-3.2%
- 320San Tan ValleyAZ$405,229 → $392,549-3.1%
- 319MeridianID$550,394 → $535,629-2.7%
- 318NampaID$426,531 → $415,281-2.6%
Zillow Home Value Index (typical home value, all homes, seasonally adjusted), Oct 2021 to Sep 2026. 332 cities of 100,000+ people with five years of data.