Home·Best of·Best Pacific Coast cities with positive momentum WA, OR, CA cities with momentum 50+ and population 25,000+. Most of the coast has been cooling — these are the holdouts.
California, Oregon, and Washington have led the cooling cycle. Most coastal metros are well off their 2021-2022 peaks. The cities on this list aren't — they're showing relative strength.
Many are inland or in higher-supply parts of the coast where housing pressure didn't build the same way.
1Newport Beach, CALos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim · pop 82,97078Hot$3,709,420median home+9.0%home YoY 2Brawley, CAEl Centro · pop 28,18876Rising$361,066median home+5.3%home YoY 3El Centro, CAEl Centro · pop 44,23075Rising$388,578median home+8.2%home YoY 4Calexico, CAEl Centro · pop 38,74475Rising$392,514median home+7.0%home YoY 5Laguna Niguel, CALos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim · pop 64,18573Rising$1,500,721median home+3.0%home YoY 6Fountain Valley, CALos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim · pop 56,03672Rising$1,387,373median home+3.0%home YoY 7Coachella, CARiverside-San Bernardino-Ontario · pop 45,16572Rising$432,187median home+0.3%home YoY 9Dana Point, CALos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim · pop 32,58572Rising$1,738,852median home+3.8%home YoY 10Madera, CAMadera · pop 69,09471Rising$425,124median home+2.6%home YoY 11San Luis Obispo, CASan Luis Obispo-Paso Robles · pop 49,72971Rising$1,101,682median home+2.2%home YoY 12Dinuba, CAVisalia · pop 25,83371Rising$354,985median home+2.0%home YoY 13Costa Mesa, CALos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim · pop 109,13170Rising$1,416,645median home+3.6%home YoY 14Hanford, CAHanford-Corcoran · pop 60,59470Rising$382,129median home+2.2%home YoY 15Reedley, CAFresno · pop 26,13870Rising$390,393median home+2.1%home YoY 16Irvine, CALos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim · pop 318,68369Rising$1,566,872median home-1.2%home YoY 17Garden Grove, CALos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim · pop 172,36169Rising$1,012,728median home+1.9%home YoY 18Perris, CARiverside-San Bernardino-Ontario · pop 83,03269Rising$544,552median home-0.1%home YoY 19Marysville, WASeattle-Tacoma-Bellevue · pop 76,20969Rising$636,601median home+0.2%home YoY 20San Clemente, CALos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim · pop 62,62769Rising$1,744,315median home+0.6%home YoY 21Encinitas, CASan Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad · pop 61,13769Rising$1,931,548median home+1.3%home YoY 22Lacey, WAOlympia-Lacey-Tumwater · pop 58,64469Rising$518,808median home+0.3%home YoY 23Delano, CABakersfield · pop 53,19869Rising$333,450median home+1.1%home YoY 24Soledad, CASalinas · pop 26,34569Rising$636,370median home+1.3%home YoY 25Huntington Beach, CALos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim · pop 193,15168Rising$1,364,265median home+3.2%home YoY 26Tulare, CAVisalia · pop 72,60168Rising$354,538median home+0.3%home YoY 27Placentia, CALos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim · pop 53,39568Rising$1,115,760median home-0.1%home YoY 28Stanton, CALos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim · pop 41,18868Rising$794,615median home-0.0%home YoY 29Adelanto, CARiverside-San Bernardino-Ontario · pop 37,94168Rising$397,242median home+0.1%home YoY 30Mount Vernon, WAMount Vernon-Anacortes · pop 35,34468Rising$590,838median home+1.8%home YoY 31San Bernardino, CARiverside-San Bernardino-Ontario · pop 224,77567Rising$492,059median home+0.3%home YoY 32Visalia, CAVisalia · pop 146,27167Rising$397,983median home+0.8%home YoY 33Clovis, CAFresno · pop 127,99367Rising$521,412median home+0.1%home YoY 34Santa Maria, CASanta Maria-Santa Barbara · pop 111,34667Rising$658,222median home+2.1%home YoY 35Kennewick, WAKennewick-Richland · pop 86,72867Rising$433,399median home+0.2%home YoY 36Pasco, WAKennewick-Richland · pop 81,72467Rising$420,699median home-0.4%home YoY 37Beaumont, CARiverside-San Bernardino-Ontario · pop 59,50267Rising$537,750median home-0.4%home YoY 38Los Altos, CASan Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara · pop 30,86467Rising$4,681,519median home+3.6%home YoY 39Woodburn, ORSalem · pop 30,44967Rising$428,386median home+0.5%home YoY 40Tumwater, WAOlympia-Lacey-Tumwater · pop 27,82667Rising$529,454median home+0.6%home YoY 41Lemoore, CAHanford-Corcoran · pop 27,05767Rising$382,912median home+2.8%home YoY 42Sanger, CAFresno · pop 26,64967Rising$412,210median home+2.2%home YoY 43Bakersfield, CABakersfield · pop 417,46866Rising$396,712median home-0.3%home YoY 44Santa Ana, CALos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim · pop 316,18466Rising$865,610median home+0.3%home YoY 45Victorville, CARiverside-San Bernardino-Ontario · pop 140,72166Rising$436,412median home-0.6%home YoY 46Menifee, CARiverside-San Bernardino-Ontario · pop 117,04166Rising$587,277median home-1.5%home YoY 47Hesperia, CARiverside-San Bernardino-Ontario · pop 101,83666Rising$461,916median home+0.4%home YoY 48Bellingham, WABellingham · pop 95,86066Rising$669,185median home+0.2%home YoY 49Mission Viejo, CALos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim · pop 91,60166Rising$1,230,115median home-0.6%home YoY 50Westminster, CALos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim · pop 89,53766Rising$1,097,961median home+1.9%home YoY Sources: Zillow ZHVI, Zillow ZORI, US Census place population. Updated when source agencies publish revisions.