Burbank, CA — Momentum Score, Home Values & Best-For

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Los Angeles County · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim · population 103,533

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Burbank, CA
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50
Stable
Momentum score · 0–100

Where Burbank stands

Population shrinking 0.9% per year.

Median home $1,204,453
1-year -2.1%
5-yr CAGR +3.7%
vs 5-yr peak -4.2%
Population -0.9%/yr

Home value trajectory · last 10 years

Zillow ZHVI · monthly
peak 2024-12$1204k$595k$832k$1070k$1307k201620182020202220242026

Lifestyle scores

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Walkability
40/100
Car-dependent
Estimated from population density. Higher = denser, more amenities within walking distance.
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Public transit
30/100
Minimal transit
Curated list of major US transit systems + population-based estimate. Higher = real subway/rail/bus options.
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Remote work fit
38/100
Marginal for remote
Composite of city size, housing cost, state tax structure, and region's remote-work track record.

Scores are heuristic estimates from population density, state, and known transit/walkable cities. Not based on a paid Walk Score / Transit Score API — see methodology for the formula.

Rent trajectory · last 5 years

Zillow ZORI · monthly
$2,785/mo$2,080$2,527$2,974202220242026

Home value vs rent · indexed to 100

Both rebased at first month of ZORI data (~2015)
Home valueRent120126100120202220242026

Rent vs buy

Price-to-rent ratio: 36.0
Rent

At a 36.0 price-to-rent ratio, renting beats buying in Burbank for most shorter holds. The premium you pay to own would take many years of rent savings to recoup, and that's before maintenance, taxes, and opportunity cost on the down payment.

How the momentum score breaks down

methodology →
Home YoY
40 · w22%
Home 5-yr CAGR
57 · w22%
Distance from peak
65 · w18%
Population growth
32 · w16%
Rent YoY
42 · w12%
Home 10-yr CAGR
70 · w10%
Long thesis

Burbank has held up across the cycle: home values at $1,204,453 with +3.7% 5-year CAGR. The bull case is structural — population, location, employer base — and holds even if next year's print is soft.

Short thesis

Burbank's population is shrinking 0.9% per year. Housing demand has to come from somewhere — if people are leaving, the buyer pool is shrinking faster than the inventory. That eventually shows up in price.

About Burbank

Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County, California, with an estimated population of 103,533. It anchors the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area. The population has contracted 0.9% per year on average since 2020. The median home value in Burbank is $1,204,453 as of 2026-04, down 2.1% over the last 12 months. Over the last five years, home values have averaged +3.7% annual growth (-4.2% from the 5-year peak). Rents in Burbank average $2,785 per month, roughly flat year-over-year (-0.6%). The composite momentum score is 50 of 100 (Stable). Conditions are neither hot nor cold, so the local fit matters more than market timing.

▲ Bull case

○The data is the data: Burbank has at least 5 years of Zillow tracking, full Census identification, and is included in the 1-criteria momentum score on this page.

▼ Bear case

●Expensive AND not growing: median home $1,204,453 with only -2.1% YoY. You’re paying premium pricing for a flat trend.
●Cooling: -2.1% over the trailing year — momentum has stalled.
●Flat or shrinking population: -0.9% per year. Housing demand has to come from somewhere — verify the source.

About Burbank (Wikipedia)

Burbank is a city in the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located 7 miles (11 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles, Burbank had a population of 105,833 as of 2025. The city was named after David Burbank, who established a sheep ranch there in 1867. Burbank consists of two distinct areas: a downtown/foothill section, in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains, and the flatland section.

Source: Wikipedia · this summary is contributed and licensed under CC-BY-SA.

City facts

MayorTamala Takahashi
Motto"A city built by People, Pride, and Progress"
Named forDavid Burbank

Extracted from the Wikipedia infobox. Values may be slightly out of date relative to the latest sources.

Playbook

Buyer

Lifestyle fit matters more than market timing in a Stable market. Take your time on the home and neighborhood; the macro trend isn't urgent. Negotiate normally.

Seller

Price competitively from day one or risk a 60+ day listing. Staging, photography, and presentation matter more in Stable markets than in Hot ones.

Investor

Stable cap rates, no big appreciation story to lean on. Underwrite this as a pure cash-flow play — the math has to work on rent alone.

Local safety & alerts

No active National Weather Service alerts for Los Angeles County right now.

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Neighborhoods of Burbank

4 tracked · ranked by median home value
1Rancho$1,373,557-3.7%
2Magnolia Park$1,256,674-3.8%
3Media$968,193-2.7%
4Burbank Center$818,947-2.8%

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Run the numbers for Burbank

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Sources: Zillow ZHVI (home values), Zillow ZORI (rents), US Census ACS + place population. Updated when source agencies publish revisions.

Climate & natural-disaster risk

Winter (Jan)
60° / 41°
avg high / low
Summer (Jul)
82° / 60°
avg high / low
Sunny days/yr
258
~71% of year
Annual precip
22″ rain
8″ snow
Disaster risk (1=very low, 5=very high)
Hurricane
Very low
Tornado
Very low
Wildfire
Very high
Earthquake
Very high
Flood
Moderate

State-level averages from NOAA Climate Normals (1991-2020) and FEMA National Risk Index. City-level conditions can vary significantly within a state.

Local sports teams

Major professional teams the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim area cheers for. Detailed stats, schedules, and player pages on intherafters.com.

Current weather

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Find rentals & listings

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Local news & community

Updated 2026-05-21 from Google News + Reddit RSS. Headlines link to original sources.

Local economy & environment

Humidity
65%
Moderate climate
Median household income
$91,500
California state median
Top industries (state-level)
TechEntertainmentAgriculture

Humidity is annual average relative humidity (NOAA). Income is Census ACS 5-year estimate. Industries are largest employment sectors statewide (BLS); the local mix in a given city may vary.

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