Grass Valley, CA Housing Affordability Index
Grass Valley, California has an MBR Housing Affordability Index score of 59.6 (Significantly Less Affordable) as of October 30, 2026, ranking 733rd most affordable of 785 scored California cities, compared with 67.5 statewide and 97.4 nationally. On a median-priced $482,200 home with 20% down, the California average 30-year fixed rate of 7.25% means a monthly principal and interest payment of about $2,632, or 61% of the city’s $51,764 median household income.
The MBR Housing Affordability Index (MBR-HAI) for Grass Valley is updated every night from live California mortgage rates and U.S. Census Bureau income, home value and housing cost data for the city. A score of 100 equals the national average; higher scores mean homeownership is more affordable.
Grass Valley is 7.9 points below the California score. Scores as of October 30, 2026. See the California index
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024) for Grass Valley, California. The rate is the California average 30-year fixed rate from MonitorBankRates, since lenders publish rates by state.
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Scores update each morning, computed from rate data captured the previous night. Score of 100 = national average at a 6.5% reference rate.
