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August 21, 2026· Updated August 22, 2026
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Citrus Heights, CA Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Citrus Heights: a median closing price of $465,000 across 542 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

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Citrus Heights, CA Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Citrus Heights, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Citrus Heights sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of August 2026.

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 6 months: 542
  • Median sold price, last 6 months: $465,000
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $305
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $344,000 and $530,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 542 closed sales in Citrus Heights over the last six months, with a median closing price of $465,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $344,000 and $530,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. Across the 539 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $242 and $351 per square foot.

Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Citrus Heights, CA (August 2026)

The median home price in Citrus Heights is $465,000, measured across the 542 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $344,000 and $530,000.

Where Citrus Heights sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Citrus Heights
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $344k to $530k
$120k to $189k: 34 sales$120k$189k to $257k: 27 sales$257k to $326k: 40 sales$257k$326k to $395k: 39 sales$395k to $464k: 99 sales$395k$464k to $532k: 140 sales140sales$532k to $601k: 73 sales$532k$601k to $670k: 34 salesMedian $465k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Citrus Heights over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $344,000 and $530,000. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

Median sold price per square foot
Citrus Heights monthly medians over the last six months, among qualifying closings with usable living area
Feb 2026: $254 per square foot across 17 sales$254Feb 2026Mar 2026: $302 per square foot across 81 sales$302Mar 2026Apr 2026: $293 per square foot across 116 sales$293Apr 2026May 2026: $321 per square foot across 99 sales$321May 2026Jun 2026: $303 per square foot across 102 sales$303Jun 2026Jul 2026: $314 per square foot across 84 sales$314Jul 2026Aug 2026: $307 per square foot across 40 sales$307Aug 2026

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 17 days, across 389 Citrus Heights closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 22 days, across 385 Citrus Heights closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 542 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Citrus Heights angle

Citrus Heights is a tighter market than most on our books. Across 542 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $465,000, and the middle half of sales closed between $344,000 and $530,000, tighter than most markets we track. A compressed band raises the value of the median: an ordinary property should price near $465,000, and any comp that argues otherwise becomes something to explain rather than something to average in. The closed data covers more ground below the median than above it, so the softer end of the range is where matching on condition earns its keep. With the count of closings close to typical for the markets we follow, keep the screen focused rather than exhaustive.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. As of August 2026, the public scoreboard showed 3.26% median error across 12,516+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Citrus Heights address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

Cite this

Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Citrus Heights, CA
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 542
Median sold price: $465,000
Median sold $/sqft: $305 (539 qualifying)
https://resideline.com/blog/citrus-heights-ca-housing-market

The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Citrus Heights over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track inside the city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 18% of the 542 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $460,000.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Citrus Heights?

The median sold price in Citrus Heights over the last 6 months is $465,000, measured across 542 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Citrus Heights last month?

Resideline tracked 84 closed sales in Citrus Heights in July 2026, out of 542 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Citrus Heights?

The middle half of Citrus Heights sales over the last six months closed between $344,000 and $530,000, with a median of $465,000.

What is the typical price per square foot in Citrus Heights?

Among qualifying Citrus Heights closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $305, measured across 539 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

How should I treat a Citrus Heights comp that sits far from the median?

As something to explain rather than something to average in. The middle half of the closings Resideline tracked closed between $344,000 and $530,000, tighter than most markets we track, so distant comps are more often mismatches than signals. The closed range covers more ground below $465,000 than above it, which is where matching on condition pays off most.

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