La Quinta, CA Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in La Quinta: a median closing price of $817,000 across 687 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
La Quinta produces a steady stream of closings but little consensus: sales over the last six months span a range wide enough that the median is a midpoint between different markets, not a going rate. The distribution below matters more than the headline.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 687
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $817,000
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $384
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $565,000 and $1,437,500
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 687 closed sales in La Quinta over the last six months, with a median closing price of $817,000. 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 $565,000 and $1,437,500. 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. 81% of the La Quinta closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 686 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $312 and $504 per square foot.
Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in La Quinta, CA (August 2026)
The median home price in La Quinta is $817,000, measured across the 687 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $565,000 and $1,437,500.
Where La Quinta sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in La Quinta over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $565,000 and $1,437,500. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 54 days, across 495 La Quinta closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 14 days, across 466 La Quinta closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The La Quinta angle
The citywide median is a weak anchor in La Quinta and should be treated as one. Resideline tracked 687 closings over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $817,000, and the middle half of sales closed anywhere between $565,000 and $1,437,500. That quartile spread ranks among the widest we track, in the top tenth of markets, and the stretch from the median up to the upper quartile is far longer than the stretch down to the lower one. Pricing a specific property off the citywide figure here will be wrong more often than it is right. Match your comps tightly and be ready to justify where in that range your subject belongs.
From market read to offer price
A spread this wide means the citywide number cannot price a specific address; the step that matters is the property-level read. 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 La Quinta 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:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: La Quinta, CA
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 687
Median sold price: $817,000
Median sold $/sqft: $384 (686 qualifying)
Property mix: 81% houses
https://resideline.com/blog/la-quinta-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 La Quinta over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in La Quinta?
The median sold price in La Quinta over the last 6 months is $817,000, measured across 687 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in La Quinta last month?
Resideline tracked 78 closed sales in La Quinta in July 2026, out of 687 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 La Quinta?
The middle half of La Quinta sales over the last six months closed between $565,000 and $1,437,500, with a median of $817,000.
What is the typical price per square foot in La Quinta?
Among qualifying La Quinta closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $384, measured across 686 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
How should I handle La Quinta's very wide closed sale range?
Stop treating the city as one market for pricing purposes and build the comp set around the subject instead. Because closings run from $565,000 to $1,437,500 through the middle half alone, $817,000 tells you almost nothing about a specific property. Filter the 687 tracked closings down to sales that match on attributes you can verify, keep the matched set small and defensible, and document why your value sits where it does within the wider distribution.
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