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August 21, 2026· Updated October 3, 2026
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Poway, CA Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Poway: a median closing price of $1,242,500 across 236 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread and a ZIP-level breakdown.

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Poway, CA Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

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

The snapshot

  • •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 236
  • •Median sold price, last 6 months: $1,242,500
  • •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $636
  • •Middle half of sales closed between: $1,005,900 and $1,920,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 236 closed sales in Poway over the last six months, with a median closing price of $1,242,500. 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 $1,005,900 and $1,920,000. 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. 86% of the Poway 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 236 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $563 and $718 per square foot.

Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Poway, CA (October 2026)

The median home price in Poway is $1,242,500, measured across the 236 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $1,005,900 and $1,920,000.

Where Poway sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Poway
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $1.01M to $1.92M
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$635k to $1.08M: 59 sales$635k$1.08M to $1.52M: 77 sales77sales$1.52M to $1.96M: 35 sales$1.52M$1.96M to $2.41M: 22 sales$2.41M to $2.85M: 18 sales$2.41MMedian $1.24M

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Poway over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $1,005,900 and $1,920,000. Among the 262 California markets with a published band, Poway's middle-half spread ($1,005,900 to $1,920,000) ranks 197th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

Median sold price per square foot
Poway monthly medians for the complete months inside the last six months, May 2026 to Sep 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 5 months plotted.
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May 2026: $661 per square foot across 57 sales$661MayJun 2026: $619 per square foot across 38 sales$619JunJul 2026: $595 per square foot across 49 sales$595JulAug 2026: $606 per square foot across 31 sales$606AugSep 2026: $672 per square foot across 22 sales$672Sep

How long a sale takes here

  • •Listed to under contract: a median of 15 days, across 193 Poway closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • •Contract to closing: a median of 27 days, across 193 Poway 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 236 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Poway angle

A band of that width means $1,242,500 describes the city as a whole and carries limited information about a particular address inside it. Hold the property type constant, put a defensible size window around the subject and keep the radius small, then let the filtered sales set the number. The spread is lopsided as well. More dollars sit between $1,242,500 and $1,920,000 than between $1,005,900 and $1,242,500, so a comp set that leans high shifts a valuation further than one that leans low by the same margin.

Poway market data by ZIP code

Citywide medians hide block-by-block variation. Resideline publishes free, regularly refreshed market snapshots for Poway ZIP codes: 92064.

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, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR 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. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

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

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Poway, CA
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 0658520
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 236
Median sold price: $1,242,500
Median sold $/sqft: $636 (236 qualifying)
Property mix: 86% houses
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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 Poway over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Poway?

The median sold price in Poway over the last 6 months is $1,242,500, measured across 236 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Poway last month?

Resideline has tracked 22 closed sales in Poway in September 2026 so far, out of 236 closings tracked over the last six months. The most recent month keeps filling in for several weeks as closings are recorded, so this count will rise. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Poway?

The middle half of Poway sales over the last six months closed between $1,005,900 and $1,920,000, with a median of $1,242,500.

What is the typical price per square foot in Poway?

Among qualifying Poway closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $636, measured across 236 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

How far apart can ordinary Poway sale prices be?

Further apart than in most markets we track. The middle half of closed sales alone runs from $1,005,900 to $1,920,000, a wider stretch than most of our coverage, and sales outside that band reach further still. That is why $1,242,500 works as a locator rather than an estimate. The upper half of the band spans more dollars than the lower half.

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