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Cost of living in Palmdale
Housing is more expensive than the US average. Rents, home prices, taxes and how far a paycheck goes.
Median rent
$1,736/mo
29% above US
Median home value
$435,300
43% above US
Median household income
$81,151
3% above US
Rent as share of income
26%
US 21%
Home price to income
5.4×
US 3.9×
Sales tax
11.75%
Rent by number of bedrooms
HUD 2027 fair market rents for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA HUD Metro FMR Area (gross rent including utilities, near the 40th percentile of local rents). Source: HUD USER.
How Palmdale compares
- Palmdale$1,736
- California$1,956
- United States$1,348
- Lancaster$1,696
- Alhambra$1,852
- El Monte$1,677
- West Covina$2,153
- West Hollywood$2,103
- Beverly Hills$2,805
- Pico Rivera$1,775
- Palmdale$435,300
- California$695,400
- United States$303,400
- Lancaster$409,100
- Alhambra$812,700
- El Monte$626,000
- West Covina$712,300
- West Hollywood$969,900
- Beverly Hills$2,000,001
- Pico Rivera$621,400
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Life in Palmdale
Questions
Is Palmdale expensive to live in?
Housing in Palmdale is more expensive than the national average: median rent is $1,736 (29% above US) and the median home value is $435,300 (43% above US).
How much is rent in Palmdale?
The median gross rent is $1,736 a month. HUD’s 2027 fair market rents for the area are studio $2,151, 1 bedroom $2,402, 2 bedrooms $2,964, 3 bedrooms $3,760, 4 bedrooms $4,208.
How much of their income do renters spend in Palmdale?
At the median, a year’s rent ($20,832) equals about 26% of the median household income ($81,151); nationally it’s about 21%.
What are taxes like in Palmdale?
Sales tax is 11.75% and property taxes run about 0.98% of home value a year.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates; HUD fair market rents; CDTFA California City & County Sales & Use Tax Rates.