California is the most expensive and least affordable housing market in USA.
For calculations was used a house measuring 2,200 square feet, with 4 bedrooms and 2.5 baths in a middle-management neighborhood.
The highest average price is in:

• Beverly Hills, CA - $1.800 million
• Santa Monica, CA - $1.767 million
• La Jolla, CA - $1.762 million
• Santa Barbara, CA - $1.700 million
• Palo Alto, CA - $1.652 million

When we compare median household income to median home price stats we will receive this:

• Los Angeles, CA - $56,200, $523,000
• Santa Ana, CA - $78,300, $626,000
• Modesto, CA - $54,400, $372,000
• Stockton, CA - $57,100, $310,000
• San Diego, CA - $64,900, $477,000

Golden State, especially Southern California is the most expensive.

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