Living here
Cost of living in Fallbrook
Housing is much more expensive than the US average. Rents, home prices, taxes and how far a paycheck goes.
Median rent
$1,675/mo
24% above US
Median home value
$713,000
135% above US
Median household income
$87,293
11% above US
Rent as share of income
23%
US 21%
Home price to income
8.2×
US 3.9×
Sales tax
7.75%
Rent by number of bedrooms
HUD 2027 fair market rents for San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA MSA (gross rent including utilities, near the 40th percentile of local rents). Source: HUD USER.
How Fallbrook compares
- Fallbrook$1,675
- California$1,956
- United States$1,348
- Temecula$2,297
- Carlsbad$2,678
- Menifee$2,052
- Solana Beach$3,022
- Mission Viejo$2,713
- Perris$1,791
- Hemet$1,432
- Laguna Beach$2,802
- Fallbrook$713,000
- California$695,400
- United States$303,400
- Temecula$640,400
- Carlsbad$1,156,900
- Menifee$487,200
- Solana Beach$1,934,700
- Mission Viejo$946,300
- Perris$431,900
- Hemet$314,200
- Laguna Beach$2,000,001
Taxes
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Life in Fallbrook
Questions
Is Fallbrook expensive to live in?
Housing in Fallbrook is much more expensive than the national average: median rent is $1,675 (24% above US) and the median home value is $713,000 (135% above US).
How much is rent in Fallbrook?
The median gross rent is $1,675 a month. HUD’s 2027 fair market rents for the area are studio $2,192, 1 bedroom $2,335, 2 bedrooms $2,823, 3 bedrooms $3,743, 4 bedrooms $4,526.
How much of their income do renters spend in Fallbrook?
At the median, a year’s rent ($20,100) equals about 23% of the median household income ($87,293); nationally it’s about 21%.
What are taxes like in Fallbrook?
Sales tax is 7.75% and property taxes run about 0.66% 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.