Chico, CA

House prices for this metro area, real and nominal, since FHFA's series begins.

FHFA all-transactions · 1979 Q2 to 2026 Q2 · real terms in 2024 dollars · built 2026-09-12

All metro areas · this area is chico on the rankings

The index

Real and nominal, first quarter of the series = 100; the shaded band is 2007 to 2012.

How this is measured
Real terms deflate each quarter by that year's US CPI, stated in 2024 dollars; the CPI runs to 2024, so later quarters sit at 2024 prices until the next print. All-transactions includes refinance appraisals as well as sales; FHFA publishes purchase-only for the 100 largest metro areas only, and this is not one of them.
real, 2024 dollarsnominalindex, first quarter = 100 · shaded: 2007 to 2012
010020030040019801990200020102020
One year
One year real −2.1%
nominal -2.1%
Five years
Five years real −2.3%
nominal +13.1%
Ten years
Ten years real +29.2%
nominal +68.8%
Twenty-five years
Twenty-five years real +58.5%
nominal +180.9%
Since 2000
Since 2000 real +79.6%
nominal +227.1%
2007 to 2012
crash, real −43.4%
2007Q1 to 2012Q2

Year by year

Fourth quarter of each year, nominal and real, newest first.

2026 Q2364 · real 364real year on year −0.5%
2025 Q4366 · real 366real year on year +1.7%
2024 Q4360 · real 360real year on year −1.2%
2023 Q4354 · real 365real year on year −2.8%
2022 Q4350 · real 375real year on year −5.7%
2021 Q4344 · real 398real year on year +9.1%
2020 Q4301 · real 365real year on year +3.7%
2019 Q4287 · real 352real year on year +9.3%
2018 Q4257 · real 322real year on year +5.9%
2017 Q4237 · real 304real year on year +3.5%
2016 Q4225 · real 294real year on year +6.6%
2015 Q4208 · real 275real year on year +4.5%
Show all 48 years
2014 Q4199 · real 264real year on year +3.2%
2013 Q4190 · real 255real year on year +8.1%
2012 Q4173 · real 236real year on year −0.6%
2011 Q4170 · real 238real year on year −9.7%
2010 Q4183 · real 263real year on year −8.1%
2009 Q4196 · real 286real year on year −8.6%
2008 Q4215 · real 313real year on year −15.8%
2007 Q4246 · real 372real year on year −9.8%
2006 Q4265 · real 413real year on year −3.4%
2005 Q4266 · real 427real year on year +14.7%
2004 Q4224 · real 372real year on year +17.0%
2003 Q4187 · real 318real year on year +15.5%
2002 Q4158 · real 275real year on year +14.9%
2001 Q4135 · real 240real year on year +8.1%
2000 Q4122 · real 222real year on year +9.2%
1999 Q4108 · real 203real year on year −0.4%
1998 Q4106 · real 204real year on year 0.0%
1997 Q4104 · real 204real year on year +1.1%
1996 Q4101 · real 201real year on year −4.2%
1995 Q4102 · real 210real year on year −0.4%
1994 Q4100 · real 211real year on year −5.0%
1993 Q4102 · real 222real year on year −2.7%
1992 Q4102 · real 228real year on year −2.4%
1991 Q4102 · real 234real year on year +0.3%
1990 Q497 · real 233real year on year +10.0%
1989 Q484 · real 212real year on year +12.7%
1988 Q471 · real 188real year on year +0.2%
1987 Q468 · real 188real year on year −3.3%
1986 Q468 · real 194real year on year +3.2%
1985 Q464 · real 188real year on year −2.8%
1984 Q464 · real 193real year on year −1.6%
1983 Q462 · real 196real year on year −17.7%
1982 Q473 · real 239real year on year +18.9%
1981 Q458 · real 201real year on year −10.4%
1980 Q459 · real 224real year on year −8.4%
1979 Q457 · real 245

Source

FHFA House Price Index, all-transactions, quarterly, not seasonally adjusted, CBSA 17020. Real terms by the World Bank's US consumer price index, annual.