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Cost of living in Fullerton
Housing is much more expensive than the US average. Rents, home prices, taxes and how far a paycheck goes.
Median rent
$2,124/mo
58% above US
Median home value
$859,600
183% above US
Median household income
$104,219
33% above US
Rent as share of income
24%
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 Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA HUD Metro FMR Area (gross rent including utilities, near the 40th percentile of local rents). Source: HUD USER.
How Fullerton compares
- Fullerton$2,124
- California$1,956
- United States$1,348
- Cerritos$2,909
- Whittier$1,829
- Norwalk$2,014
- Santa Ana$1,975
- Westminster$2,100
- Downey$1,892
- Pico Rivera$1,775
- West Covina$2,153
- Fullerton$859,600
- California$695,400
- United States$303,400
- Cerritos$908,600
- Whittier$751,700
- Norwalk$616,600
- Santa Ana$657,800
- Westminster$820,000
- Downey$728,500
- Pico Rivera$621,400
- West Covina$712,300
Taxes
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Life in Fullerton
Questions
Is Fullerton expensive to live in?
Housing in Fullerton is much more expensive than the national average: median rent is $2,124 (58% above US) and the median home value is $859,600 (183% above US).
How much is rent in Fullerton?
The median gross rent is $2,124 a month. HUD’s 2027 fair market rents for the area are studio $2,580, 1 bedroom $2,610, 2 bedrooms $3,057, 3 bedrooms $4,153, 4 bedrooms $4,964.
How much of their income do renters spend in Fullerton?
At the median, a year’s rent ($25,488) equals about 24% of the median household income ($104,219); nationally it’s about 21%.
What are taxes like in Fullerton?
Sales tax is 7.75% and property taxes run about 0.65% 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.