| City | Median home sale price 2005 | |
| 1 | Newport Beach, CA | $1,362,500 |
| 2 | Greenwich, CT | $1,129,000 |
| 3 | Santa Barbara, CA | $979,500 |
| 4 | Palo Alto, CA | $929,000 |
| 5 | Cupertino, CA | $880,000 |
| 6 | Goleta, CA | $870,000 |
| 7 | San Clemente, CA | $848,500 |
| 8 | Bethesda, MD | $790,000 |
| 9 | Pleasanton, CA | $785,000 |
| 10 | Santa Monica, CA | $784,000 |
| 11 | Redondo Beach, CA | $777,500 |
| 12 | Redwood City, CA | $767,500 |
| 13 | San Francisco, CA | $755,000 |
| 14 | Yorba Linda, CA | $750,000 |
| 15 | San Rafael, CA | $745,000 |
| 16 | Encinitas, CA | $742,500 |
| 17 | San Ramon, CA | $725,000 |
| 18 | San Mateo, CA | $720,000 |
| 19 | Arcadia, CA | $703,000 |
| 20 | Santa Cruz, CA | $690,000 |
| 21 | South San Francisco, CA | $690,000 |
| 22 | Berkeley, CA | $683,500 |
| 23 | Alameda, CA | $682,500 |
| 24 | Carlsbad, CA | $680,000 |
| 25 | Huntington Beach, CA | $678,500 |