Which Southern California cities have appreciated the most over the last few years? We cover the top 50 cities by population across Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Santa Barbara counties over the last 1, 3, 5, 10, 20 and 25 years. All data has been taken from Zillow for single family homes. The interactive table allows sorting by any column of your choice.

Recent performance is soft across most markets (only 4 of 50 cities are positive over 1 year), but the 3-5 year window is led by coastal and Orange County cities such as Irvine, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, and Carlsbad. Over 10 years, inland and relatively affordable markets like San Bernardino, Hesperia, Victorville, and Lancaster show the strongest gains. Returns are shown as total return, with CAGR in parentheses.