Avalon, California.
Typical home $939,894 (+6.2% in a year). Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,308 (+88%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $54,933 +6%
- $884,961$939,894 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $149,960 +19%
- $789,934$939,894 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Avalon$4,933
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 20 years.
Typical home values in Avalon, CA rose 6.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Avalon, Los Angeles County, California
Avalon is a city of 3,460 people in Los Angeles County. Unemployment in Los Angeles County was 4.5% in September 2026, and the county had about as many jobs in 2025 as the year before. The most people in Los Angeles County work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Avalon is a small city on Santa Catalina Island, off the Los Angeles County coast, and it is a place where most people know one another. Homes here are valued well above what is typical across much of the country, and the county's household incomes sit at a comfortable level. Winters are mild and the summers warm without turning hot, with modest rain through the year and snow essentially absent.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in professional and business services, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, or in shops. Among the largest workplaces in town are Southern California Edison, Catalina Island Medical Center and Vons. Across Los Angeles County, unemployment has eased compared with a year earlier, though the number of jobs has stayed about level.
Things to do. The Catalina Casino, a museum, and the Wrigley Botanical Gardens are both in or beside town, so a stroll can take in both. Farther afield, a longer drive away, Cabrillo Beach offers a stretch of sand, and the Aquarium of the Pacific is a longer trip for those who enjoy sea life.
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- 1,374households
What people in Los Angeles County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Los Angeles County had 4,525,460 jobs in 2025, about as many as the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in February, with highs near 60° and lows near 49°; warmest in August, with highs near 79° and lows near 62°. About 13 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Avalon Catalina Airport weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Avalon
- Southern California EdisonUtility company62
- Catalina Island Medical CenterCritical access hospital53FTE
- VonsSupermarkets and other grocery stores53
- Bellanca HotelAlpine skiing facilities with accommodations31
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 146 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingVery high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Avalon’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Los Angeles County and the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro.
Avalon home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Avalon$939,894
- California$761,538
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Avalon10
Zip codes with a Avalon address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Avalon — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.