Hollister, California.
Typical home $756,860 (+0.1% in a year), asking rent $2,889 (+2.6%). San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,760 (+80%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $1,016 +0%
- $755,843$756,860 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $7,782 -1%
- $764,642$756,860 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.
- Hollister$3,973
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Hollister, CA rose 0.1% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Asking rents in Hollister, CA rose 2.6% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Owning the typical home in Hollister runs $2,406/mo more than renting one. The gap peaked at $2,959 in Oct 2023.
That is $5,295 a month against $2,889 rent: a $3,973 mortgage payment, plus $512 property tax and $810 insurance & upkeep.
Owning vs renting — Hollister
The owning line is the typical home's monthly payment at that month's rate, plus property tax and insurance & upkeep; the renting line is the typical asking rent; the grey line is the mortgage payment on its own. Same homes, same months, both ways of paying for a roof.
- Owning all in$5,295
- Renting$2,889
- Mortgage only$3,973
Property tax · $512/mo 0.81% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for San Benito County, CA
Insurance & upkeep · $810/mo insurance, maintenance and repairs together, from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey — the national figure for mortgaged homeowners, scaled to this market's home value. BLS publishes the three bundled and they cannot be split.
Both are priced off the same month's home value, so they rise with the market. Neither is a quote — a specific home's bill depends on its assessment, its age and its insurer.
Living in Hollister, San Benito County, California
Hollister is a city of 41,678 people in San Benito County. Half its households earn more than $111,834 a year and half less, against $114,394 across San Benito County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 65% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 35% are rented. Unemployment in Hollister was 6.2% in August 2026, and San Benito County had 3.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents 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. Hollister is a city in San Benito County, and its residents are younger than most of the country. Most homes are lived in by their owners, though homes cost a good deal and rents are high. Household incomes run a little below the county's, and fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in many places. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers are warm; the year brings only modest rain.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, with many also employed in professional and business services, shops and manufacturing. Among the largest workplaces in Hollister are Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital, San Benito High Schools and The Neil Jones Food Company. Jobs across San Benito County grew over the past year, and many people face a fairly long drive to work, with few working from home.
Things to do. A short drive away, Mission San Juan Bautista is a museum in a historic mission, and San Juan Bautista State Historic Park sits close by. Fremont Peak State Park is also a short drive off, a protected area for walking and open views. Farther afield, Pinnacles National Park is a longer drive and well worth the trip.
Report a mistake
- 12,593households
- 19%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 37 mintypical commute
- 9%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. San Benito County had 18,690 jobs in 2025, 3.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 59° and lows near 38°; warmest in August, with highs near 81° and lows near 54°. About 14 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Hollister weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Hollister
- Hazel Hawkins Mem. HospitalCritical access hospital387FTE
- San Benito High SchoolsSchool district329FTE
- The Neil Jones Food CompanyPastes, fruit and vegetable, canning222
- AmazonCouriers and express delivery services208
- TargetDiscount department stores203
- SafewaySupermarkets and other grocery stores172
- Pride Conveyance Systems: A Roeslein CompanyBelt conveyor systems manufacturing134
- Raleys-ECSupermarkets and other grocery retailers82
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 25 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,730 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); 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
- EarthquakesVery high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Hollister’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 San Benito County and the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro.
Hollister home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Hollister$756,860
- California$761,538
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Hollister listings, and the typical home goes pending in 26 days — the market is roughly in balance.
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
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Hollister27.98%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Hollister26
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Hollister134
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Hollister43
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Hollister$789,063
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Hollister99.30%
Zip codes with a Hollister address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Hollister — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.