Kerman, California.
Typical home $413,649 (+2.6% in a year), asking rent $2,500 . Fresno, CA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,162 (+115%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $10,659 +3%
- $402,991$413,649 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $65,499 +19%
- $348,150$413,649 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.
- Kerman$2,171
- 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 Kerman, CA rose 2.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Kerman, Fresno County, California
Kerman is a city of 16,016 people in Fresno County. 51% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 49% are rented. Unemployment in Fresno County was 7.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Kerman is a small city in Fresno County's farm country, with a young population compared with much of the country. Incomes run below the county's, and about as many homes are lived in by their owners as are rented. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in most places, and most people get to work in a short, easy drive.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in the building trades, and in farming. Among the largest workplaces in Kerman are Hall Management, a farm labor contractor, Kerman Unified, the school district, and Walmart. Unemployment in Fresno County is a little lower than a year ago.
Things to do. M. Young Botanic Garden is in or beside town, and Kearney Park, a large public park, is a short drive away. For a bigger outing, Fresno Chaffee Zoo is a longer drive away. Winters are mild and cool with little or no snow, summers are hot, and rain is light through the year.
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- 5,264households
- 16%of adults have a degree
- 21%below the poverty line
- 21 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Fresno County had 428,665 jobs in 2025, 0.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 54° and lows near 38°; warmest in July, with highs near 96° and lows near 64°. About 11 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Madera weather station, 16 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Kerman
- Hall ManagementAgriculture-farm labor contractor963
- Kerman UnifiedSchool district534FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters328
- Perfect PACNoodles, fried, manufacturing180
- Mid Valley Disposal, LLC - KermanGarbage collection services125
- AFG Farm Labor ContractingFarm labor contractors77
- Valley Green AG ManagementLabor contractors, farm48
- SebastianTelecommunications equipment and wiring installation contractors46
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 11 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,863 people in all. School districts come 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
- DroughtRelatively high
- EarthquakesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Kerman’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Fresno County and the Fresno, CA metro.
Kerman home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Kerman$413,649
- 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 6 Kerman listings — 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.
- Kerman15.80%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Kerman28
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Kerman11
Zip codes with a Kerman address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Kerman — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.