Housing Market in Yuma
Yuma's housing market runs genuinely affordable with a real, disclosed city-vs-county price discrepancy across the two best sources found this pass -- a useful reminder to confirm geography before budgeting off any single median figure.
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Learn moreCity-specific vs. county-wide medians diverge by a real margin
Resideline's trailing-6-month figure (874 closed sales) puts Yuma CITY's median sale price at $280,000. Redfin's separate figure, covering Yuma COUNTY as a whole over the 3 months ending roughly May 2026, cites $329,000, up 6.8% year-over-year. These reflect different geography and time windows, not a single contradicted number -- but the roughly $49,000 gap is real and worth confirming against current, address-specific listings.
A genuinely affordable market relative to the rest of Arizona
Even at the higher $329,000 county-wide figure, Yuma runs meaningfully below Phoenix and Tucson metro medians -- consistent with Yuma's broader cost-of-living profile and its large share of agricultural and military-connected buyers for whom affordability is a real, primary draw.
Winter-season housing demand is a real, distinct market dynamic
With roughly 90,000 seasonal winter visitors arriving each year (see moving), Yuma's rental and short-term housing market -- including a substantial RV-park and manufactured-home segment common in Arizona snowbird destinations -- runs measurably tighter November through April than in summer. Buyers and renters should factor this seasonal swing into their own housing search timing.
Verify current, address-specific figures before budgeting
Given the real city-vs-county spread in the two most-cited figures, treat either the $280K or $329K figure as a useful starting point rather than a substitute for pulling current listing and comparable-sale data for a specific Yuma address.
Key takeaways
- Yuma CITY's median sale price is cited at $280,000 (Resideline, trailing 6 months); Yuma COUNTY's is cited separately at $329,000 (Redfin, 3 months ending ~May 2026, up 6.8% YoY) -- a real, disclosed geographic spread.
- Either figure runs well below Phoenix/Tucson metro medians -- Yuma is a genuinely affordable Arizona market.
- Housing and rental demand shifts measurably with Yuma's ~90,000-person seasonal winter-visitor population, tightest November through April.
- Verify current, address-specific pricing before budgeting off either citywide or countywide median figures.
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