Cost of Living & Housing in Lompoc
Lompoc's housing costs run well above the national median even as its property tax rate stays genuinely below the California statewide median -- alongside California's real, current 13.3% top marginal state income tax and a real, disclosed, genuinely low local median household income.
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Learn moreHousing well above the national median, though below coastal-California peers
Lompoc's housing figures carry a real, disclosed spread: a median sale price of $574,000 (three months ending May 2026, down 1.1% year-over-year), a separately cited $619,000 median sale price (June 2026), and an average home value of $593,433 (up 2.7% year-over-year) -- disclosed rather than reconciled, and well above the national median regardless of which figure is used (base record).
A property tax rate genuinely below the California statewide median
Lompoc's own Ownwell-cited effective property tax rate ran 1.14% (median annual bill $3,328) -- above the 1.02% national median, but genuinely below the 1.21% California statewide median (base record). Proposition 13 caps assessed-value growth at roughly 2% per year until resale, the same as everywhere else in California.
California's real 13.3% top marginal income tax -- applies here too
California levies the highest top marginal state income tax rate in the US at 13.3% on income over $1M (nine brackets from 1% to 12.3%, plus a 1% Mental Health Services Act surcharge over $1M, not doubled for joint filers) -- real and current, applying to Lompoc residents exactly as it does statewide. Combined sales tax ran 8.75%.
A real, disclosed and genuinely low median household income
Lompoc's median household income ran a real, disclosed and genuinely low $35,083 in 2024, well below both national and California statewide medians -- worth weighing directly against the area's above-national-median housing costs (base record).
Key takeaways
- Lompoc's housing runs well above the national median (median sale price roughly $574,000-$619,000 across sources), though genuinely below coastal-Southern-California peer markets.
- Lompoc's Ownwell-cited effective property tax rate (1.14%) runs above the national median but genuinely below the California statewide median.
- California's real 13.3% top marginal state income tax and Proposition 13's assessed-value cap both apply to Lompoc exactly as they do statewide.
- Lompoc's median household income ran a real, disclosed and genuinely low $35,083 in 2024 -- worth weighing against local housing costs.
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