13 Affordable California Beach Towns for Your Dream Home!

13 Affordable California Beach Towns for Your Dream Home!

California coastal living usually sounds like the kind of fantasy you’d sketch on a vision board: ocean-view breakfasts, salt-breezed evenings, and home prices that require billionaire-level math. But take a breath—there are corners of the California coastline where you don’t need a tech IPO or a legacy trust to live within sight of the Pacific. They won’t be “cheap” by national standards, but they are dramatically more attainable than the state’s infamous norm.

The average California home sits around $733K, nearly double the U.S. median of roughly $366K. Mid-tier homes in the state cost more than twice the price of a typical American home, and even the so-called “starter” tier here is still about 30% more expensive than the median U.S. home. So yes, affordability is relative, but these 13 coastal towns genuinely defy California’s sky-high trend.

⌚ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
01:17 - #13 : Long Beach, Los Angeles County
02:17 - #12 : Oxnard, Ventura County
03:27 - #11 : Imperial Beach, San Diego County
04:25 - #10 : Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo County
05:30 - #9 : Oceano, San Luis Obispo County
06:38 - #8 : Arcata, Humboldt County
07:43 - #7 : McKinleyville, Humboldt County
08:40 - #6 : Fort Bragg, Mendocino County
09:47 - #5 : Eureka, Humboldt County
10:58 - #4 : Crescent City, Del Norte County
12:06 - #3 : Grover Beach, San Luis Obispo County
13:00 - #2 : Just Kidding........
13:54 - #1 : Your Next Move?

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