El Cajon housing market,
at a glance.

249 active homes·$729,000 median asking·37 median days listed

Updated September 17, 2026. Active asking prices only, not sold prices, and not an appraisal.

El Cajon market snapshot

As of September 17, 2026

249
Active homes
6 new in 7 days
$729,000
Median asking price
$140,000–$4,299,999
$469/sq ft
Median price per sq ft
1,448 sq ft typical
37 days
Median days listed
typically built 1981
What stands out today
  • 20%
    listed over 90 days
    50 of 249 active homes.
  • 55%
    single family inventory
    137 of 249 listings with a stated type.
  • 55 days
    median for 1 bed listings
    The longest wait of any bedroom band here.

Explore El Cajon by ZIP

Bubble size is the number of homes for sale. Pick one on the map or scroll the cards.

ZIP markets

3 in El Cajon · scroll to compare
92021El Cajon
$737,000
Median asking price
For sale
90
$/sq ft
$473
Days listed
32
1% above the El Cajon median
Explore 92021
92020El Cajon
$709,990
Median asking price
For sale
85
$/sq ft
$464
Days listed
38
3% below the El Cajon median
Explore 92020
92019El Cajon
$775,950
Median asking price
For sale
74
$/sq ft
$481
Days listed
40
6% above the El Cajon median
Explore 92019

By bedroom count

1 bed listings wait longest: a median of 55 days, against 31 for 3 bed.

Houses, condos and townhouses, 248 of 249 active homes. Whole buildings and land have no bedroom count; they are in Property mix.

BedroomsFor saleMedian askingDays listed
1 bed16$319,45055 days
2 bed67$430,00044 days
3 bed85$767,99931 days
4 bed59$895,00032 days
5+ bed21$1,300,00049 days

Inventory age

20% of active homes have been listed more than 90 days. This reflects today's active inventory, not a trend over time.

70%
10%
20%
Under 60 days
70%
174 homes
60–90 days
10%
25 homes
Over 90 days
20%
50 homes

Property mix

Single Family homes are 55% of what is for sale.

Listings by property typeranked by count · median asking price under each label
Listings by property typeranked by count · median asking price under each label
Single Family$899,000
13755%
Condo$425,000
8534%
Townhouse$599,990
2711%

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Ordered by active listings, not by any view of where to buy.

Active asking prices only, not sold prices, and not an appraisal.About this data
  • Active asking prices only — not sold prices, and not an appraisal.
  • Coverage is the areas EuKreate tracks, so this is not the whole market.
  • How many homes went off the market is not shown: we have not been watching this area long enough for that number to mean anything.
  • Whether a home is under contract is not in the data we receive, so no pending count is shown.
  • No trend yet: we began measuring this area on 2026-09-14, and a change needs two measurements.
  • EuKreate began tracking El Cajon on September 14, 2026. Movement appears once there are enough daily readings to compare.

How this is put together