Home Values in the PIA Western Alliance & Other States
Published November 3, 2026 at 2:28 PM · News Releases and Bulletins
Homes in the U.S. are expensive. Values average from $200,000 on the low end to an average of $750,000 on the upper side of homeownership. The most expensive homes in the U.S. — according to Zillow — are in the PIA Western Alliance states of Hawaii and California.
The average worth of a home in Hawaii is $833,000. That’s 4.6 times higher than the low end of the scale in West Virginia where the average is $179,000. California’s average home worth is second in the U.S. at $764,000.
By the way, the national average $368,697
Here are the top-10 highest home value states. Three of them — Hawaii, California and Washington — are PIA Western Alliance states:
1. Hawaii — $833,340
2. California — $764,158
3. Massachusetts — $661,896
4. Washington — $591,879
5. New Jersey — $580,353
6. District of Columbia — $570,353
7. Utah — $534,582
8. Colorado — $532,748
9. New York — $526,714
10. New Hampshire — $516,306
The rest of the PIA Western Alliance states:
12. Oregon — $496,113
13. Idaho — $478,744
14. Montana — $471,746
16. Nevada — $442,027
18. Arizona — $417,990
23. Alaska — $398,663
32. New Mexico — $318,241
The most expensive housing markets aren’t always seeing higher prices in sales. From August 2025 to August 2026 the national average home value rose 1.2%. Some states like the PIA Western Alliance state of Nevada saw home values drop 1.8%. Homes in Texas fell an average of 1.6% and in Florida the drop was 1.5%.
The U.S. average home value rose 1.17%. Here are the top five states with increases with the PIA Western Alliance state of Alaska topping the list.
1. Alaska — 5.73%
2. New York — 5.56%
3. Illinois — 5.26%
4. North Dakota — 5.20%
5. Wisconsin — 5.09%
The rest of the PIA Western Alliance states:
27. Montana — 2.05%
28. Idaho — 2.00%
30. New Mexico — 1.70%
35. Hawaii — 1.11%
39. California — minus 0.41%
42. Oregon — minus 0.05%
43. Washington — minus 0.34%
47. Arizona — minus 1.14%
51. Nevada — 1.83%
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