El Cajon, CA: the market leans toward buyers.

Typical home values in El Cajon fell by an average of 0.1% over the year to August 2026, weighted by population across its 3 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).

Figures for a city or a state are averages across its scored ZIP codes, weighted by population, so each ZIP counts in proportion to its residents. Where only some ZIPs report a figure, the sentence names how many.

The average typical home value in El Cajon was $821K in August 2026, weighted by population across its 3 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).

In September 2026, El Cajon sat in our Leaning buyer band, with an average HavenScore balance of −23, weighted by population across its 3 scored ZIPs.

The HavenScore balance reads signals such as inventory, time on market and the share of listings with a price cut on one scale, from buyers at one end to sellers at the other. A reading below zero favors buyers, and one above zero favors sellers.

How fast homes are selling

The ZIP-level median time on market in El Cajon averaged 42 days in September 2026, weighted by population across its 3 scored ZIPs; for the median U.S. ZIP it was 60 days (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data). In El Cajon, the share of listings with a price cut averaged 26% in September 2026, weighted by population across its 3 scored ZIPs; for the median U.S. ZIP it was 20% (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data). Summed across the 3 ZIPs in El Cajon that report them, active listings came to 234 in September 2026, according to Realtor.com.

Days on market here is each ZIP code's median number of days a Realtor.com listing spends on the market, from the day it is listed until it closes or is withdrawn, averaged across the place's ZIP codes.

How to read these figures

Each figure names its own month: Zillow's home values and Realtor.com's listings data publish on their own schedules, so the two can sit a month apart. A figure describes that month, not the day this page was updated.