Any figure we print here would be stale by the time you read it, so pull the current number from a live source. Redfin and Zillow's market pages for Orange County, and the California Association of Realtors county data, all report a current median you can trust more than anyone's memory. Two cautions on reading whatever number you find: - A countywide median blends everything from an entry-level condo to a coastal estate. Orange County spans a wide range, and one city's median can sit far from the county figure. If you have a target city, get that city's median. - The median is the middle of the market, which is a different question from what you personally qualify for or should offer. If what you're really asking is what you can buy here, that's a payment-and-qualification question. The free Roadmap conversation, about 20 minutes where we run your real numbers, answers that one better than any county average.