Los Banos, CA (November 24, 2025) — A new analysis published by T-Town Media ranks cities across the Merced metropolitan area by their year-over-year home-price increases. In this latest list, Dos Palos ranks No. 13 and Los Banos ranks No. 14 among the metro’s fastest-growing housing markets.
The home-value graph for Los Banos shows a clear long-term upward trend beginning in 2018, when typical values were slightly above $300,000. Prices rose steadily through 2019 and 2020, followed by a sharper climb during 2021 that led to a peak in early 2022. After that high point, values dipped and then leveled out, with some modest fluctuations through 2023 and 2024. The most recent data point shows a typical home value of $461,775, which remains well above the earlier years in the timeline despite the softening since the 2022 peak. According to the T-Town Media ranking, Los Banos currently places #14 in the Merced metro area for year-over-year home-price growth.
The graph for Dos Palos also reflects long-term price growth beginning in 2018, starting just above $200,000 and rising steadily through the following years. Home values increased at a consistent pace into 2021 and reached their highest point in early 2022. After that, the graph shows noticeable fluctuations, with a dip after the peak and smaller ups and downs through 2023 and 2024. The latest value shown is $356,390, indicating that while prices have cooled from the peak, they remain significantly higher than earlier points in the timeline. In the T-Town Media ranking of year-over-year price changes within the Merced metro area, Dos Palos is listed at #13.
The T-Town Media article relies on verified sales-price data to compare each city, offering a straightforward snapshot of how housing markets across the Merced metro are performing. For Los Banos and Dos Palos, the data highlights steady but slower growth relative to higher-ranked cities.
The report does not interpret or explain the trends; it simply reflects the most recent price-change data available for the Merced metropolitan area.
