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Cost of living in San Miguel, California

San Miguel, California has about 3,967 people. Typical rent is $2,758 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $250,001 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

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Typical rent is $2,758 a month.

San Miguel is a Census community, not a separate city government in California. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $250,001 a year.

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People
3,967
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$2,758
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$250,001
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$1,649,100
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$2,805
Oakland-Fremont, CA HUD Metro FMR Area

San Miguel, California has about 3,967 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $1,649,100.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Contra Costa County is $2,805 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in San Miguel. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, prices sit at 115.6 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

California taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not San Miguel's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical California home paid 33.61¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not San Miguel's bill.

In 2025, all-grades gas in California averaged $4.53 a gallon. EIA prints this yearly price for only some states.

Among 982 places we list in California with a rent figure, 139 have higher typical rent than San Miguel.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.