Eucalyptus, Lake Miramar and well regarded schools off the 15, on newspaper publisher E.W. Scripps's old Miramar ranch.
Scripps Ranch ran hot this year. The three month median climbed from about $1M last fall to a high near $1.56M in July, then came back to about $1.25M in September. On a smoothed basis, Scripps Ranch's median has risen roughly 23% over the past five years.
The recent median sits around $1.24M, with about 3.0 months of supply, homes selling near 96.8% of original list, and a median of roughly 30 days on market.
Over five years the median sale price in Scripps Ranch is up about 23% and the price per square foot is up about 25%. The two agree, which is what you want to see. It means the gain reflects prices rising rather than a shift in the kind of home selling, so the headline number is a fair read on what an owner gained.
Price per square foot is the sale price divided by the home's interior square footage.
Both figures use the same smoothed five year comparison: the average of the last twelve monthly medians against the average of the first twelve. A gap of eight points or more is treated as a mix shift. That threshold was set by testing, not picked: an earlier version flagged nine of nineteen areas, which is noise. It now flags eight of forty.
Scripps Ranch buyers are paying for schools and space. With supply around 3.0 months and homes going near 96.8% of list, there is some room to negotiate, especially on homes that need updating.
September homes sold in a median of about 30 days. Buyers here compare carefully, so price to the neighborhood and the HOA, not the ZIP.
Supply is running around 3.0 months. As long as listings stay scarce, prices hold firm; a rise in inventory would be the first sign of easing.
Most buyers here are move up families who finance, so the rate and the payment drive the decision.
Get Pre-Approved →Scripps Miramar Ranch, around the lake to the south and west, is the original 1970s part. Miramar Ranch North came in the 1980s and 90s with the Scripps Ranch Villages. StoneBridge Estates, also called Rancho Encantada, is the newest, with builders like Toll Brothers and Warmington. The age of the home and which HOA it sits in drive most of the price gap.
Two city maintenance assessment districts cover most of Scripps Ranch, and many homes sit in an HOA, including the Scripps Ranch Villages master association. StoneBridge adds a Poway Unified school Mello Roos. Add it all up before you compare two homes at the same price.
E.W. Scripps started buying here in 1890 and called the estate Miramar, after Miramare Castle in Trieste, and the eucalyptus his gardener planted are still the look of the place. Leadership Homes bought 1,180 acres of the ranch in 1968 and the first residents moved in in 1969. Lake Miramar was finished in 1960. The Cedar Fire burned more than 300 homes in the southern part of Scripps Ranch in October 2003, and the city tightened its building codes afterward. 92131 is the ZIP.
What is the median home price in Scripps Ranch?
The median sale price in Scripps Ranch is $1.24M on a trailing three month basis, using closed sales through September 2026.
How long do homes take to sell in Scripps Ranch?
Homes in Scripps Ranch are selling in a median of about 30 days.
Is Scripps Ranch a buyer's or a seller's market?
Scripps Ranch has about 3.0 months of supply, which reads as a balanced market. Under three months favors sellers, three to six is balanced, and above six favors buyers.
How much have home prices risen in Scripps Ranch?
The median in Scripps Ranch is up about 23% over the past five years, measured as the average of the last twelve monthly medians against the first twelve.
Are homes in Scripps Ranch selling for asking price?
Homes in Scripps Ranch are closing at about 96.8% of original list price.
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