Average cost of housing
WHAT TO KNOW WHEN CONSIDERING BUYING
It’s very common for people to move to the Bay area, rent for a few months, then start looking to purchase their own home. I’m often asked for some sort of comparison on what buyers might expect to pay when purchasing a home here. This is a tough question to answer because buyers have a choice: single family houses, townhomes, condominiums or mobile homes— and the price set is all over the map. Having said that, I’d like to give you some sort of idea, so I looked up average sale prices of single family homes and here’s a handy guide.
The first chart is for houses in cities in Santa Clara county, the following chart reflects houses in San Mateo county, below are links to maps showing boundaries for the two counties.
Santa Clara County:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Santa+Clara+County,+CA/@37.1890661,-121.9855172,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x80902f527934f677:0x102c754137830cb9!8m2!3d37.3336581!4d-121.8907041
| HOUSES ONLY SAN MATEO CTY |
2018 $ |
2019 $ |
2020 $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATHERTON | 8,506,739 | 8,590,700 | 7,837,105 |
| BELMONT | 1,905,314 | 1,817,647 | 1,991,253 |
| BRISBANE | 1,302,854 | 1,329,255 | 1,395,985 |
| BURLINGAME | 2,499,215 | 2,588,493 | 2,715,760 |
| COLMA | 1,145,333 | 1,128,728 | 1,004,000 |
| DALY CITY | 1,066,403 | 1,091,625 | 1,115,761 |
| EAST PALO ALTO | 1,040,687 | 1,029,571 | 989,149 |
| EL GRANADA | 1,174,120 | 1,211,260 | 1,382,866 |
| FOSTER CITY | 1,896,219 | 1,841,096 | 1,917,422 |
| HALF MOON BAY | 1,477,527 | 1,518,269 | 1,664,493 |
| HILLSBOROUGH | 4,956,587 | 4,718,801 | 5,085,985 |
| LA HONDA | 917,474 | 1,032,750 | 1,009,615 |
| LOMA MAR | 750,000 | NONE | 789,333 |
| MENLO PARK | 2,840,387 | 2,773,432 | 2,965,722 |
| MILLBRAE | 1,825,997 | 1,910,404 | 1,828,998 |
| MONTARA | 1,450,490 | 1,377,668 | 1,484,663 |
| MOSS BEACH | 1,271,808 | 1,281,191 | 1,289,891 |
| PACIFICA | 1,144,203 | 1,137,580 | 1,234,426 |
| PESCADERO | 989,923 | 1,155,154 | 2,545,000 |
| PORTOLA VALLEY | 3,450,238 | 3,526,272 | 4,150,339 |
| REDWOOD CITY | 1,791,722 | 1,763,097 | 1,858,738 |
| REDWOOD SHORES | 2,222,863 | 1,943,559 | 2,222,000 |
| SAN BRUNO | 1,160,275 | 1,169,301 | 1,211,431 |
| SAN CARLOS | 2,068,443 | 2,104,879 | 2,158,565 |
| SAN GREGORIO | 1,275,750 | 1,800,000 | NONE |
| SAN MATEO | 1,744,930 | 1,654,054 | 1,817,288 |
| SO SAN FRANCISCO | 1,128,239 | 1,115,920 | 1,193,722 |
| WOODSIDE | 4,400,517 | 3,672,149 | 4,855,976 |
| HOUSES ONLY SANTA CLARA CTY |
2018 $ |
2019 $ |
2020 $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALVISO | 855,500 | 888,000 | 749,500 |
| CAMPBELL | 1,526,006 | 1,477,945 | 1,601,971 |
| GILROY | 860,078 | 864,157 | 956,618 |
| LOS ALTOS | 3,678,091 | 3,480,432 | 3,641,480 |
| LOS ALTOS HILLS | 5,080,514 | 4,488,765 | 4,856,326 |
| LOS GATOS | 2,330,544 | 2,347,702 | 2,348,909 |
| MILPITAS | 1,198,103 | 1,120,480 | 1,237,463 |
| MONTE SERENO | 3,471,030 | 3,438,292 | 3,578,870 |
| MORGAN HILL | 1,102,799 | 1,124,424 | 1,145,439 |
| MOUNTAIN VIEW | 2,370,895 | 2,214,979 | 2,289,890 |
| PALO ALTO | 3,767,306 | 3,460,778 | 3,460,245 |
| SAN JOSE | 1,251,376 | 1,181,183 | 1,313,315 |
| SAN MARTIN | 1,316,317 | 1,232,137 | 1,398,667 |
| SANTA CLARA | 1,522,600 | 1,383,249 | 1,471,835 |
| SARATOGA | 3,066,932 | 2,927,285 | 3,072,904 |
| STANFORD | 2,600,833 | 2,689,390 | 2,697,154 |
| SUNNYVALE | 1,878,354 | 1,744,262 | 1,895,179 |