Home values, rents and more in Atherton, CA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Atherton compares
The typical home in Atherton, CA is worth about $8,632,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Atherton are 7.7 times the typical value in the San Francisco metro area ($1,120,000) and 23.6 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Atherton rose 16.2%, compared with +3.1% in the San Francisco metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $250,001, against $136,027 in the San Francisco metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 6,993 people live in Atherton (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Atherton has the highest typical home value of the 93 cities in the San Francisco metro area and the highest of 886 in California with Zillow figures.
Part of: San Mateo County, CA · San Francisco metro area · California
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.