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Home values, rents and more in Emerald Lake Hills, CA

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$2,917,000
Metro: $1,120,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+5.9%
Metro: +3.1% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
4,235
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$250,001
Metro: $136,027 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Emerald Lake Hills, CA, shaded by typical home valueEmerald Lake Hills
  • Under $1.7M
  • $1.7M–$2.1M
  • $2.1M–$2.3M
  • $2.3M–$2.6M
  • $2.6M+
  • No data
ZIP codes around Emerald Lake Hills, CA, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Emerald Lake Hills is outlined.

How Emerald Lake Hills compares

The typical home in Emerald Lake Hills, CA is worth about $2,917,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Emerald Lake Hills are 2.6 times the typical value in the San Francisco metro area ($1,120,000) and 8.0 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Emerald Lake Hills rose 5.9%, 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 4,235 people live in Emerald Lake Hills (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Emerald Lake Hills has the 10th-highest typical home value of the 93 cities in the San Francisco metro area and the 28th-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.

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