Home values, rents and more in San Mateo County, CA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How San Mateo County, CA compares
The typical home in San Mateo County, CA is worth about $1,579,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in San Mateo County, CA are 41% above the typical value in the San Francisco metro area ($1,120,000) and 4.3 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in San Mateo County, CA rose 4.4%, compared with +3.1% in the San Francisco metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $3,993 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 16% above the San Francisco metro area ($3,445) and 2.1 times the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 11.2% over the past year.
The median household income is $158,855, against $136,027 in the San Francisco metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 743,568 people live in San Mateo County, CA (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
San Mateo County, CA has the highest typical home value of the 5 counties in the San Francisco metro area and the highest of 58 in California with Zillow figures.
Part of: San Francisco metro area · California
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Cities in San Mateo County, CA
- San Mateo, CA $1,675,000
- Daly City, CA $1,120,000
- Redwood City, CA $1,873,000
- South San Francisco, CA $1,216,000
- San Bruno, CA $1,287,000
- Pacifica, CA $1,254,000
- Foster City, CA $1,846,000
- Menlo Park, CA $2,898,000
- Burlingame, CA $2,845,000
- San Carlos, CA $2,446,000
- East Palo Alto, CA $992,000
- Belmont, CA $2,264,000
- Millbrae, CA $2,054,000
- Half Moon Bay, CA $1,548,000
- Hillsborough, CA $5,532,000
- Atherton, CA $8,632,000
- Woodside, CA $3,998,000
- Brisbane, CA $1,147,000
- Portola Valley, CA $4,326,000
- Emerald Lake Hills, CA $2,917,000
- Montara, CA $1,438,000
- Moss Beach, CA $1,513,000
- Colma, CA $1,077,000
- La Honda, CA $1,018,000
- Pescadero, CA $1,103,000
ZIP codes in San Mateo County, CA
- 94002 · Belmont $2,270,000
- 94005 · Brisbane $1,147,000
- 94010 · Hillsborough $3,518,000
- 94014 · Daly City $1,004,000
- 94015 · Daly City $1,169,000
- 94018 · Half Moon Bay $1,485,000
- 94019 · Half Moon Bay $1,585,000
- 94020 · La Honda $1,023,000
- 94025 · Menlo Park $2,935,000
- 94027 · Atherton $8,729,000
- 94028 · Portola Valley $4,331,000
- 94030 · Millbrae $2,056,000
- 94037 · Moss Beach $1,472,000
- 94038 · Moss Beach $1,486,000
- 94044 · Pacifica $1,254,000
- 94060 · Pescadero $1,162,000
- 94061 · Redwood City $1,963,000
- 94062 · Woodside $2,711,000
- 94063 · Redwood City $1,273,000
- 94065 · Redwood City $1,779,000
- 94066 · San Bruno $1,289,000
- 94070 · San Carlos $2,445,000
- 94080 · South San Francisco $1,214,000
- 94401 · San Mateo $1,204,000
- 94402 · San Mateo $2,455,000
- 94403 · San Mateo $1,809,000
- 94404 · Foster City $1,702,000
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.