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Homes on Big Lots in Palo Alto: Prices, Neighborhoods and Homes for Sale (2026)
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Looking for homes on big lots in Palo Alto? Of the 775 houses that sold in Palo Alto in the two years to October 27, 2026, 135 (17%) were on lots of 10,000 square feet or more (by the lot size in the listing); across Silicon Valley it’s 20%. Here’s what they sold for, by size, price and neighborhood, and a one-click search of the ones for sale now.
The short answer
- Median price: $6.36M (all Palo Alto houses: $3.9M), 1% more per square foot than the typical Palo Alto house.
- Typical size: 3,184 sq ft, 4 bedrooms.
- Bidding: 50% sold over asking (all Palo Alto houses: 68%).
- Where they sold most: Old Palo Alto (24), Crescent Park (21) and Barron Park (15).
Shopping now?
- See homes on big lots for sale in Palo Alto now: our Feature Finder reads every live listing’s description and opens on this search.
- Search all homes for sale, then use Save Search to get new listings by email.
- Talk to a Property Nerd about the streets you’re weighing.
By bedrooms
Homes on big lots sold in Palo Alto in the two years, by bedroom count (groups with at least 3 sales).
| Bedrooms | Sales | Median price | Median sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 25 | $4.8M | 2,127 |
| 4 | 53 | $6.51M | 2,922 |
| 5+ | 55 | $7.47M | 3,772 |
By price
How the 135 sales spread across price bands.
| Sale price | Sales | Share |
|---|---|---|
| under $2.5M | 1 | 1% |
| $3M to $4M | 12 | 9% |
| $4M to $5M | 33 | 24% |
| $5M to $7.5M | 45 | 33% |
| $7.5M and up | 44 | 33% |
By neighborhood
Our Palo Alto neighborhood guides with at least 3 such sales, placed by map position; “share” is of all house sales in the neighborhood.
| Neighborhood | Sales | Share | Median price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Palo Alto | 24 | 30% | $11.12M |
| Crescent Park | 21 | 31% | $7.08M |
| Barron Park | 15 | 24% | $4.98M |
| Palo Alto Hills | 10 | 100% | $4.64M |
| Duveneck / St. Francis | 9 | 17% | $5.2M |
| Esther Clark Park | 7 | 100% | $6.1M |
| Leland Manor / Garland | 7 | 28% | $6.9M |
| Community Center | 5 | 15% | $7.47M |
| Midtown | 5 | 5% | $3.75M |
| Adobe Meadow & Meadow Park | 3 | 16% | $4.5M |
| Green Acres | 3 | 21% | $4.72M |
| Palo Verde | 3 | 10% | $4.62M |
| Professorville | 3 | 25% | $6.79M |
Before you buy
- Not all of a lot is usable. Slopes, easements, creek setbacks and fire-zone rules can leave less room than the number suggests.
- Check what it can hold: zoning sets how big a house, ADU or pool can go on it; the Build Lab walks through it, and SB 9 may allow a lot split.
- Lot size in a listing can be rounded or out of date; the county parcel map is the check.
How we counted
Closed sales of houses (MLS property type “single family home”) with a Palo Alto address between October 28, 2024 and October 27, 2026, reported to the MLS and read through the IDX feeds that power our home search, with repeat records from different feeds removed (normalized address plus sale date). A house counts when the lot size in its listing is 10,000 square feet or more (up to about 115 acres). Price per square foot uses sales with 400 sq ft or more and is compared with the median for all Palo Alto houses. Neighborhoods are our guides’ outlines, placed by each sale’s map position. Past sales aren’t a forecast or the value of any one home.
Go deeper
Homes on big lots across Silicon Valley, every home type in Palo Alto, Palo Alto neighborhoods compared and the neighborhoods with the most single-story homes, pools and ADUs.
Looking for homes on big lots in Palo Alto?
A Property Nerd will tell you which streets have them, what the recent ones sold for, and set up a search that catches new listings the day they hit. Call (408) 373-1660 or (650) 383-8606, or book a strategy call. Commissions are negotiable, and we offer bundled services, so ask us what’s included.