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Redwood City neighborhoods, side by side
Each of our 13 Redwood City neighborhood guides in one table: its single-family homes, their median lot, and how many sit in FEMA flood, CAL FIRE fire and state earthquake zones, counted parcel by parcel from public records.
- neighborhoods13Boyenga Team guides
- homes counted18,237single-family lots
- median lot range4,910to 20,940 sq ft
- in a liquefaction zone9,52652% of homes counted
side by side
Every Redwood City neighborhood, side by side
One row per neighborhood guide. Select a column heading to sort; each name opens its guide.
| Edgewood Park | 555lots | 8,9300.21 acre | 2under 1% | 0 | 51192% | 0 | 0 |
| Emerald Hills | 1,625lots | 11,6900.27 acre | 9under 1% | 1,56196% | 1197% | 54333% | 0 |
| Farm Hill & Canyon | 2,470lots | 7,9300.18 acre | 0 | 823% | 1345% | 38215% | 0 |
| Friendly Acres | 657lots | 6,2000.14 acre | 12519% | 0 | 657100% | 0 | 0 |
| Greater Downtown | 649lots | 4,9900.11 acre | 11217% | 0 | 649100% | 0 | 0 |
| Horgan Ranch & Redwood Oaks | 2,137lots | 5,9500.14 acre | 0 | 0 | 81338% | 0 | 0 |
| Mount Carmel & Eagle Hill | 1,851lots | 6,5600.15 acre | 0 | 0 | 1,15162% | 0 | 0 |
| North Fair Oaks | 2,133lots | 5,4900.13 acre | 0 | 0 | 1,23858% | 0 | 0 |
| Palm Park & Central | 1,075lots | 5,5900.13 acre | 0 | 0 | 1,075100% | 0 | 0 |
| Palomar Park | 290lots | 20,9400.48 acre | 83% | 24484% | 3211% | 14149% | 0 |
| Redwood Shores | 2,296lots | 4,9100.11 acre | 1396% | 0 | 2,18795% | 0 | 0 |
| Roosevelt | 1,046lots | 6,1200.14 acre | 0 | 0 | 58556% | 0 | 0 |
| Woodside Plaza | 1,453lots | 6,5500.15 acre | 0 | 0 | 37526% | 0 | 0 |
Homes = single-family houses where the records identify them, otherwise lots zoned or coded single-family (marked “lots”). Percentages are shares of the homes counted in that neighborhood. The records here don’t publish year built or house size widely enough to show.
what stands out
What stands out
- Lot sizesMedian lots run from 4,910 sq ft in Redwood Shores to 20,940 sq ft (0.48 acre) in Palomar Park.
- Flood zones (FEMA)6 of the 13 neighborhoods have homes in a FEMA high-risk flood zone; the highest share is in Friendly Acres (125 of 657, 19%), followed by Greater Downtown (17%).
- Fire zones (CAL FIRE)3 of the 13 neighborhoods have homes with part of the lot in a fire hazard severity zone; the highest share is in Emerald Hills (1,561 of 1,625, 96%), followed by Palomar Park (84%). None is in a Very High zone.
- Liquefaction zonesAll 13 neighborhoods have homes in a liquefaction zone; the highest share is in Palm Park & Central (1,075 of 1,075, 100%), followed by Friendly Acres (100%).
- Landslide zones3 of the 13 neighborhoods have homes in an earthquake-induced landslide zone; the highest share is in Palomar Park (141 of 290, 49%), followed by Emerald Hills (33%).
- Fault zones (Alquist-Priolo)No counted home is in an Alquist-Priolo fault zone.
prices
What homes are selling for
Prices move every week, so they live on pages that read the MLS each time they load.
- Neighborhood RankingEach Redwood City neighborhood ranked by median price per square foot from the last 180 days of sales.
- Price per Sq Ft MapEvery recent Redwood City sale plotted where it happened, shaded by price per square foot.
the method
How we counted
- Neighborhoods
- Our Redwood City neighborhood guides, using the outline drawn for each guide (approximate; neighboring outlines can overlap). Guides with fewer than 20 counted homes are left out.
- Homes
- Single-family houses where the records identify them, otherwise lots zoned or coded single-family. Condos and townhomes are not counted. These are the same homes as on our Flood & Fire, Lot Size and Earthquake Zones pages.
- Lot size
- The median parcel lot area: the parcel record’s lot area where the source publishes one, otherwise the area of the mapped parcel outline. Approximate; confirm a parcel’s size with the county assessor or a title report.
- Flood
- FEMA high-risk flood zones (A, AE, AH or AO) at each parcel’s center, on FEMA’s flood maps as of October 2026.
- Fire
- Any part of the lot inside a CAL FIRE fire hazard severity zone (Moderate, High or Very High), counted once in its highest zone, on CAL FIRE’s current maps as of October 2026.
- Earthquake zones
- The California Geological Survey’s liquefaction, earthquake-induced landslide and Alquist-Priolo fault zones as published in October 2026, judged at each parcel’s center.
- Source for Redwood City
- San Mateo County parcel layer (use codes as of June 2020).
questions
Questions we hear
Which Redwood City neighborhood has the biggest lots?
Among our 13 Redwood City neighborhood guides, Palomar Park has the largest median lot, about 20,940 square feet (0.48 acre), and Redwood Shores the smallest, about 4,910 square feet. Lot sizes come from public parcel records as of October 2026.
Do any Redwood City neighborhoods have homes in a flood zone?
6 of the 13 neighborhoods have homes in a FEMA high-risk flood zone; the highest share is in Friendly Acres (125 of 657, 19%), followed by Greater Downtown (17%). That’s judged at each parcel’s center on FEMA’s maps as of October 2026.
Are any Redwood City homes in an earthquake fault zone?
None of the 18,237 homes counted in our Redwood City guides is in an Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zone. Strong shaking can still reach any home in the region.
Where can I see home prices by neighborhood?
Our Neighborhood Ranking page ranks each Redwood City guide by median price per square foot from the last 180 days of sales, live from the MLS, and the Price per Sq Ft Map plots each sale where it happened.
more to learn
Keep going
- Redwood City homes and neighborhoodsHomes for sale and the full list of our Redwood City neighborhood guides.
- Lot Size by NeighborhoodThe same lot sizes next to every other city’s neighborhoods.
- Flood & Fire ZonesFlood and fire zone counts with zone-by-zone detail.
- Earthquake ZonesLiquefaction, landslide and fault zone counts for 415 neighborhoods.
- Outside Mapped Hazard ZonesThe neighborhoods where no counted home sits in a flood, fire or earthquake zone.
- Earthquake Retrofit GrantsState grants to brace and bolt an older house on a raised foundation.
- Neighborhood RankingEach Redwood City neighborhood ranked by price per square foot, live from the MLS.
- Property Nerds Data LibraryThe datasets behind these numbers (PN-DS-27 to PN-DS-29) as CSV downloads.
Counts from public parcel records and FEMA, CAL FIRE and California Geological Survey maps as published in October 2026 (San Mateo County use codes as of June 2020). Neighborhood outlines are our own and approximate. Not a substitute for a property-specific report or the disclosures in a sale.
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