property nerds · market mapfrom the mls31 cities + san franciscoby the boyenga team at compass
Silicon Valley, one tile per city
From San Francisco down the Peninsula to Gilroy, every city we cover as a tile, placed roughly where it sits. Pick a measure and the map recolors: price, price per square foot, space for $1 million, bidding wars or buyer discounts.
the map
Pick a measure, read the map
Each tile is a city, placed roughly by location, not drawn to scale. Darker tiles have higher values. Tap or hover a tile for its number; dashed tiles had fewer than 100 sales in the last 12 months.
measure
median price
Median sale price, last 12 months (October 2025 – September 2026).
Tiles are placed roughly by location, not to scale. Orange outline = highest value among cities with at least 100 sales in the last 12 months. Dashed = fewer than 100 sales in the last 12 months. White tile = San Francisco, shown alongside and not shaded.
as a list
Every city, highest first: median price
The same numbers as a list, highest first, for the measure you picked.
- 1Atherton *$11.30M
- 2Hillsborough$6.50M
- 3Los Altos Hills *$5.46M
- 4Los Altos$4.55M
- 5Monte Sereno *$4.47M
- 6Portola Valley *$4.25M
- 7Woodside *$4.06M
- 8Saratoga$4.00M
- 9Palo Alto$3.44M
- 10Cupertino$3.01M
- 11Menlo Park$2.90M
- 12Burlingame$2.85M
- 13San Carlos$2.50M
- 14Los Gatos$2.30M
- 15Belmont$2.25M
- 16Redwood City$2.10M
- 17Millbrae$2.04M
- 18Campbell$1.85M
- 19Mountain View$1.84M
- 20Sunnyvale$1.80M
- 21Santa Clara$1.68M
- 22San Mateo$1.68M
- 23Foster City$1.43M
- 24San Jose$1.40M
- 25Morgan Hill$1.32M
- 26Milpitas$1.30M
- 27San Bruno$1.26M
- 28South San Francisco$1.25M
- 29Daly City$1.18M
- 30Gilroy$1.10M
- 31East Palo Alto *$1.05M
* fewer than 100 sales in the last 12 months. San Francisco isn’t ranked. Full datasheets are on the City Scorecard.
the method
How the map is drawn
No new numbers here: the map recolors the City Scorecard’s figures so the geography shows.
- The tiles
- One square per city, arranged to follow the Peninsula and the South Bay so neighbors sit near each other. It’s a diagram, not a scale map: tile size doesn’t reflect a city’s area or number of homes.
- The colors
- Five shades of gray by quintile of the measure you pick, among the 31 cities. San Francisco is shown alongside and isn’t counted in the shading. The highest value among cities with at least 100 sales in the last 12 months is outlined in orange.
- The numbers
- Every value is the one on the City Scorecard, from closed MLS sales with repeat records removed. Each links to the page with the full method and data.
- Small towns
- Dashed tiles had fewer than 100 sales in the last 12 months; their figures swing more.
questions
Questions we hear
What does the map show?
One tile per city, colored by the measure you pick: median price, price per square foot, square feet per $1 million, the entry price, growth since 2012, the share of sales over or under asking, the median overbid or the share of sales under $1M.
Why tiles instead of a real map?
Cities differ hugely in size, so a real map makes small towns hard to see. Equal tiles give every city the same space, arranged roughly by location.
Where do the numbers come from?
From the City Scorecard, which summarizes our datasets built from closed MLS sales. The Data Library lists each one with its method and download.
Is this a ranking of places to live?
No. It shows how homes sold, not what a city is like to live in.
more to learn
Go deeper
- City ScorecardEvery city’s numbers on one spec sheet.
- Data LibraryEvery dataset, with methods and downloads.
- What $1 Million BuysSquare feet per $1M in every city, 2012 against now.
- City Match-UpTwo cities side by side.
Based on closed sales reported to the MLS through our IDX feeds, read in October 2026. Shown as reported and not guaranteed; repeat records are removed. Figures describe past sales, not any single home or a forecast.
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