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Neighborhoods compared, city by city
One page per city puts every one of our neighborhood guides there side by side: single-family homes, median lot, and homes in FEMA flood, CAL FIRE fire and state earthquake zones. Start with a city below.
- cities31one page each
- neighborhoods415Boyenga Team guides
- homes counted426,841single-family homes
- in a liquefaction zone123,423the most common of the five zones here
city by city
Pick a city
City totals across our guide outlines. Select a column heading to sort; each city name opens its page with every neighborhood side by side.
| Atherton | 6 | 2,502 | 22,100–46,600sq ft | 0 | 2under 1% | 1145% | 3under 1% | 0 |
| Belmont | 9 | 6,634 | 2,590–9,080sq ft | 991% | 1,59724% | 1,02015% | 1,42221% | 0 |
| Burlingame | 8 | 6,312 | 4,960–11,540sq ft | 2524% | 88614% | 1,68827% | 2334% | 0 |
| Campbell | 10 | 6,480 | 6,320–9,010sq ft | 38under 1% | 0 | 4247% | 0 | 0 |
| Cupertino | 10 | 6,819 | 5,800–10,660sq ft | 36under 1% | 98614% | 1893% | 741% | 0 |
| Daly City | 9 | 19,175 | 2,500–5,590sq ft | 0 | 2,51713% | 1,3517% | 2,06711% | 4432% |
| East Palo Alto | 6 | 3,905 | 5,270–5,800sq ft | 1,59841% | 0 | 3,898100% | 0 | 0 |
| Foster City | 6 | 4,532 | 5,710–6,150sq ft | 1263% | 0 | 4,34796% | 0 | 0 |
| Gilroy | 7 | 12,431 | 6,100–7,380sq ft | 110under 1% | 2,92424% | — | — | 0 |
| Hillsborough | 6 | 3,866 | 22,840–25,740sq ft | 1under 1% | 1,01326% | 2787% | 73019% | 0 |
| Los Altos | 11 | 9,028 | 9,580–17,420sq ft | 33under 1% | 69under 1% | 1351% | 47under 1% | 0 |
| Los Altos Hills | 8 | 2,990 | 44,870–54,450sq ft | 411% | 1,58853% | 1355% | 44815% | 0 |
| Los Gatos | 10 | 6,421 | 5,500–21,740sq ft | 19under 1% | 1,78028% | 3145% | 5138% | 0 |
| Menlo Park | 11 | 7,600 | 5,740–19,920sq ft | 1,02113% | 0 | 2,98939% | 3under 1% | 0 |
| Millbrae | 5 | 5,370 | 4,990–9,070sq ft | 1823% | 2,37944% | 56411% | 4679% | 0 |
| Milpitas | 9 | 11,216 | 4,960–6,240sq ft | 2,07719% | 7467% | 6,64359% | 1221% | 8858% |
| Monte Sereno | 4 | 1,118 | 11,350–43,260sq ft | 1under 1% | 15514% | 7under 1% | 10810% | 0 |
| Mountain View | 10 | 6,401 | 5,400–8,240sq ft | 28under 1% | 0 | 1,40022% | 1under 1% | 0 |
| Palo Alto | 22 | 13,269 | 5,630–8,000sq ft | 4,11531% | 0 | 9,37771% | 0 | 0 |
| Portola Valley | 8 | 2,273 | 12,290–112,170sq ft | 20under 1% | 2,12994% | 21710% | 45220% | 34215% |
| Redwood City | 13 | 18,237 | 4,910–20,940sq ft | 3952% | 1,88710% | 9,52652% | 1,0666% | 0 |
| San Bruno | 6 | 9,054 | 5,000–5,850sq ft | 2733% | 3,07134% | 1,56917% | 1,10212% | 8249% |
| San Carlos | 8 | 8,407 | 5,020–9,540sq ft | 1231% | 95611% | 3,25739% | 1,49618% | 0 |
| San Francisco | 28 | 77,142 | 1,570–5,700sq ft | — | 0 | 1,7942% | 1,4172% | 0 |
| San Jose | 108 | 104,381 | 4,980–34,820sq ft | 3,8084% | 2,9243% | 45,57744% | 1,4741% | 540under 1% |
| San Mateo | 14 | 19,096 | 4,720–10,340sq ft | 1991% | 1,4478% | 9,07047% | 7914% | 0 |
| Santa Clara | 10 | 11,445 | 5,960–8,380sq ft | 3073% | 0 | 10,47992% | 0 | 0 |
| Saratoga | 12 | 9,626 | 10,000–43,560sq ft | 43under 1% | 1,41815% | 5466% | 5476% | 0 |
| South San Francisco | 8 | 10,096 | 4,570–5,190sq ft | 60under 1% | 7147% | 1,26913% | 1,14811% | 1071% |
| Sunnyvale | 25 | 18,883 | 5,000–8,560sq ft | 5403% | 0 | 5,05827% | 6under 1% | 0 |
| Woodside | 8 | 2,132 | 16,160–230,380sq ft | 3under 1% | 1,35864% | 1889% | 46622% | 1517% |
Counts cover the homes inside our guide outlines, not whole cities. Homes = single-family houses where the records identify them, otherwise lots zoned or coded single-family. — = not shown: San Francisco’s flood column (FEMA maps no house there in a high-risk zone) and Gilroy’s liquefaction and landslide columns (not evaluated by the state).
the method
How we counted
- Neighborhoods
- The outlines drawn for our neighborhood guides (approximate; neighboring outlines can overlap). Guides with fewer than 20 counted homes are left out.
- Homes
- Single-family houses from city or county assessor records where available, otherwise lots zoned or coded single-family. Condos and townhomes are not counted.
- Zones
- FEMA high-risk flood zones at each parcel’s center; any part of the lot in a CAL FIRE fire hazard severity zone; California Geological Survey liquefaction, landslide and Alquist-Priolo fault zones at each parcel’s center. All as published in October 2026.
- Cities
- The 31 cities with neighborhood guides and public parcel records that identify single-family homes: Atherton, Belmont, Burlingame, Campbell, Cupertino, Daly City, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Gilroy, Hillsborough, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Menlo Park, Millbrae, Milpitas, Monte Sereno, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Portola Valley, Redwood City, San Bruno, San Carlos, San Francisco, San Jose, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Saratoga, South San Francisco, Sunnyvale and Woodside.
- Not included
- Morgan Hill (no public parcel layer that identifies single-family homes) and areas outside our guide outlines.
questions
Questions we hear
What does each city page show?
Every one of our neighborhood guides in that city in one sortable table: how many single-family homes it has, the median lot, year built and house size where the records publish them, and how many homes sit in FEMA flood, CAL FIRE fire and state earthquake zones, plus what stands out and links to each guide.
Where do the numbers come from?
Public parcel records from each city or county, matched to FEMA’s flood maps, CAL FIRE’s fire hazard severity zone maps and the California Geological Survey’s earthquake zone maps, all as published in October 2026. The same counts are datasets PN-DS-27 to PN-DS-29 in our Data Library.
Why are prices not in the tables?
Prices change every week, so they live on pages that read the MLS each time they load: our Neighborhood Ranking and Price per Sq Ft Map. Each city page links to both, filtered to that city.
more to learn
Keep going
- Lot Size by NeighborhoodMedian lot size for all 415 neighborhoods on one page.
- Flood & Fire ZonesFlood and fire zone counts for all 415 neighborhoods.
- Earthquake ZonesLiquefaction, landslide and fault zone counts for all 415 neighborhoods.
- Outside Mapped Hazard ZonesThe 49 neighborhoods where no counted home sits in a flood, fire or earthquake zone.
- One-Story HomesThe share of one-story houses in 118 neighborhoods where the records list stories.
- Year Built by NeighborhoodHow old the homes are in 159 neighborhoods, oldest first.
- Earthquake Retrofit GrantsState grants to brace and bolt an older house on a raised foundation.
- Neighborhood RankingEvery neighborhood ranked by price per square foot, live from the MLS.
- Property Nerds Data LibraryThe datasets behind these pages 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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