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South San Francisco neighborhoods, side by side
Each of our 8 South San Francisco 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.
- neighborhoods8Boyenga Team guides
- homes counted10,096RL-8 lots (single-family zoning)
- median lot range4,570to 5,190 sq ft
- in a liquefaction zone1,26913% of homes counted
side by side
Every South San Francisco neighborhood, side by side
One row per neighborhood guide. Select a column heading to sort; each name opens its guide.
| Avalon, Brentwood & Southwood | 1,734RL-8 lots | 4,8200.11 acre | 0 | 0 | 17910% | 6under 1% | 0 |
| Orange Park & Mayfair Village | 528RL-8 lots | 4,6300.11 acre | 6011% | 0 | 40176% | 0 | 0 |
| Paradise Valley & Terrabay | 1,333RL-8 lots | 4,9500.11 acre | 0 | 52539% | 1038% | 23317% | 0 |
| Serra Highlands & Buri Buri | 2,118RL-8 lots | 5,1900.12 acre | 0 | 0 | 311% | 492% | 0 |
| Sign Hill & Parkway | 767RL-8 lots | 5,1900.12 acre | 0 | 2under 1% | 0 | 192% | 0 |
| Sunshine Gardens | 1,152RL-8 lots | 4,5700.10 acre | 0 | 18716% | 12211% | 5under 1% | 0 |
| Westborough & West Park | 1,246RL-8 lots | 5,1800.12 acre | 0 | 0 | 4under 1% | 77762% | 1079% |
| Winston Manor | 1,218RL-8 lots | 4,9000.11 acre | 0 | 0 | 42935% | 595% | 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 4,570 sq ft in Sunshine Gardens to 5,190 sq ft (0.12 acre) in Serra Highlands & Buri Buri.
- Flood zones (FEMA)Only Orange Park & Mayfair Village has homes in a FEMA high-risk flood zone: 60 of 528 (11%).
- Fire zones (CAL FIRE)3 of the 8 neighborhoods have homes with part of the lot in a fire hazard severity zone; the highest share is in Paradise Valley & Terrabay (525 of 1,333, 39%), followed by Sunshine Gardens (16%). None is in a Very High zone.
- Liquefaction zones7 of the 8 neighborhoods have homes in a liquefaction zone; the highest share is in Orange Park & Mayfair Village (401 of 528, 76%), followed by Winston Manor (35%).
- Landslide zones7 of the 8 neighborhoods have homes in an earthquake-induced landslide zone; the highest share is in Westborough & West Park (777 of 1,246, 62%), followed by Paradise Valley & Terrabay (17%).
- Fault zones (Alquist-Priolo)Only Westborough & West Park has homes in an Alquist-Priolo fault zone: 107 of 1,246 (9%).
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 South San Francisco neighborhood ranked by median price per square foot from the last 180 days of sales.
- Price per Sq Ft MapEvery recent South San Francisco sale plotted where it happened, shaded by price per square foot.
the method
How we counted
- Neighborhoods
- Our South San Francisco 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 South San Francisco
- City of South San Francisco parcel and zoning records.
questions
Questions we hear
Which South San Francisco neighborhood has the biggest lots?
Among our 8 South San Francisco neighborhood guides, Serra Highlands & Buri Buri has the largest median lot, about 5,190 square feet (0.12 acre), and Sunshine Gardens the smallest, about 4,570 square feet. Lot sizes come from public parcel records as of October 2026.
Do any South San Francisco neighborhoods have homes in a flood zone?
Only Orange Park & Mayfair Village has homes in a FEMA high-risk flood zone: 60 of 528 (11%). That’s judged at each parcel’s center on FEMA’s maps as of October 2026.
Are any South San Francisco homes in an earthquake fault zone?
107 of the 10,096 homes counted are in an Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zone, in Westborough & West Park. New buildings for people generally can’t be built across an active fault trace, and sellers must disclose when a home is in a zone.
Where can I see home prices by neighborhood?
Our Neighborhood Ranking page ranks each South San Francisco 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
- South San Francisco homes and neighborhoodsHomes for sale and the full list of our South San Francisco 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 South San Francisco 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. 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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