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The median home value in Atherton, CA is $8,557,851 as of 2026-07-31, up 14.12% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$8,557,851
Year-over-Year
+14.12%
Population
6,711
Atherton ranks #1 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 1017.9% above the state's city median of $765,555. It sits in San Mateo County, where the county-wide median is $1,596,366.
Median household income in Atherton is $250,000+, so the typical home value is no more than 34.2× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Atherton police recorded a violent crime rate of 104 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,282 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Atherton, that value is $8,557,851. That's up 14.12% from a year earlier. It is about 1017.9% above the typical California city tracked here.
Homes in Atherton are more expensive than San Mateo County as a whole, where the median is $1,596,366 — a difference of about 436.1%.
Median household income here is $250,000+, so the typical home value is no more than 34.2× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Atherton police reported 104 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 6,711. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.