The median home value in Atherton, CA is $8,442,956 as of 2026-06-30, up 12.3% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$8,442,956
Year-over-Year
+12.3%
Population
6,711
Atherton ranks #1 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 1003.2% above the state's city median of $765,350. It sits in San Mateo County, where the county-wide median is $1,595,764.
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).
The median home value in Atherton is $8,442,956. That's up 12.3% from a year earlier. That is about 1003.2% above the typical county in California.
Homes in Atherton are more expensive than San Mateo County as a whole, where the median is $1,595,764 — a difference of about 429.1%.
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.