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Median Home Price in Menlo Park, CA

The median home value in Menlo Park, CA is $2,890,071 as of 2026-07-31, up 7.62% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$2,890,071

Year-over-Year

+7.62%

Population

31,052

Menlo Park ranks #14 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 277.5% above the state's city median of $765,555. It sits in San Mateo County, where the county-wide median is $1,596,366.

Housing affordability in Menlo Park

Median household income in Menlo Park is $210,025, so the typical home value is about 13.8× 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).

Crime in Menlo Park

Menlo Park police recorded a violent crime rate of 229 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,781 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Menlo Park

What is the average home price in Menlo Park, CA?

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 Menlo Park, that value is $2,890,071. That's up 7.62% from a year earlier. It is about 277.5% above the typical California city tracked here.

Is Menlo Park expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Menlo Park are more expensive than San Mateo County as a whole, where the median is $1,596,366 — a difference of about 81.0%.

Is Menlo Park affordable?

Median household income here is $210,025, so the typical home value is about 13.8× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Menlo Park a safe place to live?

Menlo Park police reported 229 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 31,052. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.