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The Most Expensive Streets in East Palo Alto: Five Years of House Sales, Street by Street
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Neighborhood averages hide a lot: two streets a few blocks apart can sell hundreds of thousands of dollars apart. To see where house prices are highest in East Palo Alto, street by street, we took the 419 single-family houses that sold through the MLS from October 1, 2021 to October 21, 2026, removed duplicate listings of the same sale, and grouped them by street. 26 streets had at least 6 house sales in those five years, enough for a median. Across East Palo Alto, the median house sold for $1.05M, or $815 per square foot.
The short answer
- Highest median sale price: Baines St ($1.59M, 7 sales), Mouton Cir ($1.56M, 6 sales) and Oakes St ($1.5M, 10 sales).
- Highest price per square foot: Larkspur Dr ($1,044, 6 sales) and Laurel Ave ($1,005, 9 sales).
- Most house sales: Fordham St, with 15 in five years.
- Lowest median among the ranked streets: Runnymede St ($888K) and Wisteria Dr ($910K).
Next steps in East Palo Alto
- What’s my East Palo Alto home worth? Request an estimate, and ask us for the recent sales on your street.
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- Book a strategy call with a Property Nerd.
The 15 highest-priced streets
Ranked by median sale price. Typical lot is the median lot size in the sold houses’ listings.
| street | neighborhood | sales | median price | $ / sq ft | typical lot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Baines St | Four Corners, Weeks & Runnymede | 7 | $1.59M | $711 | 3,190 sq ft |
| 2. Mouton Cir | Four Corners, Weeks & Runnymede | 6 | $1.56M | $660 | 3,060 sq ft |
| 3. Oakes St | Four Corners, Weeks & Runnymede | 10 | $1.5M | $780 | 3,020 sq ft |
| 4. Clarke Ave | Four Corners, Weeks & Runnymede | 9 | $1.25M | $684 | 5,110 sq ft |
| 5. Laurel Ave | Kavanaugh & Newbridge | 9 | $1.2M | $1,005 | 6,440 sq ft |
| 6. Cooley Ave | Four Corners, Weeks & Runnymede | 6 | $1.1M | $728 | 5,280 sq ft |
| 7. Weeks St | Four Corners, Weeks & Runnymede | 6 | $1.09M | $808 | 7,730 sq ft |
| 8. Poplar Ave | Palo Alto Park | 6 | $1.09M | $837 | 5,600 sq ft |
| 9. Pulgas Ave | The Gardens | 8 | $1.06M | $907 | 5,050 sq ft |
| 10. Larkspur Dr | The Gardens | 6 | $1.05M | $1,044 | 5,100 sq ft |
| 11. Oakwood Dr | Palo Alto Park | 7 | $1.03M | $777 | 5,600 sq ft |
| 12. Garden St | several neighborhoods | 9 | $1.02M | $764 | 7,570 sq ft |
| 13. Gonzaga St | University Village & Ravenswood | 8 | $1.02M | $881 | 5,000 sq ft |
| 14. Lincoln St | Palo Alto Park | 6 | $1.02M | $695 | 4,950 sq ft |
| 15. Menalto Ave | Kavanaugh & Newbridge | 9 | $1.02M | $873 | 6,500 sq ft |
Highest price per square foot
Price per square foot evens out house size, so smaller houses on sought-after streets rise here.
| street | neighborhood | sales | $ / sq ft | typical size | median price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Larkspur Dr | The Gardens | 6 | $1,044 | 1,020 sq ft | $1.05M |
| 2. Laurel Ave | Kavanaugh & Newbridge | 9 | $1,005 | 1,140 sq ft | $1.2M |
| 3. Illinois St | University Village & Ravenswood | 6 | $931 | 990 sq ft | $950K |
| 4. Pulgas Ave | The Gardens | 8 | $907 | 1,185 sq ft | $1.06M |
| 5. Westminster Ave | Kavanaugh & Newbridge | 6 | $901 | 1,040 sq ft | $952K |
| 6. Ralmar Ave | Palo Alto Park | 14 | $888 | 1,070 sq ft | $978K |
| 7. Gonzaga St | University Village & Ravenswood | 8 | $881 | 1,045 sq ft | $1.02M |
| 8. Menalto Ave | Kavanaugh & Newbridge | 9 | $873 | 1,120 sq ft | $1.02M |
| 9. Kavanaugh Dr | Kavanaugh & Newbridge | 8 | $852 | 1,150 sq ft | $1.01M |
| 10. Poplar Ave | Palo Alto Park | 6 | $837 | 1,269 sq ft | $1.09M |
The busiest streets
The streets with the most house sales in five years. Long streets that run through several neighborhoods naturally rise here.
| street | neighborhood | sales | median price | $ / sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Fordham St | University Village & Ravenswood | 15 | $995K | $832 |
| 2. Ralmar Ave | Palo Alto Park | 14 | $978K | $888 |
| 3. Wisteria Dr | The Gardens | 13 | $910K | $730 |
| 4. Camellia Dr | The Gardens | 12 | $947K | $835 |
| 5. Dumbarton Ave | Palo Alto Park | 11 | $975K | $779 |
| 6. Oakes St | Four Corners, Weeks & Runnymede | 10 | $1.5M | $780 |
| 7. Clarke Ave | Four Corners, Weeks & Runnymede | 9 | $1.25M | $684 |
| 8. Laurel Ave | Kavanaugh & Newbridge | 9 | $1.2M | $1,005 |
| 9. Garden St | several neighborhoods | 9 | $1.02M | $764 |
| 10. Menalto Ave | Kavanaugh & Newbridge | 9 | $1.02M | $873 |
Where houses sold for less
The ranked streets with the lowest median sale prices. Lower medians often mean smaller houses or lots, so check the price per square foot too.
| street | neighborhood | sales | median price | $ / sq ft | typical size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Runnymede St | several neighborhoods | 6 | $888K | $816 | 1,130 sq ft |
| 2. Wisteria Dr | The Gardens | 13 | $910K | $730 | 1,225 sq ft |
| 3. Camellia Dr | The Gardens | 12 | $947K | $835 | 1,110 sq ft |
| 4. Illinois St | University Village & Ravenswood | 6 | $950K | $931 | 990 sq ft |
| 5. Westminster Ave | Kavanaugh & Newbridge | 6 | $952K | $901 | 1,040 sq ft |
| 6. Cypress St | The Gardens | 7 | $960K | $835 | 970 sq ft |
| 7. Azalia Dr | The Gardens | 8 | $973K | $795 | 1,345 sq ft |
| 8. Dumbarton Ave | Palo Alto Park | 11 | $975K | $779 | 1,380 sq ft |
| 9. Ralmar Ave | Palo Alto Park | 14 | $978K | $888 | 1,070 sq ft |
| 10. Fordham St | University Village & Ravenswood | 15 | $995K | $832 | 1,030 sq ft |
How we counted
- Sales: single-family houses that closed through the MLS from October 1, 2021 to October 21, 2026. Condos, townhomes, mobile homes and land are left out. Sales that never reached the MLS aren’t included.
- Duplicates: the same sale reported by two MLS feeds is counted once.
- Streets: names are standardized (Avenue and Ave are the same street). A street needs at least 6 house sales to be ranked, so short cul-de-sacs with only a few sales don’t appear.
- Neighborhoods: each street is placed in one of our neighborhood guides by the center of its sales; streets whose sales spread over more than about 1.2 km are marked as crossing several neighborhoods, and a dash means the street sits outside our guide outlines.
- Medians, not averages, so one unusual sale moves a street less. Small samples still swing, and a street’s median reflects which houses happened to sell.
- Lot size and square footage come from the listings, which can differ from county records. Price per square foot leaves out the few listings whose size is far out of line with the city (under 30% or over three times the city’s median price per square foot), which are usually typos.
Keep going: the neighborhood ranking by price per square foot compares whole neighborhoods, the price per square foot map plots every recent sale, and the East Palo Alto city guide links every neighborhood guide. For one specific house, ask us for the comparable sales on its own street.
Selling? Start with selling a home in East Palo Alto: how we’d price, prepare and launch your sale, and the homes we’ve listed and sold near East Palo Alto.
The East Palo Alto data series: housing market by the numbers · neighborhoods ranked by price per sq ft · where homes sell over asking · ten years of prices by neighborhood · condos and townhomes · house prices by bedrooms · houses under $1M · houses at $1.4M and up · the best month to sell · lots by neighborhood
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