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San Jose Home Types by the Numbers: Styles, Features and What They Sell For (2026)

by Eric & Janelle Boyenga

What kinds of houses sell in San Jose, and what does each one cost? We read the listing descriptions of all 7,675 San Jose houses sold in the two years to October 27, 2026 (median $1.66M) and sorted them by style and feature, from modern or contemporary to pools and ADUs, then compared each group’s price per square foot with the typical San Jose house.

The short answer

Houses: 7,675 sales, median $1.66M; 62% sold over asking. Condos and townhouses: 3,146 sales, median $809K.
Style named most often: modern or contemporary (282 sales).
Biggest premium (15+ sales): Eichler, +24% per sq ft vs. the typical San Jose house. Biggest discount: Victorian or Edwardian, −16%.
How common: 15% single-story, 11% pool, 8% ADU and 27% air conditioning.

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By style

Styles named in at least 5 listings, most sales first. “vs. the city” compares price per square foot with the median for all San Jose houses (shown where there are at least 10 sales). Each style links to its Silicon Valley-wide post.

Style	Sales	Share	Median price	$/sq ft vs. the city
Modern or contemporary	282	4%	$1.88M	+7%
Modern farmhouse or new construction	243	3%	$2.12M	+9%
Ranch	198	3%	$1.8M	+14%
Craftsman or bungalow	178	2%	$1.39M	+6%
Mid-century modern	112	1%	$1.88M	+13%
Spanish or Mediterranean	74	1%	$2.18M	−9%
Tudor, storybook or traditional	58	1%	$1.75M	+3%
Victorian or Edwardian	41	1%	$1.25M	−16%
Eichler	34	under 1%	$2.05M	+24%

By feature

Features mentioned in at least 5 listings, most sales first.

Feature	Sales	Share	Median price	$/sq ft vs. the city
Air conditioning	2,044	27%	$1.7M	+4%
Remodeled	1,133	15%	$1.7M	+7%
Single-story	1,116	15%	$1.71M	+9%
Home office	1,032	13%	$1.78M	−3%
Solar	1,015	13%	$1.88M	+2%
Pool	848	11%	$1.98M	about even
Main-floor bedroom (two-story houses)	674	9%	$2.2M	−7%
EV charging	595	8%	$1.99M	+5%
ADU, in-law unit or guest house	591	8%	$1.6M	+1%
Cul-de-sac	546	7%	$1.76M	−3%
Corner lot	417	5%	$1.65M	−2%
View	414	5%	$1.9M	−7%
Three-car garage or bigger	343	4%	$2.42M	−7%
RV or boat parking	277	4%	$1.66M	−1%
Basement	149	2%	$1.6M	+6%
Gated entry	127	2%	$1.9M	about even
Wine cellar or wine room	87	1%	$2.5M	about even
Creekside	28	under 1%	$1.56M	−2%
Elevator	8	under 1%	$2.38M	—
Waterfront or water views	6	under 1%	$2.02M	—

By neighborhood

Our San Jose neighborhood guides with at least 15 house sales, placed by map position; the share of each one’s sales whose listing mentions each feature. See the neighborhoods with the most single-story homes, pools and ADUs across Silicon Valley.

Neighborhood	House sales	Median price	Single-story	Pool	ADU	A/C
Santa Teresa Foothills	202	$1.63M	19%	21%	2%	32%
Union Ave & Lone Hill	188	$2.21M	25%	9%	6%	30%
Valley View-Reed	178	$1.72M	15%	13%	5%	29%
Doerr-Steindorf & Bagby	171	$2M	18%	20%	4%	35%
Norwood & Lake Cunningham	162	$1.66M	15%	14%	4%	28%
Kooser & Dartmouth	144	$1.75M	22%	11%	1%	32%
Palmia & Oak Ridge	141	$1.52M	21%	18%	4%	28%
East Foothills	137	$1.6M	14%	16%	12%	21%
River Glen & The Willows	133	$2.1M	15%	8%	15%	37%
Santa Teresa & Bernal	129	$1.49M	21%	13%	2%	33%
Piedmont Hills & Sierramont	123	$1.84M	18%	13%	7%	24%
North Willow Glen & Gardner	122	$1.8M	14%	5%	19%	30%
Alum Rock	119	$1.05M	9%	5%	18%	17%
Willow Glen South & Lincoln Glen	119	$2M	26%	9%	8%	30%
Almaden Foothills & New Almaden	116	$2.28M	9%	18%	5%	24%
Cambrian Park	115	$2.28M	14%	11%	16%	24%
Blossom Valley	111	$1.38M	14%	6%	4%	30%
Edenvale & Great Oaks	110	$1.12M	8%	6%	4%	23%
Branham-Kirk	106	$1.92M	19%	8%	4%	32%
Almaden Country Club	102	$2.63M	20%	30%	6%	24%
Carson & Vista Park	102	$1.58M	18%	16%	6%	32%
Downtown Willow Glen	98	$1.92M	4%	8%	7%	26%
Evergreen Village & Chaboya	98	$2.4M	9%	13%	5%	20%
Cadwallader & Dove Hill	96	$1.55M	15%	14%	11%	18%
Fairglen	96	$2.15M	17%	15%	2%	29%
Thousand Oaks & Erikson	96	$1.56M	13%	16%	1%	28%
Cory & Bascom Gardens	95	$1.57M	6%	15%	8%	28%
Mount Pleasant	93	$1.12M	16%	8%	5%	20%
Silver Creek Valley	93	$3.42M	13%	24%	3%	11%
Cataldi Park & Cherrywood	90	$1.75M	22%	9%	2%	26%
Graystone	90	$2.41M	21%	24%	9%	36%
Cahalan & Chesbro	88	$1.5M	24%	14%	1%	26%
Thompson Creek & Quimby	86	$1.47M	10%	2%	6%	20%
Los Paseos & Coyote Valley	84	$1.45M	17%	19%	8%	37%
North Cambrian	84	$2.17M	13%	18%	11%	38%
Dry Creek & Cherry Ave	80	$2.61M	21%	21%	18%	26%
Penitencia Creek & Toyon	80	$1.5M	18%	3%	9%	24%
Calabazas	77	$3.15M	18%	5%	6%	31%
Lyndale & Sundown	77	$1.02M	4%	4%	13%	25%
Hillview & Capitol Park	76	$999K	8%	1%	16%	16%
Rose Garden	75	$2.2M	3%	13%	13%	24%
Westgate & Bucknall	74	$2.22M	18%	8%	7%	24%
Oak Grove & Hayes	73	$1.34M	12%	8%	3%	26%
Stonegate & Windmill Springs	73	$1.25M	22%	8%	8%	29%
Luna Park & Northside	72	$1.18M	7%	3%	26%	31%
McKee & Capitol	72	$1.13M	11%	1%	11%	26%
San Tomas Park & Westmont	72	$2.2M	21%	15%	4%	39%
Brooktree & Flickinger	67	$1.49M	16%	7%	7%	22%
Lynhaven & Eden	67	$2.05M	21%	12%	12%	33%
Basking Ridge & Shady Oaks	64	$1.52M	13%	13%	3%	28%
Roosevelt Park & Olinder	63	$1.06M	13%	2%	14%	32%
Berryessa BART & Lundy	62	$1.7M	5%	6%	2%	32%
Mayfair	62	$966K	2%	0%	8%	13%
Evergreen Estates & Meadowlands	61	$2.17M	18%	20%	3%	28%
Naglee Park & University	61	$1.43M	2%	3%	21%	21%
Country Lane	60	$2.66M	30%	12%	3%	25%
North Berryessa	60	$1.57M	10%	10%	7%	20%
Vinci Park & North Valley	59	$1.7M	5%	5%	8%	24%
Burbank	56	$1.25M	7%	2%	21%	34%
Seven Trees & Hellyer	56	$1.09M	9%	4%	4%	21%
Fruitdale & Valley Medical	55	$1.79M	16%	5%	15%	29%
Martial Cottle & Parkview	55	$1.48M	11%	13%	4%	38%
Tropicana & Lanai	52	$949K	6%	0%	13%	25%
Silver Leaf & Village Oaks	51	$1.31M	4%	16%	4%	43%
Almaden Lake & Sunrise Almaden	48	$1.8M	15%	17%	0%	27%
Meadowfair & West Evergreen	48	$1.14M	17%	2%	10%	15%
Senter-Monterey & the Fairgrounds	48	$991K	10%	6%	10%	8%
Horace Mann & Julian-St. James	44	$1.07M	2%	0%	25%	23%
Strawberry Park	44	$2.42M	18%	9%	0%	18%
Washington-Guadalupe & Tamien	43	$925K	9%	2%	19%	28%
Almaden Meadows	42	$2.22M	21%	45%	5%	21%
Canoas Garden & Willow Creek	42	$1.55M	2%	10%	5%	26%
Communications Hill	42	$1.41M	0%	0%	5%	33%
Crossgates	39	$2.17M	21%	36%	0%	15%
Guadalupe Oak Grove	38	$2.11M	29%	24%	0%	32%
Lynbrook	37	$3.1M	22%	11%	3%	32%
Overfelt Gardens & Las Plumas	36	$1.13M	22%	3%	11%	8%
Spartan Keyes & Martha Gardens	36	$831K	6%	3%	11%	14%
Hamann Park	34	$1.94M	21%	9%	9%	24%
Plata Arroyo & Alum Rock Ave	34	$1.01M	6%	3%	18%	18%
Rainbow	33	$3.23M	18%	6%	6%	21%
Willow Glen West	32	$2.7M	16%	6%	9%	25%
Moreland West & Hathaway Park	31	$2.1M	26%	6%	3%	26%
Santana Row & Valley Fair	31	$1.82M	6%	3%	0%	35%
Stokes & Greylands	31	$2.2M	23%	16%	13%	23%
Lucretia & Tully Road	30	$1.04M	10%	0%	3%	20%
Payne & San Tomas	30	$2.14M	27%	10%	10%	30%
Japantown & Hensley	27	$1.25M	7%	4%	4%	19%
Sherman Oaks & Del Mar	27	$1.56M	4%	15%	4%	33%
Berry Park & The Woods	26	$1.62M	12%	8%	4%	12%
Vendome & Hyde Park	25	$1.25M	12%	12%	16%	32%
Diridon & Delmas Park	23	$1.18M	9%	0%	39%	30%
Hanchett & Hester Park	23	$1.8M	4%	9%	9%	35%
Kelley Park & Santee	23	$990K	4%	0%	0%	22%
Starbird	23	$1.82M	22%	17%	26%	22%
Palm Haven	22	$1.88M	0%	0%	23%	23%
Rosemary Gardens & Rincon South	22	$1.16M	18%	0%	5%	23%
College Park & The Alameda	20	$1.36M	5%	5%	15%	25%
Loma Linda	19	$2.15M	11%	0%	0%	26%
Brokaw & Orchard	17	$1.77M	0%	18%	0%	41%
Oakridge & Foxchase	17	$1.68M	12%	24%	0%	24%
Buena Vista	15	$1.18M	13%	0%	20%	20%
Cypress & Northlake	15	$1.92M	7%	0%	27%	7%
Montevideo	15	$2.15M	7%	53%	0%	33%

Condos and townhouses

3,146 condo and townhouse sales in the same two years.

Type	Sales	Median price
Condos	1,916	$678K
Townhouses	1,230	$1.05M

How often their listings mention:

Feature	Share of sales
In-unit laundry	28%
Attached or private garage	19%
Air conditioning	28%
End or corner unit	22%
New construction	3%
Pool (usually the community’s)	39%

See condo and townhome features ranked for what each one sells for across Silicon Valley.

Reading it right

It’s what listings say. A house counts for a style or feature when its description names it; many never do.
Associated with, not caused by. Houses with a feature differ in other ways too: size, age, lot and street.
Price per square foot favors smaller houses, so features that come with bigger houses (a main-floor bedroom, a three-car garage, a view) often show a discount; they’re left out of the short answer’s premium and discount.
Small groups swing. A style or feature with a few dozen sales can move a lot from year to year; we show the premium only with 10 or more sales.

How we counted

Closed sales of houses (MLS property type “single family home”) with a San Jose address between October 28, 2024 and October 27, 2026, reported to the MLS and read through the IDX feeds that power our home search, with repeat records from different feeds removed (normalized address plus sale date). Price per square foot uses sales with 400 sq ft or more. Condo and townhouse figures are from a separate pull of the same two years. Past sales aren’t a forecast or the value of any one home.

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Near here: home prices near Downtown San Jose, Downtown Willow Glen, Japantown, Santana Row, College Park Caltrain Station, San Jose Diridon Station, Tamien Caltrain Station, Capitol Caltrain Station, Blossom Hill Caltrain Station, Berryessa BART, Almaden Lake Park, Almaden Quicksilver, Guadalupe River Park, Hellyer Park, Kelley Park, Lake Cunningham, the Rose Garden, Santa Teresa Park, Cisco, Adobe and Zoom, eBay, San Jose State, Valley Medical Center, Evergreen Valley College, San Jose City College, Kaiser San Jose, Regional Medical Center, O’Connor Hospital and Good Samaritan Hospital.

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