menlo park · san mateo county
Menlo Park Real Estate & Neighborhood Guide
Menlo Park is a San Mateo County city of about 10 square miles that stretches from the foothills near Interstate 280 to the San Francisco Bay shoreline, with Stanford University just across San Francisquito Creek. Its neighborhoods range from early-1900s bungalows near downtown and Allied Arts to postwar ranch tracts, 1960s Sharon Heights and newer townhomes. The town grew up around a railroad station named in 1863, and that station is still in use today.
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610 14th AVE, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Single Family Home 2 Beds 2 Baths 1,152 SqFt
Listed by Osman A Dost of City Real Estate
21 Waverley CT 2, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Single Family Home, Other Rentals 1 Bed 1 Bath 4,451 SqFt
Listed by Betsy Parker of Coldwell Banker Realty
308 Yale RD, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Single Family Home 5 Beds 4.5 Baths 3,718 SqFt
Listed by Xin Jiang of Compass
1866 Valparaiso AVE, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Single Family Home 5 Beds 5.5 Baths 5,110 SqFt
Listed by Judy Citron of Compass1931 Oakdell DR, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Single Family Home 5 Beds 4.5 Baths 3,900 SqFt
Listed by Nadine Masarweh of Thomas James Real Estate Services, Inc,2171 Manzanita AVE, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Single Family Home 5 Beds 4.5 Baths 3,705 SqFt
Listed by Nadine Masarweh of Thomas James Real Estate Services, Inc,15 San Juan AVE, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Single Family Home 5 Beds 5 Baths 4,726 SqFt
Listed by Josh Rubin of Compass3841 Alameda De Las Pulgas, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Single Family Home 5 Beds 5.5 Baths 3,682 SqFt
Listed by Hossein Jalali of Coldwell Banker Realty1800 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94027
Commercial 9,187 SqFt
Listed by Steve Belluomini of Corcoran Icon Properties8 Nancy WAY, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Single Family Home 5 Beds 4.5 Baths 2,841 SqFt
Listed by Nadine Masarweh of Thomas James Real Estate Services, Inc,600 Wallea DR, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Single Family Home 3 Beds 3 Baths 2,180 SqFt
Listed by Lyn Cobb of Coldwell Banker Realty1101 May Brown AVE, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Single Family Home 5 Beds 3 Baths 2,715 SqFt
Listed by Stephanie Elkins of Coldwell Banker Realty2 Campo Bello LN, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Single Family Home 5 Beds 5 Baths 3,154 SqFt
Listed by Axis Elite Team of Aspire Homes2065 Oakley AVE, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Single Family Home 4 Beds 3.5 Baths 2,942 SqFt
Listed by Nadine Masarweh of Thomas James Real Estate Services, Inc,2160 Cedar AVE, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Single Family Home 5 Beds 4.5 Baths 2,800 SqFt
Listed by Kimm Terpening of Compass264 Leland AVE, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Single Family Home 4 Beds 3.5 Baths 2,720 SqFt
Listed by DeLeon Team of Deleon Realty660 Roble AVE, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Commercial 3 Beds 3 Baths 5,220 SqFt
Listed by Michael Henshaw of Marcus & Millichap563 Encina AVE, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Single Family Home 4 Beds 4.5 Baths 3,493 SqFt
Listed by Ashish Agrawal of eXp Realty of Northern California, Inc.811 Stanford AVE, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Single Family Home 3 Beds 2 Baths 1,620 SqFt
Listed by Judy Citron of Compass548 6th AVE, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Single Family Home 5 Beds 5 Baths 3,189 SqFt
Listed by Tracy Hsu of U16818 Financial Services
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Menlo Park
Menlo Park Real Estate & Homes for Sale
Living in Menlo Park
Menlo Park is a leafy Peninsula city of about 33,000 residents, bordering Palo Alto, Atherton, and Stanford University. Incorporated in 1927, it combines a compact downtown with quick access to both San Francisco and Silicon Valley, and is home to Meta's headquarters and many venture capital firms on Sand Hill Road.
Menlo Park Neighborhoods
Neighborhoods include Allied Arts, Central Menlo, West Menlo, Sharon Heights, Linfield Oaks, Suburban Park, and Belle Haven. Homes range from classic cottages and ranch homes to large estates and contemporary new construction, with many properties on generous, tree-shaded lots.
Schools
Menlo Park is served by several elementary districts, including the Menlo Park City School District, Las Lomitas Elementary School District, and Ravenswood City School District, depending on the address. High school students are generally served by the Sequoia Union High School District, which includes Menlo-Atherton High School. Confirm school boundaries for any specific home.
Downtown & Lifestyle
Santa Cruz Avenue is the heart of downtown Menlo Park, with restaurants, cafés, and shops, along with the Sunday farmers market. Nearby are Burgess Park, Flood Park, Bedwell Bayfront Park, and easy access to Stanford's campus and events.
Commute
Menlo Park has a Caltrain station downtown and is close to Highways 101 and 280, El Camino Real, and the Dumbarton Bridge to the East Bay.
Buying or Selling in Menlo Park
The Boyenga Team / Compass helps Menlo Park buyers and sellers navigate the Menlo Park market. Call Eric & Janelle Boyenga at (408) 373-1660 or (650) 383-8606, or send us a message below.
Listings
- 1/23 23
2 Beds 2 Baths 1,152 SqFt$1,648,000Open 11/1 2PM-4PM - 1/22 22
1 Bed 1 Bath 4,451 SqFt$3,200New21 Waverley CT 2, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Listed by Betsy Parker of Coldwell Banker Realty
Single Family Home, Other Rentals
- 1/13 13
5 Beds 4.5 Baths 3,718 SqFt$8,500,000Active
neighborhoods
Menlo Park neighborhoods
Menlo Park took its current shape after World War II; about half of its homes are detached single-family houses, with the rest townhomes, condominiums and apartments. Most of the older single-family streets, in Allied Arts, Felton Gables and the Willows, date from the 1930s and 1940s, with a few earlier houses mixed in, while Central Menlo Park, Linfield Oaks, Suburban Park and Sharon Heights are mostly late-1940s-to-1960s ranch-era tracts.
Downtown Menlo Park
The blocks between El Camino Real, Johnson Street and Arbor Road, from Valparaiso Avenue to Middle Avenue: mostly apartments and condominiums, with two small pockets of 1930s and 1940s houses, near the Santa Cruz Avenue shops and the 1867 Caltrain depot.
Allied Arts / Stanford Park
Bounded by Middle Avenue, San Francisquito Creek, Arbor Road and El Camino Real, on streets named for colleges, such as Yale Road and Cambridge Avenue. Mostly 1930s and 1940s cottages, with a few older houses and many rebuilds, around the Allied Arts Guild, home to artists' studios since 1929.
Central Menlo Park
About 1,800 houses on mostly 10,000-square-foot lots between Valparaiso Avenue and San Francisquito Creek, from downtown west to the West Menlo Park line: postwar ranch houses alongside newer rebuilds.
Linfield Oaks
West of Middlefield Road to Alma Street, between San Francisquito Creek and Ravenswood Avenue, mostly built in the mid-1950s with ranch homes and two-story apartments, plus newer enclaves such as Morgan Lane. The civic center, library and Burgess Park are inside the neighborhood.
The Willows
East Menlo Park between Middlefield Road, Willow Road and San Francisquito Creek, out to the East Palo Alto line near U.S. 101: mostly 1940s single-story homes, a few early-1900s houses and a short row of shops on Menalto Avenue.
Felton Gables
About 115 homes on curving streets off Encinal Avenue, between the Caltrain tracks and Atherton's Holbrook-Palmer Park, built mostly from 1936 to 1949 on the former Felton family estate.
Park Forest
About 80 townhouses built from 1964 to the late 1970s on Stone Pine Lane, Forest Lane and Buckthorn Way, between El Camino Real and the Caltrain tracks, with private parks and pools run by homeowners associations.
Suburban Park / Lorelei Manor / Flood Triangle
Three postwar tracts in the wedge between Bay Road and U.S. 101, from Marsh Road to Willow Road, around 21-acre Flood County Park: mostly single-story homes built from 1946 to 1956.
Belle Haven
The neighborhood east of U.S. 101, between Willow Road and the Dumbarton rail line, first subdivided in the 1930s and filled in mostly with one-story houses in the 1940s and 1950s, next to the Bayfront district and about a mile from Bedwell Bayfront Park.
Sharon Heights
The city's southwestern corner, from I-280 and Sand Hill Road to Altschul Avenue, subdivided in the 1950s and 1960s around the Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club (1962). Ranch houses and newer rebuilds plus several large multi-unit complexes; it is inside the city even though unincorporated West Menlo Park nearly separates it.
West Menlo Park (unincorporated)
An unincorporated San Mateo County area along Alameda de las Pulgas between Atherton, Sharon Heights and Sand Hill Road, with Menlo Park mailing addresses, county permits and a small business district around Avy Avenue.
Menlo Oaks (unincorporated)
An unincorporated pocket of about 300 homes surrounded by Menlo Park and Atherton, with narrow roads and no sidewalks, home to Peninsula School in the 1882 Italianate Coleman Mansion.
schools
Menlo Park public schools
Elementary and middle
- Menlo Park City School District. Much of central Menlo Park, plus parts of Atherton
- Las Lomitas Elementary School District. The Sharon Heights area
- Ravenswood City School District. Belle Haven, east of U.S. 101
- Redwood City School District. Portions of the city
High school
- Sequoia Union High School District. All of Menlo Park; school assigned by address
property nerd note
Four elementary districts overlap Menlo Park and none follows the city limit, so next-door neighbors can be in different districts. School lines don't follow city lines or ZIP codes, so confirm any address with the district before you buy. Start with our Silicon Valley schools guide.
zip codes
Menlo Park ZIP codes
Essentially all of the City of Menlo Park, from Sharon Heights to Belle Haven and the Bayfront, plus unincorporated areas with Menlo Park mailing addresses such as West Menlo Park and Menlo Oaks.
P.O. boxes only.
Atherton (94027) and Portola Valley and Ladera (94028). Some of these addresses use a Menlo Park mailing name, so a Menlo Park address isn't proof a home is in the city.
RECENTLY SOLD LISTINGS
$4,300,000
Single Family Home
331 Trenton WAY, Menlo Park, CA 94025
In the heart of Menlo Parks coveted Willows neighborhood, 331 Trenton Way showcases modern farmhouse elegance and Silico...
Listed by Boyenga Team of Compass
$4,300,000
Single Family Home
331 Trenton WAY, Menlo Park, CA 94025
In the heart of Menlo Parks coveted Willows neighborhood, 331 Trenton Way showcases modern farmhouse elegance and Silico...
Listed by Boyenga Team of Compass
$3,100,000
Single Family Home
2150 Valparaiso AVE, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Beautifully remodeled, West Menlo gem, steps from Sharon Hills Park. This elegant single-story home on the quiet side of...
Listed by Boyenga Team of Compass
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getting around
Getting around Menlo Park
Caltrain
Menlo Park station on Merrill Street (fare zone 3) has parking, bike lockers and SamTrans connections, a short walk from downtown.
Free city shuttles
Free weekday shuttles link Belle Haven, downtown, Sharon Heights and downtown Palo Alto, and connect the Caltrain station with business parks at commute hours.
Freeways and the Dumbarton Bridge
U.S. 101 crosses the city, Interstate 280 clips its southwest corner near Sand Hill Road, El Camino Real runs through downtown, and the Dumbarton Bridge leads to the East Bay.
Airports
Menlo Park sits roughly midway between San Francisco International (SFO) and Mineta San Jose International (SJC), both reached via U.S. 101.
living here
Living in Menlo Park
Santa Cruz Avenue and downtown
Downtown's main street is Santa Cruz Avenue, lined with shops and restaurants, and a farmers' market runs on Sunday mornings.
Allied Arts Guild
Since 1929 the Allied Arts Guild on Arbor Road has offered studios for working artists among historic buildings and gardens, benefiting Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford.
Civic center and Burgess Park
Burgess Park, next to the civic center and library, is one of the city's larger parks, with fields and a pool nearby.
Bedwell Bayfront Park
About 160 acres on the shoreline off Marsh Road, the city's largest park, next to the restored baylands of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
Flood Park
A large San Mateo County park on Bay Road, shared by the Suburban Park, Lorelei Manor and Flood Triangle neighborhoods.
Sand Hill Road and Stanford
The venture capital firms along Sand Hill Road gave Menlo Park its global reputation, and Stanford University and Stanford Shopping Center are just across the creek.
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faq
Menlo Park real estate FAQ
Is West Menlo Park part of the City of Menlo Park?
No. West Menlo Park is unincorporated San Mateo County land along Alameda de las Pulgas, even though its addresses say Menlo Park; Menlo Oaks is another unincorporated pocket. Sharon Heights, by contrast, is inside the city.
Which school districts serve Menlo Park?
Four elementary districts overlap the city: Menlo Park City for much of central Menlo Park, Las Lomitas for the Sharon Heights area, Ravenswood City for Belle Haven, and Redwood City in portions. All of Menlo Park is in the Sequoia Union High School District, which assigns a high school by address. Confirm any address with the districts.
How do people commute from Menlo Park?
The Menlo Park Caltrain station runs trains up and down the Peninsula, plus SamTrans buses and free city shuttles to business parks and downtown Palo Alto. By car, U.S. 101, I-280 and the Dumbarton Bridge to the East Bay are all in or at the edge of the city.
What kinds of homes are in Menlo Park?
About half of homes are detached single-family houses, with the rest townhomes, condominiums and apartments. Styles run from 1920s bungalows in Allied Arts and the Willows to 1950s ranch tracts, 1960s Sharon Heights and townhome communities such as Park Forest.
How close is Menlo Park to Stanford and Sand Hill Road?
Stanford University is directly across San Francisquito Creek from Allied Arts and Central Menlo Park, and the Sand Hill Road corridor and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are on the city's west side.
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