Woodland & Newell East Palo Alto, CA
Condos near Woodland Avenue and Newell Road, west of 101 by the Palo Alto border.
Living in Woodland & Newell
Woodland & Newell is a condo area west of Highway 101 near the Palo Alto border, along San Francisquito Creek. Nearly all sales are condos, and it's one of the most affordable ways to own this close to Palo Alto, with a 2026 median so far around $735K.
Parking & walkability: Condos include assigned parking, with more limited guest spaces. University Avenue's shopping and downtown Palo Alto are a short walk or bike ride, and Highway 101 is right there.
What homes in Woodland & Newell are doing
Condos and townhomes in Woodland & Newell sold for a median of about $635K in 2015–16 and $684K in 2024–25, a 8% increase, roughly in line with East Palo Alto as a whole (+9%). Prices peaked in 2022 at $890K. In 2025, homes here sold quickly (median 9 days on market) and close to asking (100.0% of list price on average). So far in 2026 (9 sales through September), the median is $735K.
Median condo & townhome price, 2015–2026
* 2026 covers January through September. Hollow dots mark years with fewer than 3 condo & townhome sales; treat those medians as rough. 94 condo & townhome sales since 2015.
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 9 | $735K | $639 | 52 | 97.4% |
| 2025 | 4 | $777K | $667 | 9 | 100.0% |
| 2024 | 5 | $610K | $678 | 47 | 98.7% |
| 2023 | 7 | $800K | $666 | 44 | 98.2% |
| 2022 | 7 | $890K | $668 | 15 | 100.1% |
| 2021 | 10 | $768K | $688 | 19 | 100.0% |
| 2020 | 7 | $860K | $718 | 16 | 103.3% |
| 2019 | 6 | $698K | $766 | 18 | 100.7% |
| 2018 | 7 | $750K | $833 | 8 | 107.3% |
| 2017 | 8 | $778K | $695 | 8 | 106.3% |
| 2016 | 10 | $593K | $690 | 17 | 104.4% |
| 2015 | 14 | $665K | $606 | 7 | 104.1% |
Woodland & Newell on the map
Borders are built lot by lot from the county's property lines and where homes have been listed (MLS neighborhood codes), and stay inside official city limits (dashed), so a home or two along an edge may differ from official MLS lines.
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Source: MLSListings, Inc. closed sales, 2015–September 2026, summarized by Drew Lehr. Neighborhood figures combine the MLS area(s) that make up Woodland & Newell; where there are several, yearly figures are sales-weighted. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.