Alsace Lorraine Half Moon Bay, CA
West of Highway 1 near downtown, a short trip to Main Street and the beach.
Living in Alsace Lorraine
Alsace Lorraine is a residential neighborhood on the west side of Highway 1 close to downtown Half Moon Bay. It's almost entirely single-family homes from a range of eras, many updated. It's been one of the Coastside's strongest performers: the median rose about 68% from 2015–16 to 2024–25, ahead of the city's 57%, and the 12-month median is around $1.86M.
Parking & walkability: Most homes have a driveway and a garage, and street parking is generally easy on the residential blocks. Downtown's Main Street shops and restaurants, Half Moon Bay State Beach and the Coastal Trail are an easy walk or bike ride for much of the neighborhood, and Highway 1 and 92 are right there.
What homes in Alsace Lorraine are doing
Single-family homes in Alsace Lorraine sold for a median of about $1.24M in 2015–16 and $2.08M in 2024–25, a 68% increase, ahead of Half Moon Bay as a whole (+57%). Prices peaked in 2021 at $2.31M. In 2025, homes here sold at a moderate pace (median 27 days on market) and close to asking (100.0% of list price on average). So far in 2026 (7 sales through September), the median is $1.93M.
Median single-family price, 2015–2026
* 2026 covers January through September. Hollow dots mark years with fewer than 3 single-family sales; treat those medians as rough. 125 single-family sales since 2015.
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 7 | $1.93M | $748 | 25 | 100.0% |
| 2025 | 10 | $2.1M | $846 | 27 | 100.0% |
| 2024 | 3 | $2M | $917 | 12 | 104.9% |
| 2023 | 6 | $1.89M | $814 | 41 | 97.6% |
| 2022 | 7 | $2.15M | $840 | 13 | 107.6% |
| 2021 | 9 | $2.31M | $851 | 10 | 115.4% |
| 2020 | 18 | $1.8M | $740 | 11 | 103.6% |
| 2019 | 7 | $1.5M | $584 | 55 | 98.4% |
| 2018 | 17 | $1.68M | $560 | 18 | 100.0% |
| 2017 | 20 | $1.35M | $509 | 27 | 100.0% |
| 2016 | 10 | $1.11M | $481 | 22 | 102.0% |
| 2015 | 11 | $1.34M | $518 | 23 | 100.0% |
Alsace Lorraine 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 Alsace Lorraine; where there are several, yearly figures are sales-weighted. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.