Fair Oaks Avenue Area Menlo Park, CA
Unincorporated area near Fair Oaks Avenue by the Atherton border, with single-family homes.
Living in Fair Oaks Avenue Area
The Fair Oaks Avenue Area is the unincorporated MLS area near Fair Oaks Avenue on the Atherton border. It carries an old name: “Fair Oaks” was the original name of Atherton, which renamed itself in 1923 after Menlo Park tried to annex it. It's mostly single-family homes, including Fair Oaks Acres, a few blocks of larger homes on larger lots closest to Atherton. It's been one of the strongest performers on the mid-Peninsula: the median rose about 78% from 2015–16 to 2024–25, and homes sold for about 105% of asking on average in 2025, with a 12-month median around $2.2M.
Parking & walkability: Most homes have a driveway and a garage, and the flat residential streets are generally easy to park on, though some blocks are busier. Shops and restaurants along Middlefield Road and El Camino Real are close by, and downtown Redwood City and Menlo Park are each a short drive. Highway 101 is a few minutes away.
What homes in Fair Oaks Avenue Area are doing
Single-family homes in Fair Oaks Avenue Area sold for a median of about $1.17M in 2015–16 and $2.08M in 2024–25, a 78% increase, ahead of Menlo Park as a whole (+61%). In 2025, homes here sold quickly (median 14 days on market) and usually above asking (105.1% of list price on average). So far in 2026 (21 sales through September), the median is $2.2M.
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. 389 single-family sales since 2015.
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 21 | $2.2M | $1,438 | 10 | 105.2% |
| 2025 | 41 | $2.12M | $1,328 | 14 | 105.1% |
| 2024 | 24 | $2.01M | $1,257 | 10 | 109.6% |
| 2023 | 22 | $1.85M | $1,224 | 13 | 100.3% |
| 2022 | 30 | $1.77M | $1,349 | 12 | 102.4% |
| 2021 | 51 | $1.84M | $1,218 | 11 | 107.3% |
| 2020 | 34 | $1.75M | $1,128 | 10 | 101.0% |
| 2019 | 44 | $1.6M | $1,088 | 14 | 100.0% |
| 2018 | 26 | $1.71M | $1,151 | 11 | 114.8% |
| 2017 | 30 | $1.44M | $986 | 13 | 104.9% |
| 2016 | 31 | $1.23M | $872 | 14 | 100.2% |
| 2015 | 35 | $1.12M | $858 | 12 | 109.2% |
Condos & townhomes in Fair Oaks Avenue Area (27 sales since 2015)
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 2025 | 2 few sales | $1.43M | $797 | 11 | 102.5% |
| 2024 | 2 few sales | $1.35M | $852 | 11 | 102.0% |
| 2023 | 2 few sales | $1.23M | $789 | 19 | 98.8% |
| 2022 | 2 few sales | $815K | $1,005 | 11 | 98.7% |
| 2021 | 9 | $1.25M | $776 | 9 | 102.2% |
| 2020 | 4 | $1.22M | $772 | 19 | 98.0% |
| 2019 | 1 few sales | $1.45M | $836 | 7 | 100.0% |
| 2018 | 1 few sales | $1.3M | $821 | 45 | 92.9% |
| 2017 | 1 few sales | $1.01M | $637 | 50 | 95.2% |
| 2016 | 3 | $1.25M | $603 | 8 | 114.9% |
| 2015 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Fair Oaks Avenue Area 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 Fair Oaks Avenue Area; where there are several, yearly figures are sales-weighted. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.