Flood Park Area Menlo Park, CA
East Menlo Park near Flood County Park, with single-family homes close to 101.
Living in Flood Park Area
The Flood Park Area is on Menlo Park's east side, around San Mateo County's Flood Park. The land was once part of the estate of silver-rush millionaire James C. Flood, whose mansion Linden Towers was demolished in 1934; as the estate was subdivided in the 1930s, the county bought 21 acres for the park. The neighborhood is entirely single-family homes, mostly postwar ranches, many updated or rebuilt. Demand has been strong: homes sold in a median of 8 days at about 106% of asking in 2025, and the 12-month median is around $2.46M.
Parking & walkability: Most homes have a driveway and a garage, and the flat residential streets are easy to park on. Flood Park's fields and picnic areas are right in the neighborhood, and the flat streets make biking easy. Highway 101 is close by, and downtown Menlo Park is a short drive.
What homes in Flood Park Area are doing
Single-family homes in Flood Park Area sold for a median of about $1.56M in 2015–16 and $2.21M in 2024–25, a 41% increase, behind Menlo Park as a whole (+61%). In 2025, homes here sold quickly (median 8 days on market) and usually above asking (105.7% of list price on average). So far in 2026 (11 sales through September), the median is $2.92M.
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. 295 single-family sales since 2015.
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 11 | $2.92M | $1,667 | 9 | 105.0% |
| 2025 | 22 | $2.18M | $1,636 | 8 | 105.7% |
| 2024 | 19 | $2.25M | $1,533 | 9 | 107.2% |
| 2023 | 28 | $1.96M | $1,453 | 12 | 100.1% |
| 2022 | 28 | $2.37M | $1,474 | 10 | 106.9% |
| 2021 | 35 | $2.13M | $1,422 | 8 | 103.2% |
| 2020 | 15 | $1.8M | $1,428 | 12 | 101.2% |
| 2019 | 26 | $1.84M | $1,257 | 12 | 100.4% |
| 2018 | 19 | $2.05M | $1,400 | 12 | 111.9% |
| 2017 | 36 | $1.71M | $1,277 | 11 | 108.7% |
| 2016 | 27 | $1.61M | $1,131 | 13 | 105.1% |
| 2015 | 29 | $1.52M | $1,131 | 11 | 115.5% |
Flood Park 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 Flood Park Area; where there are several, yearly figures are sales-weighted. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.