West Menlo Park (County / Alameda Area) Menlo Park, CA
Unincorporated West Menlo Park along Alameda de las Pulgas, between Menlo Park and Stanford.
Living in West Menlo Park (County / Alameda Area)
West Menlo Park is the unincorporated area between Menlo Park, Atherton and Stanford, served by San Mateo County, with a small business district along Alameda de las Pulgas, the road that runs the length of the old Rancho de las Pulgas granted to the Argüello family in the Spanish era. It's almost entirely single-family homes, from older ranches and cottages to a steady stream of new custom construction. It's one of Menlo Park's busiest and higher-priced markets, with 55 sales and a median around $4M over the last 12 months, and homes sold at about 100% of asking in 2025.
Parking & walkability: Most homes have a driveway and a garage, and many streets have no sidewalks, as is common in unincorporated areas. The shops and restaurants along Alameda de las Pulgas are close by, and downtown Menlo Park, Stanford and Sand Hill Road are a short drive or bike ride away. Highway 280 is a few minutes west.
What homes in West Menlo Park (County / Alameda Area) are doing
Single-family homes in West Menlo Park (County / Alameda Area) sold for a median of about $2.45M in 2015–16 and $3.68M in 2024–25, a 51% increase, behind Menlo Park as a whole (+61%). Prices peaked in 2023 at $4.2M. In 2025, homes here sold at a moderate pace (median 18 days on market) and close to asking (100.0% of list price on average). So far in 2026 (42 sales through September), the median is $3.86M.
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. 613 single-family sales since 2015.
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 42 | $3.86M | $1,796 | 9 | 100.9% |
| 2025 | 43 | $3.75M | $1,691 | 18 | 100.0% |
| 2024 | 49 | $3.62M | $1,627 | 13 | 100.4% |
| 2023 | 46 | $4.2M | $1,558 | 28 | 99.5% |
| 2022 | 52 | $3.9M | $1,609 | 11 | 101.5% |
| 2021 | 81 | $3.45M | $1,592 | 9 | 101.3% |
| 2020 | 55 | $2.75M | $1,385 | 14 | 100.0% |
| 2019 | 48 | $2.57M | $1,430 | 13 | 100.0% |
| 2018 | 48 | $3.07M | $1,454 | 13 | 103.0% |
| 2017 | 53 | $2.9M | $1,246 | 15 | 101.2% |
| 2016 | 52 | $2.69M | $1,189 | 14 | 99.4% |
| 2015 | 44 | $2.15M | $1,188 | 12 | 101.5% |
West Menlo Park (County / Alameda 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 West Menlo Park (County / Alameda Area); where there are several, yearly figures are sales-weighted. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.