Sun Valley Pacifica, CA
Central Pacifica east of Highway 1, with mostly single-family homes and some townhomes.
Living in Sun Valley
Sun Valley is a neighborhood in central Pacifica east of Highway 1, between Rockaway Beach and Linda Mar. It's mostly single-family homes, plus a smaller number of townhomes and condos. The 12-month median is around $1.38M, and demand has picked up: 2026 sales so far have sold in a median of 9 days at about 107% of asking.
Parking & walkability: Most homes have a garage and a driveway, and street parking is generally easy on the residential blocks. It's a driving-oriented neighborhood, but Rockaway Beach's cove and restaurants and the Linda Mar Shopping Center are each a few minutes away, and Highway 1 is right at the edge of the neighborhood.
What homes in Sun Valley are doing
Single-family homes in Sun Valley sold for a median of about $844K in 2015–16 and $1.28M in 2024–25, a 52% increase, behind Pacifica as a whole (+58%). In 2025, homes here sold at a moderate pace (median 15 days on market) and close to asking (100.9% of list price on average). So far in 2026 (13 sales through September), the median is $1.47M.
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. 258 single-family sales since 2015.
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 13 | $1.47M | $896 | 9 | 106.9% |
| 2025 | 21 | $1.27M | $930 | 15 | 100.9% |
| 2024 | 16 | $1.29M | $857 | 10 | 106.3% |
| 2023 | 12 | $1.26M | $892 | 12 | 102.0% |
| 2022 | 15 | $1.38M | $896 | 9 | 112.5% |
| 2021 | 18 | $1.35M | $834 | 11 | 108.6% |
| 2020 | 21 | $1.25M | $816 | 17 | 100.4% |
| 2019 | 20 | $1.06M | $750 | 13 | 103.1% |
| 2018 | 27 | $1.14M | $725 | 12 | 116.3% |
| 2017 | 35 | $1M | $605 | 14 | 108.1% |
| 2016 | 29 | $865K | $602 | 15 | 105.8% |
| 2015 | 31 | $825K | $550 | 11 | 106.4% |
Condos & townhomes in Sun Valley (61 sales since 2015)
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 1 few sales | $860K | $614 | 11 | 101.3% |
| 2025 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 9 | $780K | $643 | 48 | 100.0% |
| 2023 | 6 | $790K | $725 | 8 | 101.2% |
| 2022 | 6 | $770K | $742 | 9 | 103.0% |
| 2021 | 5 | $780K | $777 | 20 | 103.5% |
| 2020 | 9 | $745K | $755 | 11 | 102.1% |
| 2019 | 1 few sales | $760K | $844 | 33 | 96.8% |
| 2018 | 5 | $715K | $745 | 10 | 109.4% |
| 2017 | 14 | $640K | $617 | 12 | 107.6% |
| 2016 | 3 | $550K | $552 | 10 | 102.8% |
| 2015 | 2 few sales | $513K | $587 | 13 | 108.1% |
Sun Valley 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 Sun Valley; where there are several, yearly figures are sales-weighted. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.