Clifford Heights Redwood City, CA
Hillside homes in the western hills near Palomar Park, with views.
Living in Clifford Heights
Clifford Heights, with neighboring Palomar Park, sits in the unincorporated western hills of Redwood City. The land once belonged to the Bulletin Publishing Company; in 1927 publishing heir Laura Harwood and her husband built the first home, a Spanish-style house at 158 South Palomar Drive, and a handful more followed by 1931. Homes range from late-1930s houses on Palomar Drive to 1950s homes with sweeping views, and a few still have Prohibition-era bars in their cellars. Only about 5 to 11 homes sell here a year, so prices swing, but it's been a strong performer: the median rose about 63% from 2015–16 to 2024–25, ahead of the city's 55%, with a 12-month median around $2.51M.
Parking & walkability: Most homes have a driveway and a garage, and the quiet hillside streets are generally easy to park on, though some are narrow and winding. It's a driving neighborhood: shopping in San Carlos and Redwood City is a few minutes away, and Highway 280 is close by.
What homes in Clifford Heights are doing
Single-family homes in Clifford Heights sold for a median of about $1.75M in 2015–16 and $2.86M in 2024–25, a 63% increase, ahead of Redwood City as a whole (+55%). Prices peaked in 2022 at $3.6M. In 2025, homes here sold slowly (median 31 days on market) and close to asking (100.1% of list price on average). So far in 2026 (5 sales through September), the median is $2.51M.
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. 117 single-family sales since 2015.
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 5 | $2.51M | $1,392 | 9 | 99.8% |
| 2025 | 6 | $2.68M | $1,356 | 31 | 100.1% |
| 2024 | 11 | $2.95M | $1,191 | 12 | 100.8% |
| 2023 | 8 | $3.44M | $1,064 | 13 | 100.2% |
| 2022 | 7 | $3.6M | $1,186 | 25 | 99.0% |
| 2021 | 11 | $2.65M | $1,065 | 7 | 109.4% |
| 2020 | 21 | $2.86M | $884 | 9 | 101.8% |
| 2019 | 9 | $2.38M | $932 | 26 | 100.0% |
| 2018 | 10 | $2.15M | $828 | 13 | 102.4% |
| 2017 | 15 | $1.9M | $831 | 24 | 100.0% |
| 2016 | 6 | $1.77M | $855 | 11 | 109.6% |
| 2015 | 8 | $1.74M | $762 | 12 | 110.2% |
Clifford Heights 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 Clifford Heights; where there are several, yearly figures are sales-weighted. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.