High School Acres Redwood City, CA
West of downtown, with single-family homes and one of Redwood City's higher price points.
Living in High School Acres
High School Acres is the MLS area just west of downtown Redwood City, covering older neighborhoods like Mount Carmel and Roosevelt. Before the 1906 earthquake, this side of El Camino Real was lined with estates, including that of Horace Hawes, who wrote the law that created San Mateo County; afterward, landowners subdivided as San Franciscans moved south. Mount Carmel's 1920s bungalows, Mediterraneans and English-style homes mix with 1940s–'50s ranches, and nearby Red Morton Park once served as the San Francisco 49ers' training headquarters. Prices have climbed quickly: the 2026 median so far is around $3.2M, up from $2.61M in 2025, and 2026 sales have averaged about 109% of asking.
Parking & walkability: Most homes have a driveway and a garage, and street parking is generally easy on the residential blocks. Downtown Redwood City's restaurants, Courthouse Square and the Caltrain station are a short walk or bike ride for much of the area, and Highway 280 and 101 are both easy to reach.
What homes in High School Acres are doing
Single-family homes in High School Acres sold for a median of about $1.51M in 2015–16 and $2.44M in 2024–25, a 62% increase, ahead of Redwood City as a whole (+55%). In 2025, homes here sold quickly (median 11 days on market) and usually above asking (101.1% of list price on average). So far in 2026 (48 sales through September), the median is $3.2M.
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. 877 single-family sales since 2015.
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 48 | $3.2M | $1,483 | 9 | 109.4% |
| 2025 | 67 | $2.61M | $1,299 | 11 | 101.1% |
| 2024 | 45 | $2.2M | $1,293 | 9 | 102.4% |
| 2023 | 61 | $2.23M | $1,199 | 12 | 100.0% |
| 2022 | 70 | $2.62M | $1,366 | 10 | 105.8% |
| 2021 | 98 | $2.35M | $1,182 | 8 | 103.3% |
| 2020 | 83 | $1.9M | $1,052 | 11 | 100.0% |
| 2019 | 72 | $1.82M | $1,030 | 13 | 100.0% |
| 2018 | 86 | $1.88M | $1,052 | 11 | 108.2% |
| 2017 | 75 | $1.71M | $967 | 11 | 104.4% |
| 2016 | 79 | $1.51M | $908 | 13 | 103.9% |
| 2015 | 93 | $1.5M | $910 | 11 | 114.0% |
Condos & townhomes in High School Acres (102 sales since 2015)
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 5 | $970K | $707 | 29 | 99.9% |
| 2025 | 5 | $1.15M | $767 | 24 | 99.2% |
| 2024 | 5 | $798K | $753 | 113 | 100.2% |
| 2023 | 3 | $1.33M | $943 | 108 | 98.5% |
| 2022 | 27 | $1.65M | $1,019 | 7 | 103.4% |
| 2021 | 8 | $674K | $710 | 14 | 100.3% |
| 2020 | 8 | $988K | $668 | 13 | 100.0% |
| 2019 | 12 | $1.37M | $746 | 31 | 99.6% |
| 2018 | 5 | $1.15M | $655 | 33 | 104.5% |
| 2017 | 6 | $739K | $664 | 10 | 106.2% |
| 2016 | 10 | $668K | $620 | 15 | 100.8% |
| 2015 | 8 | $611K | $540 | 18 | 110.3% |
High School Acres 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 High School Acres; where there are several, yearly figures are sales-weighted. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.