Howard Park San Carlos, CA
Close to downtown and Burton Park, with older character homes on tree-lined streets.
Living in Howard Park
Howard Park is one of San Carlos's older, character-filled neighborhoods, close to downtown and Burton Park. Tree-lined streets hold a mix of 1920s–'40s homes with real architectural personality alongside newer rebuilds, so no two blocks look quite the same. Demand has picked up sharply: homes sold in a median of 8 days in 2025 at about 106% of asking, and the 2026 median so far is about $3.1M, up from $2.4M in 2024–25.
Parking & walkability: Many of the older homes have narrower driveways and detached or one-car garages, so street parking gets busier on some blocks. In exchange, Laurel Street, Burton Park and the Caltrain station are a short walk away, making it one of the easiest places in town to live without driving for everyday errands.
What homes in Howard Park are doing
Single-family homes in Howard Park sold for a median of about $1.75M in 2015–16 and $2.37M in 2024–25, a 35% increase, behind San Carlos as a whole (+55%). In 2025, homes here sold quickly (median 8 days on market) and usually above asking (106.1% of list price on average). So far in 2026 (20 sales through September), the median is $3.08M.
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. 334 single-family sales since 2015.
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 20 | $3.08M | $1,532 | 8 | 107.8% |
| 2025 | 26 | $2.54M | $1,605 | 8 | 106.1% |
| 2024 | 17 | $2.1M | $1,413 | 8 | 104.2% |
| 2023 | 29 | $2.4M | $1,271 | 16 | 100.0% |
| 2022 | 25 | $2.43M | $1,579 | 7 | 106.7% |
| 2021 | 37 | $2.5M | $1,299 | 9 | 101.4% |
| 2020 | 29 | $2.3M | $1,208 | 8 | 105.0% |
| 2019 | 33 | $1.83M | $1,106 | 11 | 102.4% |
| 2018 | 30 | $1.95M | $1,199 | 13 | 109.5% |
| 2017 | 27 | $1.75M | $1,029 | 9 | 107.3% |
| 2016 | 33 | $1.78M | $1,027 | 8 | 107.7% |
| 2015 | 28 | $1.73M | $882 | 12 | 113.5% |
Condos & townhomes in Howard Park (336 sales since 2015)
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 15 | $1.27M | $1,023 | 13 | 100.0% |
| 2025 | 22 | $1.31M | $1,006 | 21 | 100.0% |
| 2024 | 21 | $1.2M | $1,071 | 18 | 100.0% |
| 2023 | 24 | $1.07M | $1,101 | 49 | 100.0% |
| 2022 | 35 | $1.07M | $986 | 13 | 100.0% |
| 2021 | 49 | $1.15M | $964 | 12 | 100.1% |
| 2020 | 55 | $1.35M | $1,109 | 29 | 100.0% |
| 2019 | 25 | $1.09M | $986 | 16 | 101.0% |
| 2018 | 20 | $1.06M | $967 | 11 | 109.0% |
| 2017 | 28 | $973K | $816 | 11 | 101.4% |
| 2016 | 20 | $950K | $756 | 14 | 104.1% |
| 2015 | 22 | $856K | $802 | 12 | 110.4% |
Howard Park on the map
Borders follow real streets and where homes have sold (MLS neighborhood codes), 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 Howard Park; where there are several, yearly figures are sales-weighted. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.