Bowie Estate San Mateo, CA
North Central San Mateo east of downtown, with a large share of condos plus single-family homes.
Living in Bowie Estate
Bowie Estate is in north central San Mateo, east of downtown between the Caltrain line and Highway 101. It's one of the city's more varied older neighborhoods, with a few Victorians, bungalows, Spanish-style homes and postwar ranches, alongside a larger number of condos. It's also one of the more affordable parts of the city: single-family homes have a 12-month median around $1.55M, and the condo median was about $605K in 2025.
Parking & walkability: Single-family homes typically have a driveway and a garage, though lots are smaller and street parking is busier on some blocks; condo buildings include assigned parking. Downtown San Mateo's restaurants, Central Park and the San Mateo Caltrain station are a short walk or bike ride away, and Highway 101 is close by.
What homes in Bowie Estate are doing
Single-family homes in Bowie Estate sold for a median of about $899K in 2015–16 and $1.42M in 2024–25, a 58% increase, behind San Mateo as a whole (+63%). In 2025, homes here sold quickly (median 12 days on market) and usually above asking (108.8% of list price on average). So far in 2026 (13 sales through September), the median is $1.56M.
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. 244 single-family sales since 2015.
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 13 | $1.56M | $1,011 | 14 | 105.2% |
| 2025 | 17 | $1.32M | $990 | 12 | 108.8% |
| 2024 | 15 | $1.54M | $1,039 | 14 | 106.9% |
| 2023 | 18 | $1.26M | $918 | 11 | 102.3% |
| 2022 | 18 | $1.46M | $1,089 | 9 | 114.6% |
| 2021 | 27 | $1.32M | $1,006 | 9 | 109.1% |
| 2020 | 12 | $1.15M | $1,022 | 16 | 105.0% |
| 2019 | 25 | $1.15M | $818 | 15 | 101.0% |
| 2018 | 27 | $1.25M | $998 | 11 | 118.4% |
| 2017 | 33 | $1.06M | $866 | 11 | 114.3% |
| 2016 | 14 | $960K | $711 | 11 | 103.7% |
| 2015 | 25 | $865K | $625 | 16 | 109.8% |
Condos & townhomes in Bowie Estate (591 sales since 2015)
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 30 | $529K | $750 | 38 | 98.5% |
| 2025 | 32 | $605K | $760 | 39 | 98.3% |
| 2024 | 39 | $570K | $808 | 25 | 100.0% |
| 2023 | 45 | $635K | $823 | 18 | 100.0% |
| 2022 | 57 | $625K | $826 | 9 | 100.0% |
| 2021 | 63 | $639K | $837 | 16 | 100.0% |
| 2020 | 31 | $635K | $851 | 12 | 99.2% |
| 2019 | 57 | $649K | $855 | 18 | 100.0% |
| 2018 | 42 | $717K | $872 | 13 | 106.2% |
| 2017 | 57 | $592K | $819 | 13 | 105.5% |
| 2016 | 66 | $610K | $744 | 14 | 102.1% |
| 2015 | 72 | $536K | $664 | 10 | 105.3% |
Bowie Estate 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.
Other San Mateo neighborhoods
- Baywood
- San Mateo Park
- Aragon
- Hayward Park
- Sugarloaf & Laurelwood
- Shoreview & Seal Point
- Beresford & Hillsdale
- 19th Avenue Park & Sunnybrae
- Baywood Knolls
- Baywood Park
- Eastern Addition & Downtown
- Edgewater Isle
- Fiesta Gardens
- Foothill Terrace
- Harbortown
- Homestead & Husing
- Lakeshore
- Lauriedale
- Los Prados
- Mariner's Isle
- Parkside
- San Mateo Knolls & Laurel Creek
- San Mateo Terrace
- San Mateo Village & Glendale Village
- San Mateo Woods & Bayridge
- The Highlands & Ticonderoga
- Westwood Knolls
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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 Bowie Estate; where there are several, yearly figures are sales-weighted. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.