Foothill Terrace San Mateo, CA
West San Mateo near the Alameda, with single-family homes and a higher price point.
Living in Foothill Terrace
Foothill Terrace is a neighborhood of single-family homes in west San Mateo toward Alameda de las Pulgas. Its first homes went up in the 1950s, classic California ranches on level lots much like David Bohannon's nearby Hillsdale tracts, some with bolder mid-century touches; homes higher in the hills date from the 1960s and '70s and have views over the city. About 8 to 10 homes sell here each year, with a 12-month median around $2.94M, and 2026 sales so far have averaged about 106% of asking.
Parking & walkability: Most homes have a driveway and a garage, and the residential streets are quiet and easy to park on. It's a short drive to downtown San Mateo and the Hillsdale area, and Highway 92 and 280 are close by.
What homes in Foothill Terrace are doing
Single-family homes in Foothill Terrace sold for a median of about $1.89M in 2015–16 and $2.85M in 2024–25, a 50% increase, behind San Mateo as a whole (+63%). Prices peaked in 2024 at $3M. In 2025, homes here sold quickly (median 12 days on market) and close to asking (101.0% of list price on average). So far in 2026 (8 sales through September), the median is $2.94M.
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. 130 single-family sales since 2015.
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 8 | $2.94M | $1,351 | 10 | 106.3% |
| 2025 | 10 | $2.71M | $1,348 | 12 | 101.0% |
| 2024 | 9 | $3M | $1,238 | 10 | 105.8% |
| 2023 | 6 | $2.75M | $1,173 | 11 | 107.1% |
| 2022 | 4 | $2.91M | $1,270 | 7 | 109.4% |
| 2021 | 14 | $2.6M | $1,248 | 7 | 111.1% |
| 2020 | 12 | $2.35M | $1,022 | 12 | 102.4% |
| 2019 | 10 | $2.01M | $971 | 10 | 103.3% |
| 2018 | 9 | $2.3M | $959 | 15 | 97.1% |
| 2017 | 10 | $2.05M | $980 | 11 | 111.8% |
| 2016 | 17 | $1.82M | $849 | 13 | 104.0% |
| 2015 | 21 | $1.95M | $794 | 12 | 101.7% |
Foothill Terrace 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
- Bowie Estate
- Eastern Addition & Downtown
- Edgewater Isle
- Fiesta Gardens
- 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 Foothill Terrace; where there are several, yearly figures are sales-weighted. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.