Cuesta South Coast, CA
Homes in the redwood-covered hills around La Honda, the busiest part of the South Coast market.
Living in Cuesta
Cuesta covers the redwood-covered hills around La Honda along Highway 84, with cabins, cottages and single-family homes on wooded lots. It's the busiest part of the South Coast market, with about 5 to 9 sales a year and a 12-month median around $1.05M, and the median rose about 52% from 2015–16 to 2024–25.
Parking & walkability: Homes have off-street parking on wooded lots, and many roads are narrow and winding. La Honda's small store and gathering spots are close by, and Woodside and Highway 280 are about 20 to 30 minutes over the hill via Highway 84.
What homes in Cuesta are doing
Single-family homes in Cuesta sold for a median of about $561K in 2015–16 and $853K in 2024–25, a 52% increase. Prices peaked in 2023 at $1.1M. In 2025, homes here sold quickly (median 11 days on market) and usually below asking (97.3% of list price on average). So far in 2026 (5 sales through September), the median is $1.07M.
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. 119 single-family sales since 2015.
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 5 | $1.07M | $680 | 16 | 97.4% |
| 2025 | 7 | $729K | $632 | 11 | 97.3% |
| 2024 | 9 | $950K | $740 | 30 | 100.0% |
| 2023 | 5 | $1.1M | $760 | 11 | 100.0% |
| 2022 | 11 | $965K | $812 | 28 | 100.0% |
| 2021 | 15 | $860K | $791 | 14 | 100.0% |
| 2020 | 6 | $635K | $505 | 35 | 97.1% |
| 2019 | 10 | $913K | $523 | 27 | 98.8% |
| 2018 | 9 | $750K | $632 | 15 | 103.9% |
| 2017 | 11 | $600K | $565 | 18 | 100.0% |
| 2016 | 12 | $601K | $462 | 79 | 100.0% |
| 2015 | 19 | $535K | $547 | 40 | 98.6% |
Cuesta 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 Cuesta; where there are several, yearly figures are sales-weighted. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.